Subj : What's the hype with Proxmox?
To   : unc0nnected
From : Arelor
Date : Mon Aug 04 2025 12:22:32

  Re: What's the hype with Proxmox?
  By: unc0nnected to All on Fri Aug 01 2025 07:02 pm

 > But I don't know what I don't know, so what I consider 'ain't broke' might
 > look like chicken wire and duct tape compared to someones uber proxmox
 > setup.  Currently I use docker compose to do my quick iteration with docker
 > containers or stacks, and then move them over to portainer to be managed
 > long term once they are in a good place.  For dev environments I user Coder,
 > which makes use of terraform templates to manage and version control
 > containers.
 >
 > What's the benefit of proxmox in this mix over some of the stuff I'm using?
 > Where does it really shine?

If you have a working Docker solution then Proxmox is not even an alternative, because Proxmox is not a Docker platform.

Proxmox Virtual Environment is just a pre-packaged virtualization solution with solid provisions for scheduled backups, which can be managed via orchestators (such as Terraform anf OpenTofu). It has provisions for High Availability and can be deployed in clusters. The whole point of it is that it comes in a docummented easy to deploy package so you can get started with minimal effort and have lots of features ready to use from minute 1.

That is pretty much it. For most home deployments I am sure you can setup KVM/Qemu and do pretty much the same thing much of the time.


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