Tag: ProxmoxVE
Management notes for the Type-1 hypervisor clusters, focusing on resource allocation and hardware abstraction.
🖥 Compute Resources Link to heading
- Virtual Machines (KVM): CPU pinning, NUMA alignment, and PCIe passthrough.
- LXC Containers: Lightweight system containers and privilege mapping.
💾 Infrastructure Link to heading
- Storage Backends: LVM-Thin, ZFS, and shared storage integration.
- Networking: Linux Bridges, OVS (Open vSwitch), and VLAN tagging.
- High Availability: Cluster quorum, fencing, and replication.
📚 External Resources Link to heading
- Proxmox VE Documentation - Reference manual.
- Proxmox Wiki - Community guides and how-tos.
- Proxmox VM - Ensure SCSI0 in Boot Order for Talos OS
Proxmox VM - Ensure SCSI0 in Boot Order for Talos OS Symptom After installing Talos Linux to a Proxmox VM's SCSI disk (e.g., scsi0) and removing the installation ISO, the VM may fail to boot, potentially getting stuck in …
- ProxmoxVE - Add Certificate via ACME
ProxmoxVE - Add Certificate via ACME Problem I need to get a valid TLS certificate for my ProxmoxVE so browser don't complain. Solution The server certificate can be configured to use ACME to install a certificate. …
- ProxmoxVE - Boot without starting any VM
ProxmoxVE - Boot without starting any VM Problem I want to boot ProxmoxVE without booting any guest in order to perform a maintenance task. Solution During boot interrupt systemd (proxmox-boot) so it does not boot Press …
- ProxmoxVE - Shutdown timeout
Problem In order to give important VM time to shutdown properly, I need to define shutdown timeout for each important VM. The default timeout is 180s Solution The timeouts are defined per VM and not per Group. Since …
- ProxmoxVE - Start and Shutdown order
Problem I need to define the Start and Shutdown order for all of my VMs in order to ensure dependencies between vms. Solution The order defined below per group and not per VM although each VM in the group needs to input …
- ProxmoxVE - Startup delay
Problem In order to guarantee dependent VMs boot before they are needed, I need to define a delay to wait before booting the top VMs Solution The delays are defined per VM and not per Group. Basic DNS: 60s Allow basic …
- ProxmoxVE - TrueNAS VM - Disable Memory Ballooning
ProxmoxVE - TrueNAS VM - Disable Memory Ballooning ProxmoxVE's memory ballooning feature allows a virtual machine's operating system to dynamically adjust its reported memory usage. This enables the hypervisor …
- ProxmoxVE - Turn off laptop screen
ProxmoxVE - Turn off laptop screen Problem I have a couple of ProxmoxVE servers running on old laptops and I noticed that the screen never turns off. Solution The solution is to leverage the consoleblank kernel command …
- ProxmoxVE - VM - Talos Linux - New Kubernetes Cluster
ProxmoxVE - VM - Talos Linux - New Kubernetes Cluster Talos runs great on ProxmoxVE. Make sure to add the system extension siderolabs/qemu-guest-agent when producing the Talos - Generate ISO and Installer with Custom …
- ProxmoxVE - VM Performance Tuning
ProxmoxVE - VM Performance Tuning Proxmox VE, being based on KVM/QEMU, offers numerous avenues for tuning Virtual Machine (VM) performance. Optimal settings often depend on the specific workload of the VM (e.g., I/O …
- SuperMicro - Install ProxmoxVE
SuperMicro - Install ProxmoxVE Problem I need to install ProxmoxVE on the server. Solution SuperMicro - BMC - Boot from USB Perform a normal ProxmoxVE installation using the two SSD in RAID1 (mirror) Related Setting up …