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Lenovo ThinkCentre M70Q Tiny (Core i5-10500T · 16 GB RAM · 256 GB NVMe)

A single-node Proxmox VE lab running VMs, LXC containers, and a small k3s cluster.
Goal — self-host as many daily-use services as possible, document everything, and keep it reproducible.


🚀 Quick Glance

Layer Highlights
Hypervisor Proxmox VE 8 (single node)
LAN 192.168.8.0/24 on vmbr0 (1 GbE)
Lab Overlay 192.168.50.0/24 on vmbr50 (k3s, NAT)
Storage NVMe system SSD (250 GB) • 2 TB HDD data pool (media/data) • USB hub: 1 TB HOT (Immich+TM), 1 TB COLD (rsync snapshots) • 2× USB flash for configs
Core Services pfSense FW • AdGuard Home • Nginx Proxy Mgr • Prometheus + Grafana + Alertmanager • Jellyfin stack • Immich • SMB share
Helpful Tools Glance Startpage • ConvertX • FileBrowser
Automation Docker Compose for apps • Proxmox vzdump + rsync backups
Power / UPS APC Back-UPS BX1200MI + apcupsd (on‑battery/off‑battery hooks, Telegram notify, Flask JSON API)

📂 Repository Layout


my-homelab-docs/
├── README.md
├── Network & Infrastructure/
│   ├── adguard-home.md
│   ├── nginx-proxy-manager.md
│   ├── pfsense.md
│   └── proxmox.md
├── helpful-tools/
│   ├── convertx.md
│   ├── glance.md
│   ├── glance.yml
│   └── k3s-cluster.md
├── media-playback/
│   ├── download-automation.md
│   ├── download-automation.yml
│   ├── jellyfin-jellyser.md
│   └── jellyfin-jellyser.yml
├── monitoring-observability/
│   ├── promtail/
│   │   ├── disk-config.yml
│   │   ├── prom-graf-config.yml
│   │   └──  proxmox-config.yml
│   ├── alert-rules.yml
│   ├── grafana.md
│   ├── loki-config.yml
│   ├── install_node_exporter.sh
│   ├── prometheus-alertmanager.md
│   └── uptime_kuma.md
├── storage-files/
│   ├── filebrowser.md
│   ├── filebrowser.yml
│   ├── immich.md
│   ├── immich.yml
│   ├── samba.md
│   ├── smb.conf
│   └── timemachine.md
├── power-backup/        # UPS (apcupsd) docs, hooks, JSON API
└── scripts/             # Host & container automation (hot→cold backups, etc.)

🔄 Backups & Maintenance

Item Method Frequency
Proxmox configs vzdump to USB stick A (daily) nightly
Proxmox configs vzdump to USB stick B (weekly) weekly
LXC / VM disks Scheduled vzdump → 2 TB HDD pool nightly
Media library ZFS snapshots + rsync to external HDD nightly
Immich DB pg_dump via cron nightly
Git repo Pushed to GitHub (+private mirror) on change
Immich & TimeMachine (hot→cold) rsync via systemd timer (03:30) → /mnt/cold nightly
UPS status / battery tests apcupsd + exporter + manual test monthly

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