Setting Up a Home Lab with Raspberry Pi 5 and Proxmox

Setting Up a Home Lab with Raspberry Pi 5 and Proxmox. Setting Up a Home Lab with Raspberry Pi 5 and Proxmox. Published: April 3, 2026 | Category: Home Lab | Reading time: 14 min. The Raspberry Pi 5 is the most powerful Pi yet, and with 8GB of RAM it's finally capable of running a proper hypervisor. Pair it with Proxmox VE and you have an enterprise-grade home lab for under $150. This guide walks you through the complete setup from flashing the image to running your first VMs and containers.