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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)

Practicing the creation of virtual machines


In this section and the next, we'll run through the entire VM creation process, from the acquisition of ISO images, to the configuration of the machines, and the installation of the operating systems.

First, we'll step through the process for a Microsoft Windows Server 2012r2 system. Afterwards, we'll look at the creation of a VM intended for Fedora 23 Server.

Virtualizing Windows Server 2012r2 with Proxmox VE

If you want to precisely follow the installation process outlined here, it will require a Windows Server 2012r2 ISO image, perhaps from an existing DVD if necessary. If you have access to the Volume License Center, you're perhaps able to download the image file from Microsoft by visiting https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/servicecenter/default.aspx.

At the time of writing, Windows Server 2012r2 is available for evaluation (limited to 180 days) at Microsoft's TechNet Evaluation Center: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows...