Infrastructure

Architecture

A single Proxmox host behind a ZTE router. VMID bands partition the 100–199 space into functional layers; each active container sits at its assigned slot.

Topology

ZTE Router

192.168.1.1

Gateway / DHCP Server

Proxmox Host

192.168.1.100

Hypervisor — Management UI (port 8006)

Tailscale (Proxmox)

100.87.172.121

Remote access mesh VPN

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VMID band allocation — 100 to 199

100
120
140
160
180
199

Core Network Layer

VMIDs 100-119 · lxc

DNS, reverse proxies, VPN gateways, core firewalls

▸ CT 100 — pi-hole (192.168.1.101)

▸ CT 101 — uptime-kuma (192.168.1.102)

Automation & Utilities

VMIDs 120-139 · lxc

Home Assistant DB backends, analytics nodes, cron pipelines

▸ CT 105 — production-documentation-engine (192.168.1.105)

Specialized Core Controllers

VMIDs 140-159 · qemu-vm

Primary home controllers requiring kernel isolation

▸ CT 103 — home-assistant (192.168.1.11)

Media & Streaming Stacks

VMIDs 160-179 · lxc-gpu-passthrough

Video streaming servers, media indexers, transcoder controllers

▸ CT 104 — media-stack (192.168.1.104)

Sandboxes & Testing

VMIDs 180-199 · lxc-or-vm

Local AI playgrounds, testing sandboxes, experimental environments