Install Proxmox VE on Debian 9 – Stretch Rumi, May 5, 2018June 2, 2018 The installation of a supported Proxmox VE server should be done via Bare-metal_ISO_Installer. In some case it makes sense to install Proxmox VE on top of a running Debian Stretch 64-bit, especially if you want a custom partition layout. For this HowTO the following Debian Stretch ISO was used: Install a… Continue Reading
Proxmox User Management- Proxmox VE authentication server Rumi, May 4, 2018 Command Line Tool Most users will simply use the GUI to manage users. But there is also a full featured command line tool called pveum (short for “Proxmox VE User Manager”). Please note that all Proxmox VE command line tools are wrappers around the API, so you can also access… Continue Reading
Convert .ova and import it on Proxmox KVM virtualization Rumi, January 8, 2018 Let’s start uploading the exported ova file to the proxmox server. Extract the OVA file: tar -xvf *.ova This should output a couple of files from the OVA container, it should include an OVF file, which is the VM Defenition file, and a VMDK file, which is the actual hard… Continue Reading
Fix on connecting to NFS server from Proxmox Centos 7/Debian Container Rumi, January 7, 2018November 11, 2019 I hope you already know how to allow NFS from proxmox host server. if not, you may read my earlier post: NFS fix on LXC Host Server The fix works for Proxmox 4.x I was actually receiving a error like below: # mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd mount: nfsd is… Continue Reading
Enable VNC viewer for Proxmox 2.x/3.x with tightvnc Rumi, December 10, 2017 Configure Proxmox host for TLS connections: This configures the host to accept VNC connections. aptitude install openbsd-inetd Run this to get your KVM id’s : qm list root@homenet-home10 /etc # qm list VMID NAME STATUS MEM(MB) BOOTDISK(GB) PID 101 freenas stopped 1024 32.00 0 102 debpbx running 512 0.00 573304 105… Continue Reading
Phpvirtualbox fix on 5.1 using 5.0 Rumi, October 12, 2017October 12, 2017 I was able to get v5.0-5 working with vbox 5.1 by commenting out the version check line and replacing it with a static value in the endpoints/api.php file: // $response[‘data’][‘responseData’][‘phpvboxver’] = @constant(‘PHPVBOX_VER’); $response[‘data’][‘responseData’][‘phpvboxver’] = “5.1-0”; Src: https://sourceforge.net/p/phpvirtualbox/discussion/general/thread/565b7f31/ Continue Reading
Proxmox VM is locked (backup) Rumi, August 7, 2017 Problem found- Error show: Code: INFO: setting parameters failed – VM is locked (backup) ERROR: Backup of VM 516 failed – command ‘qm set 516 –lock backup’ failed with exit code 255 Resolution: qm unlock <vmid> Continue Reading
Compacting VirtualBox’s VDI file size? Rumi, February 8, 2017 Run defrag in the guest (Windows only) Nullify free space: With a Linux Guest run this: sudo dd if=/dev/zero | pv | sudo dd of=/bigemptyfile bs=4096k sudo rm -rf /bigemptyfile Continue Reading
User Management in Proxmox Rumi, June 16, 2016 Proxmox VE authentication server This is a unix like password store (/etc/pve/priv/shadow.cfg). Password are encrypted using the SHA-256 hash method. Users are allowed to change passwords. Terms and Definitions Users A Proxmox VE user name consists of 2 parts: <userid>@<realm>. The login screen on the GUI shows them a separate… Continue Reading