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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
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Creating a virtual machine


This section provides an abstract overview of the virtual machine creation process, from configuring the machine to the installation of the operating system and ultimately to controlling its state.

Installation media

In the best-case scenario, the operating system intended for a new virtual machine is available as a downloadable ISO file. This single file is intended to perfectly represent an entire CD or DVD. In the case of several GNU/Linux distributions, the full install media spans several DVDs.

Usually, in these cases, a network installation (or netinst) disk image is available that provides just enough operating system to drive the system devices, the installer, and then download and install requested software from online repositories.

When the OS is available as an ISO, we can simply download it to a remote workstation and then upload it to the PVE host's local storage using PVE's web interface, and carry on with the creation of the VM.

Uploading an ISO file...