Category: ProxLB

Building Modern Proxmox Infrastructures in 2025: Automated, Scalable, and Open for Everyone

(2025-08-11):
The Proxmox ecosystem has grown massively in recent months – and one of the key reasons behind this growth is the strong and active community that continues to push the project forward after the VMware aquisition by Broadcom. You can really feel the momentum. There is a lot happening around Proxmox, and the pace is only picking up. I see this every day in my own work. Proxmox has become one of the most important parts of my tech stack. It’s reliable, flexible, and can be used in so many different ways. Some use it in the classic ClickOps style through the UI. Others build semi-automated setups by using the tools Proxmox already provides. And then there are the fully automated deployments, which is where things really get interesting. That’s especially true if you’re moving away from other virtualization solutions. When you have multiple clusters, running in different locations and .... [read more]

ProxLB at The Dutch Proxmox Day 2025

(2025-07-29):
Oh, it’s that time of year again! On September 25th, 2025, we’re heading to Ede, Netherlands for the Dutch Proxmox Day 2025. The Dutch Proxmox Day is a yearly conference fully focused on everything around Proxmox. If you’re working with Proxmox VE or just curious about what’s possible, this is the event to be at. This event is organized by Tuxis B.V., a Dutch company deeply involved in the Proxmox community. Admission? Completely free, thanks to the amazing sponsors CT and KPN. What to Expect This year’s speaker lineup is packed with well-known names: o Tuxis B.V. o Proxmox GmbH o credativ GmbH o Veeam o European Space Agency (ESA) From technical deep-dives to real-world cluster challenges, you’ll hear firsthand how Proxmox is being used across industries – from data centers to satellites. A Sneak Peek: ProxLB – Smarter Clusters for Proxmox Okay, here’s something I’m personally excited about: this .... [read more]

Introducing ProxLB 1.1.0 as an Advanced Loadbalancer for Proxmox Clusters: A Complete Code Refactor for Enhanced Performance and Stability

(2025-04-01):
April, April! No, even it’s the first of April – this is real! After months of development, I’m thrilled to announce the release of ProxLB 1.1.0 – thanks to my company credativ GmbH for sponsoring this project where I could work on this during my work time! It’s been quite the journey since I started this project in mid-2024, and this latest version marks a significant milestone. With a complete code refactor, improved load balancing behavior, and numerous bug fixes, ProxLB is now more stable and capable than ever. ProxLB Origins and Purpose ProxLB was born out of a need for a straightforward load balancing solution for Proxmox clusters for my BoxyBSD project, something akin to VMware’s DRS. Also several customers at my company – credativ GmbH – asked for DRS alike features when migrating to Proxmox. This made me polish it up and release it as an opensource project .... [read more]

Howto: Automated FreeBSD VM Deployment with ProxLB and Terraform

(2024-09-01):
In today’s fast-paced IT environments, automation is essential for maintaining efficiency and staying competitive. Whether you're managing a small-scale infrastructure or an enterprise-level system, the ability to deploy virtual machines (VMs) quickly, consistently, and with minimal manual intervention can be transformative. This is where tools like ProxLB and Terraform come into play, offering a powerful solution for automating the deployment and management of VMs. Why Terraform and not Ansible? I'm aware that Ansible is a great tool - also for such things - but Ansible might be slow in some cases with too many tasks and not writing own custom modules that improve the overall handling. Terraform is often the better choice when it comes just to build up a base infrastructure from scratch where Ansible can take over after this baseline has been set. So, let's have a look at the other tools used here. ProxLB is a robust .... [read more]

ProxLB - (Re)Balance VM Workloads Across Nodes in Proxmox Clusters.

(2024-07-06):
ProxLB (PLB) is an open-source Proxmox loadbalancer, but different! ProxLB is an application created to optimize the distribution of virtual machines (VMs) across Proxmox cluster nodes for significantly enhancing efficiency and performance. Utilizing the Proxmox API, ProxLB gathers and analyzes a comprehensive set of resource metrics from both the cluster nodes and the running VMs, including CPU usage, memory consumption, and local disk utilization. A key feature of ProxLB is its intelligent rebalancing capability, which redistributes VMs based on their memory, disk, or CPU usage. In those cases, the real memory consumption from the VM is taken instead of the potential maximum usage. This ensures no single node is overburdened while others remain underutilized, significantly enhancing cluster performance and reliability. By evenly distributing resources, ProxLB helps prevent performance bottlenecks and improves the overall stability of the cluster. Efficient rebalancing leads to better utilization of available resources, potentially reducing the need .... [read more]

{{ pagination }} | [categories]