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Learning Proxmox VE

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Learning Proxmox VE

Overview of this book

Proxmox VE 4.1 provides an open source, enterprise virtualization platform on which to host virtual servers as either virtual machines or containers. This book will support your practice of the requisite skills to successfully create, tailor, and deploy virtual machines and containers with Proxmox VE 4.1. Following a survey of PVE's features and characteristics,this book will contrast containers with virtual machines and establish cases for both. It walks through the installation of Proxmox VE, explores the creation of containers and virtual machines, and suggests best practices for virtual disk creation, network configuration, and Proxmox VE host and guest security.Throughout the book, you will navigate the Proxmox VE 4.1 web interface and explore options for command-line management

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Learning Proxmox VE
Mar, 2016 | 224 pages
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Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Learning Proxmox VE
Learning Proxmox VE
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Proxmox VE Fundamentals
Proxmox VE Fundamentals
Proxmox VE in brief
Virtualization with Proxmox VE
Summary
2
Installing Proxmox VE
Installing Proxmox VE
Hardware requirements and recommendations for Proxmox VE
Downloading Proxmox VE
Verifying the downloaded image
Ensuring hardware virtualization extensions are installed
Preparing for the Proxmox VE Installer
Installing Proxmox VE
Upgrading PVE from the command line
Summary
3
Creating Containers
Creating Containers
Understanding the container advantage
Container templates
Downloading templates
From template to container
Starting and stopping containers
Summary
4
Creating Virtual Machines
Creating Virtual Machines
Distinguishing features of virtual machines
Creating a virtual machine
Practicing the creation of virtual machines
Summary
5
Working with Virtual Disks
Working with Virtual Disks
Understanding virtual disks
Learning more
Summary
6
Networking with Proxmox VE
Networking with Proxmox VE
Proxmox VE network model
Network configuration for virtual servers
Summary
7
Securing Proxmox VE
Securing Proxmox VE
Security benefits of virtualization
Aggravated vulnerabilities
Taking action
Summary

From template to container

You may have noted that when you've highlighted an item in storage—ISO or template, the option to Create CT (container) or Create VM (virtual machine) appears at the top of the right-hand frame. To build a container from a template with Proxmox VE:

  1. Have, at least, the following information ready:
    • A password for the root user
    • A name for the host
    • A free IPv4 address for the host
    • Max amount of RAM
    • CPU count
    • An idea of the storage space you want for the (virtual) hard drive (in GB)
    • The IPv4 address of the internet gateway
    • The appropriate subnet mask of the network the host is on
  2. Once you're certain of this information, select the template in local that you want to build a container from.

  3. Click on the Create CT button at the top right (see the following screenshot).

    Create CT and VM to appear at the top of the right-hand corner

  4. Clicking on Create CT will start the Create LXC Container dialog, which provides a GUI for configuring the container.

    The first tab is General:

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