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Installing OPNsense on Proxmox and Setting Up DNS Filtering

Computer setup with dual monitors showing Proxmox Virtual Machine Manager and OPNsense network dashboard

After getting Proxmox running on the NUC, the next step was installing OPNsense as a VM to act as the firewall and router for my protected LAN. I also set up DNS-level ad and tracker blocking directly on the firewall using Unbound DNS. Here is the full setup and every issue I ran into. WhyContinue reading “Installing OPNsense on Proxmox and Setting Up DNS Filtering”

Setting Up Proxmox on an Intel NUC

Computer monitor showing Proxmox VE 8.1 server dashboard with CPU, RAM, and network stats

I turned my Intel NUC into a proper hypervisor using Proxmox VE. The goal was to run multiple VMs on a single piece of hardware and use it as the core of my homelab. Hardware What Is Proxmox Proxmox VE is a bare-metal hypervisor built on Debian Linux. Install it directly on hardware, manage VMsContinue reading “Setting Up Proxmox on an Intel NUC”