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Deploy MariaDB Galera Cluster on Proxmox

by Jan Bachelor November 9, 2025
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In case you run internal or public-facing websites on a single DB and would like to add more ressilience to your set up, here is a guide on how to turn your Maria DB into a Galera cluster! The backbone infrastructure is Proxmox and OPNSense with its HAProxy reverse proxy / load balancer.

1. Galera Cluster – what is it and why is it good for your home set up 2. Create your first container as a template on Proxmox 3. Create an SST user on your template container 4. Security Hardening & Logging on Galera template LXC 5. Turn the MariaDB container to a template – full vs linked clones? 6. Deploy 4x LXC containers on 2x Proxmox nodes 7. Configure Galera on each CT 8. Configure HAPRoxy for your Galera cluster 9. Understanding Quorum – When the Raspberry Pi comes in 10. Set up Monitoring – UpTime Kuma 11. Entrust your Galera Cluster with data 12. Beyond the set up – recovery & self-healing options

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