Mastering Proxmox

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Mastering Proxmox

By : Wasim Ahmed

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Mastering Proxmox

By: Wasim Ahmed

Overview of this book

Mastering Proxmox

Mastering Proxmox

Credits

About the Author

About the Author

About the Reviewers

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

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Preface

Free Chapter

Dive into the Virtual World with Proxmox

Dive into the Virtual World with Proxmox

Proxmox cluster required

The Proxmox Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Setting up a basic cluster

Proxmox Under the Hood

Proxmox Under the Hood

The Proxmox cluster directory structure

Dissecting the configuration files

User configuration files

The virtual machine list file

The cluster logfile

Shared Storages with Proxmox

Shared Storages with Proxmox

Local storage versus shared storage

Local and shared storage comparison

Virtual disk image

Storage types in Proxmox

Noncommercial/commercial storage options

FreeNAS – budget shared storage

A Virtual Machine for a Virtual World

A Virtual Machine for a Virtual World

Creating a VM from a template

Advanced configuration options for a VM

Nested virtual environment

Backing up a virtual machine

Network of Virtual Networks

Network of Virtual Networks

Introduction to a virtual network

Physical network versus virtual network

Networking components in Proxmox

Network configuration file

Adding a virtual bridge

Adding a bonding interface

Adding NAT/masquerading

Sample virtual networks

Multitenant virtual environment

Proxmox HA – Zero Downtime

Proxmox HA – Zero Downtime

Understanding High Availability

High Availability in Proxmox

Configuring Proxmox HA

Proxmox HA need to know

High Availability Storage for High Availability Cluster

High Availability Storage for High Availability Cluster

Introducing the Ceph storage

Reasons to use Ceph

Virtual Ceph for training

The Ceph components

The Ceph cluster

Installing Ceph using an OS

Installing Ceph on Proxmox

Creating a Ceph FS

Learning Ceph's CRUSH map

Managing Ceph pools

Ceph benchmarking

The Ceph command list

Proxmox Production Level Setup

Proxmox Production Level Setup

Defining a production level

AMD-based hardware selection

Proxmox Troubleshooting

Proxmox Troubleshooting

Main cluster issues

Network connectivity issues

KVM virtual machine issues

OpenVZ container issues

Backup/restore issues

VNC/SPICE console issues

Putting It All Together

Putting It All Together

Scenario #1 – academic institution

Scenario #2 – multitier storage cluster using Proxmox cluster

Scenario #3 – virtual infrastructure for multitenant cloud service provider

Scenario #4 – a nested virtual environment for a software development company

Scenario #5 – a virtual infrastructure for the public library

Scenario #6 – multifloor office virtual infrastructure with virtual desktops

Scenario #7 – virtual infrastructure for hotel industry

Scenario #8 – virtual infrastructure for a geological survey organization

Network diagrams for scenarios

Index

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KVM virtual machine issues

This section contains issues related to KVM virtual machines only.

Windows 7/XP machine converted to Proxmox KVM hangs during boot

The Windows operating system can be unforgiving when you convert or migrate from one type of hardware to another. It is certainly possible to convert/migrate just about any Windows OS as long as proper procedure is followed. For in-depth information on the proper procedure to migrate Windows machines to a virtual machine, visit the Proxmox Wiki at http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Migration_of_servers_to_Proxmox_VE#mergeide.

Windows 7 VM only boots when rebooted manually

This issue causes a Windows 7 virtual machine to shut down when initiated reboot from within OS. A manual power on through the Proxmox GUI is required to power up the VM. This is an issue caused by the installation of Windows itself, especially a VM that is configured with a standard video. Changing the display to SPICE solves the issue for a Windows 7 virtual machine. This is...