Install Proxmox VE 6 on Debian 10 (Buster) Rumi, October 25, 2019 Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) is an enterprise-grade open-source server virtualization solution based on Debian Linux distribution with a modified Ubuntu LTS kernel. It allows you to deploy and manage both virtual machines and containers. This setup presumes you have a running Debian 10 Buster Linux server running. If you don’t… Continue Reading
Proxmox change from local-lvm to local storage Rumi, August 30, 2019 First remove the existing LVM-Thin: lvremove pve/data Then create an normal lvm on existing group. For example: lvcreate -L 755.96G -n data pve Format it: mkfs.ext4 /dev/pve/data Mount it in the fstab. The mount target must be empty, so delete everything in there. /dev/pve/data /var/lib/vz ext4 defaults 0 2 rm… Continue Reading
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
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
Essential Openvz commands Rumi, May 31, 2017 1. Command to list the running VPSs in a node # vzlist Example: # vzlist CTID NPROC STATUS IP_ADDR HOSTNAME 106 104 running xx.xx.xx.xx server1.test.com 107 46 running xx.xx.xx.xx server2.test.com 108 83 running xx.xx.xx.xx server3.test.com 109 86 running xx.xx.xx.xx server4.test.com 2. This command lists all (running and stopped) the VPSs… Continue Reading