# I Thought Keepalived Only Protected My Home Lab Servers. Then I Found Track Scripts

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Author: Brandon Lee

Published: 2026-09-04T12:32:34Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Virtualization Howto](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/virtualization-howto.md>)

Topics: [Homelab](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/homelab.md>), [Availability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/availability.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Proxmox](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/proxmox.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>)

Tags: [availability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/availability.md>), [dns](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dns.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [high-availability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/high-availability.md>), [home-lab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/home-lab.md>), [home-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/home-server.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [proxmox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/proxmox.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/servers.md>), [virtualization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/virtualization.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how Keepalived provides high availability for home lab servers by moving a virtual IP address between Proxmox hosts using VRRP. It focuses on track scripts, which allow failover decisions based on application-level checks rather than only complete server failure, with Docker-based DNS services as an example.

## Source excerpt

I have used Keepalived in my home lab for quite some time and most of the time, I have thought of it in a very simple way as to what... The post I Thought Keepalived Only Protected My Home Lab Servers. Then I Found Track Scripts appeared first on Virtualization Howto.