🎙️ Episode 2 – BetweenTheClouds
🛠️ Featured Tools & Projects
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0
Explore major upgrades like NVMe Memory Tiering, GPU vMotion, vSAN ESA global deduplication, enhanced multi-tenancy, and full-stack lifecycle improvements.
CoreControl
A beautifully designed, self-hosted dashboard for your home lab. Track CPU, memory, disk, network usage, and container services in real time—all in a lightweight Docker container.
🔗 Read the full post (https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/06/corecontrol-is-the-new-self-hosted-dashboard-built-for-home-labs/)
Docker Rollout
Safely roll out container updates with health checks, staged deployments, and automatic rollback. Ideal for Swarm or Compose workflows.
ProxMenux
The command-line Proxmox tool you didn’t know you needed. Manage VMs, LXCs, storage, passthrough, backups, and even network configs from a clean menu-based UI.
🔗 Learn more (https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/05/proxmenux-might-be-the-best-proxmox-management-tool-youre-not-using/)
🛠️ GitHub Repo (https://github.com/MacRimi/ProxMenux)
OmniTools
A Swiss Army knife of privacy-respecting web utilities—run entirely in your browser, locally. Convert JSON/YAML/CSV, edit PDFs, manipulate images, and more.
🔗 Full review (https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/06/omnitools-a-swiss-army-knife-of-self-hosted-utilities/)
🛠️ GitHub Repo (https://github.com/iib0011/omni-tools)
📚 Resource Links
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URL
VirtualizationHowto Blog
https://www.virtualizationhowto.com
YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@VirtualizationHowto
Substack Newsletter
https://bleevht.substack.com
HomeLabExplorers!
HomeLabExplorers (https://www.skool.com/homelabexplorers/about?ref=25f64c297b724689ae81c7dd30ba2c21)
🔮 Coming Up Next
In Episode 3, we will talk about more Home lab tools, news, and other notables around the tech world!
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Thanks for tuning in to BetweenTheClouds—until next time, keep building and I’ll catch you… between the clouds. ☁️
