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Mastering Proxmox - Third Edition

By : Ahmed
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Book Image

Mastering Proxmox - Third Edition

4 (1)
By: Ahmed

Overview of this book

Proxmox is an open source server virtualization solution that has enterprise-class features for managing virtual machines, for storage, and to virtualize both Linux and Windows application workloads. You'll begin with a refresher on the advanced installation features and the Proxmox GUI to familiarize yourself with the Proxmox VE hypervisor. Then, you'll move on to explore Proxmox under the hood, focusing on storage systems, such as Ceph, used with Proxmox. Moving on, you'll learn to manage KVM virtual machines, deploy Linux containers fast, and see how networking is handled in Proxmox. You'll also learn how to protect a cluster or a VM with a firewall and explore the new high availability features introduced in Proxmox VE 5.0. Next, you'll dive deeper into the backup/restore strategy and see how to properly update and upgrade a Proxmox node. Later, you'll learn how to monitor a Proxmox cluster and all of its components using Zabbix. Finally, you'll discover how to recover Promox from disaster strikes through some real-world examples. By the end of the book, you'll be an expert at making Proxmox work in production environments with minimal downtime.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

Summary


Virtual environments are very flexible, so there is no one-network-fits-all configuration. Each network will be unique. The components and requirements described in this chapter are mere guidelines to show how to take the correct approach to plan for a production-level Proxmox setup. We saw some of the requirements of a production-level setup, and we covered how to allocate CPU and memory resources properly for both the Proxmox host node and the virtual machine itself. We also discussed how to give Ceph storage the best chance of providing redundancy along with performance. Finally, we saw how to cool equipment efficiently by leveraging liquid cooling, thus increasing Proxmox computing node density per rack while saving energy.

We also saw some real-world scenarios of Proxmox in action in different industries. We hope this will aid you in your quest to find that perfect balance between performance and budget that all network administrators crave.

In the next chapter, we are going to...