EP 21 | How to Setup a Homelab | How to Setup a Ceph Cluster and Do Live VM Migrations 2025

Hey guys, Abe here; please see the links below to help you throughout this course! In this episode, I will cover how to set up Proxmox Ceph Storage, how to live migrate VMs in Proxmox, and how to change existing VMs to your Ceph storage, which is covered in the article on our site.

Video notes:
https://www.learntohomelab.com/homelabseries/EP21_ProxmoxCeph/

Our website:
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:48 Dedicated storage for your Ceph Pool
01:08 Installing Ceph
03:21 Setting up Ceph Monitors
03:52 Configuring the Ceph Drives
04:18 Create Ceph OSD's
05:00 Create Ceph pool
06:25 How to Create VM's using the Ceph Pool
07:44 Configure your VM so it can live migrate
08:30 Live Migrating VMs between Proxmox using a Ceph storage pool