My new smart home runs Proxmox, on a rack mounted self built server. Check out how I researched what to buy, how I built it, how I installed Proxmox, and how I eventually installed Home Assistant on a Virtual Machine using Prox Mox.

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Links:
Step by Step instructions from the video, on my website: https://www.homeautomationguy.io/prox...
Proxmox Helper Script Library: https://tteck.github.io/Proxmox/
Installing Proxmox: https://www.proxmox.com/en/proxmox-ve...
Docker and Home Automation playlist:    • Docker and Home Automation  

Chapters:
00:00 - Why build a home server?
01:42 - Choosing a rack mounted server case
03:00 - Choosing components for my server
04:32 - Assembling my home server
05:24 - Choosing my home server operating system
07:41 - Installing Proxmox on my home server
10:21 - Configuring my hard drives for Proxmox storage
13:38 - Installing Home Assistant on Proxmox
15:31 - Bringing it all together and next steps