Proxmox · Docker · Networking · Local AI · n8n

Build a home lab that runs itself.

Step-by-step video tutorials for Proxmox servers, Docker stacks, NAS storage, VPNs and self-hosted AI, with free PDF guides for the longer builds.

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What's covered

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  1. 01

    Proxmox

    Install Proxmox VE, run VMs and LXC containers, set up GPU passthrough and build clusters.

  2. 02

    Home lab & NAS

    Media servers, ARR stacks, Jellyfin, network shares and storage that keeps your data at home.

  3. 03

    Docker

    Compose files, Portainer and the containers worth running on a home server.

  4. 04

    Networking & privacy

    VLANs, VPNs, Pi-hole, DNS and packet captures that show what your devices are really doing.

  5. 05

    Local AI & n8n

    Run language models on your own hardware and wire them into n8n automations.

  6. 06

    Cloud & DevOps

    AWS, Terraform and Kubernetes, explained from the account setup onwards.

Video library

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Step-by-step PDF guides

Every command and setting from the longer builds, laid out in order so you can follow along at your own pace.

Home lab & NAS

New ARR stack media server setup

Radarr, Sonarr, Lidarr, Prowlarr, Bazarr, qBittorrent and Jellyfin, configured end to end.

20 pages · 6.5 MB

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Docker

ARR stack in a single command

Deploy the whole media stack, including Jellyfin and Homarr, with one command.

11 pages · 2.4 MB

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Networking & privacy

ARR stack with Gluetun VPN

The same media stack, with download traffic routed through a Gluetun VPN container.

11 pages · 1.3 MB

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Proxmox

Kubernetes cluster on Proxmox VE

Build a full Kubernetes cluster from virtual machines on a single Proxmox host.

14 pages · 4.4 MB

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Local AI & n8n

n8n installation guide

Self-host the n8n automation platform with Docker on your own server.

5 pages · 1.6 MB

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Cloud & DevOps

Run n8n in AWS

Put your n8n instance in the AWS cloud so your automations run around the clock.

7 pages · 0.7 MB

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Networking & privacy

VPN speed testing with Gluetun

Compare VPN providers side by side using Gluetun and Docker Compose.

3 pages · 0.3 MB

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About

Self-hosting, explained without the hand-waving

Automation Avenue is a YouTube channel for people who would rather run their own infrastructure than rent it. Proxmox servers, NAS boxes, Docker stacks, VPNs and local AI models, taken from a clean install to a working setup.

Each video walks through the whole build, and the longer ones come with a PDF guide so you can copy the commands instead of pausing the video every ten seconds.

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Contact

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