Beelink & Proxmox for Beginners: Build Your First Home Lab: Deploy Virtual Machines, Containers, Self-Hosted Apps, and Home Services on Beelink Mini PCs Using Proxmox VE

By Hollis Denning

Build a reliable, modern home lab-without guesswork, wasted hardware, or fragile setups.

If you own a Beelink mini PC (or are planning to), this book shows you how to turn it into a fully functional, production-quality homelab platform using Proxmox VE. Not a collection of random services-but a well-architected system with proper networking, storage, monitoring, backups, and tested recovery.

This is not a theory book. It is a hands-on, end-to-end guide that takes you from a fresh Proxmox installation to a complete, maintainable home lab running real self-hosted services behind secure access, with observability and proven disaster recovery.

What you'll learnHow to design a clean, layered Beelink + Proxmox architecture that scalesWhen to use VMs vs LXC containers-and how to deploy both correctlyHow to run essential home services like Nextcloud, Jellyfin, Home Assistant, Pi-hole, and dashboardsHow to implement internal DNS, a reverse proxy, and HTTPS the right wayHow to plan storage, snapshots, and backups without filling your disksHow to monitor CPU, memory, disk, and network health on a mini PCHow to perform real restore tests so your backups actually workHow to maintain your homelab safely with snapshots, updates, and change controlWhen to optimize-and when it's time to add storage or another Beelink nodeWho this book is forBeginners who want a proper, structured introduction to homelabs and ProxmoxHome lab builders using Beelink or other mini PCsSelf-hosting enthusiasts who want stability, not constant breakageIT students, junior sysadmins, and DevOps learners building real skills at homeAnyone tired of fragile YouTube setups that fall apart after updates

No enterprise hype. No unrealistic high-availability promises. Just clear design, practical labs, and operational discipline tailored to single-node mini-PC environments.

Why this book is different

Most homelab guides stop at installation. This book goes further-covering architecture, observability, backups, restore drills, and long-term maintenance, the same fundamentals used in professional infrastructure environments.

By the end, you won't just have services running-you'll have a platform you understand, trust, and can recover under pressure.

If you want a Beelink-powered homelab that is predictable, recoverable, and future-ready, this book gives you the blueprint.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G7JDV4GD
• ISBN13: 9798278925200
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.6" x 8.5"