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In this post, I would like to show, how to create a new VM with Proxmox by using the web based wizard. Before you can start you should have installed Proxmox on the host and configured the networking respectively. You can find my how to here:
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To start to create a new VM with Proxmox, you need to get access to the Proxmox web GUI, which is available, using the following url: https://your-ip:8006/
The default login credentials are your root user and your root password of the physical host. Using this credentials, you can login to the Proxmox web GUI and create a new VM by clicking on the “Create VM” button in the right upper corner:
This will open a wizard to create a new VM. On the first page, you have to insert the “Name” for the virtual machine and select the “Node” on which the VM should run on. If you have only one “Node”, as I in my test lab, the field is pre-filled with the correct node. Also the field “VM ID” is pre-filled and there is no technical reason to change this ID. If you need a specific ID’s for management purposes, you can change the ID here. You can also specify a resource pool, which should be used by the VM. This is useful, when working with more than one storage pool:
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Click next to get to the next screen.
On this screen, you can select the operating system, which should be run in the VM. It is a complete list of current windows versions, and a complete list for Linux based systems and Solaris:
Select an OS and click “Next” for the next screen.
On the CD/DVD screen, you can select a disc image or the physical CD/DVD drive to use for the initial OS installation. If you choose the image file, make sure, that this file is already stored on a storage pool:
Click “Next” to get to the hard disk screen. Here you can specify the parameters for the hard disk. The default options should work for most of the cases, but you can also specify a vmdk file, if you migrate from VMWare. It is also possible to change the bus type, but for most cases, ide should work perfectly. You have to decide which storage pool should be used and which size should the new disk have.
Click next to get the CPU screen. You can now select the number of sockets and cores. Make sure, not to over provision the host. The type of the CPU could be chosen from a long list of CPU’s, but the default one should fit for most of the cases.
Click next, to configure the memory values for the VM. You can use a fixed memory configuration or a configuration with a minimum guaranteed value and a maximum value. The dynamic memory allocation must also be supported by the guest operating system.
Click next to get to the “Network” screen. Here, you can configure how the switch is connected to the network. For a simple installation you should work without VLAN tags. Simply select the correct bridge interface. The default “Model” should fit for most cases. If your guest operating system does not support the default model, you can choose a different one.
The last screen is just for confirmation. Recheck the options and click finish.
You can now start the VM and use the Console to install the operating system:
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You should now be able to work with the VM and Proxmox. You can create further VM’s by using the same steps.
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Required Proxmox Configuration
ProxCP requires Proxmox VE 5.3 or above
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- Ensure BIOS options are enabled to support KVM/QEMU/hardware virtualization
- The public network bridge is assumed to be named 'vmbr0' (Proxmox default)
- If you have more than 1 Proxmox node, it is expected that you have a shared storage location for LXC templates and KVM ISO files (such as NFS)
- ProxCP assumes that all LXC templates and KVM ISO files are available on all Proxmox nodes
Example NFS storage for LXC templates and KVM ISOs
- If you want to enable VPS backups in ProxCP, ensure the 'Max Backups' setting for the storage location in Proxmox is set correctly
- If you want to enable per-VPS firewall management in ProxCP, ensure the 'Firewall' option is enabled in Proxmox under Datacenter > Firewall > Options tab
- Global input policy and output policy should be ACCEPT
- For ProxCP noVNC support, you must upload the vncconsole.html file we provide to every Proxmox node in the /usr/share/novnc-pve/ directory. The vncconsole.html file is located in the ProxCP Web files (_upload_proxmox_novnc folder).
- A validated SSL certificate is required; a self-signed certificate will not work. See: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Certificate_Management
Recommended Proxmox Configuration
- ProxCP requires Proxmox login credentials to be saved. It is highly recommended to create a new user and to not use the root user.
- This new user should use the 'Proxmox VE authentication server' (pve) realm
- Once created, your new pve user should have the PVEAdmin role on / path
Example PVE user with PVEAdmin role
- If you have multiple Proxmox nodes and have backups enabled in ProxCP...
- Proxmox VMIDs need to be unique across your infrastructure. One way to do this is to assign VMID ranges to each Proxmox node by creating a small, fake VPS with the beginning of the VMID range.
- Example: you have 3 Proxmox nodes (node1, node2, node3)
- You assign a VMID range to each node as follows: node1 1000 - 2999, node2 3000 - 4999, node3 5000 - 6999
- To enforce these ranges in Proxmox, node1 would have a small, fake VPS with VMID 1000, node2 would have the same thing with VMID 3000, and node3 would have the same thing with VMID 5000
- This works because ProxCP determines the next VMID by incrementing the largest present VMID by 1
- Proxmox accepts VMIDs in the range of 100 - 999,999,999
- This is required because Proxmox backups are saved and named according to VMID only and it is currently not possible to change backup file names
- Proxmox VMIDs need to be unique across your infrastructure. One way to do this is to assign VMID ranges to each Proxmox node by creating a small, fake VPS with the beginning of the VMID range.
Proxmox Configuration for Private Networking
Proxmox Templates
- This is largely up to you however ProxCP assumes the private networking bridge in Proxmox is named 'vmbr1'
Proxmox Configuration for NAT Networking
- ProxCP creates a new 'vmbr10' bridge when a node is NAT-enabled. You do not need to make any manual configuration changes. When you create a ProxCP NAT node, our software takes care of all the networking setup.
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