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ProxMox Setup for VM

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Add Hardrives Configuring Storage in ProxMox using https://cf.christrees.com/ns/
- https://192.168.6.103:8006/ Proxmox server
- Proxmox - ZFS on Linux
- See all storage
```
root@cf:~# lsblk
```
- smartctl -a /dev/sda youtube
```
root@cf:~# smartctl -a /dev/sdb
```
- fdisk /dev/sdb youtube
```
root@cf:~# fdisk /dev/sdb
```
```
p - partition list
d - delete partitions
g - gpt
w - write out
```
- Disk wipe Error disk/partition ‘/dev/sdb’ has a holder (500)
```
root@cf:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb
```
- Configure ZFS storage - clear disks
- Configure ZFS storage - Create ZFS Drive-ZFS-CreateZFS
  - Name: zfs2tb - RAID: Single Disk - Compression: on - ashift 12 - device: /dev/sdb
  - Name: zfs3tc - RAID: Single Disk - Compression: on - ashift 12 - device: /dev/sdc
  - Name: zfs3td - RAID: Single Disk - Compression: on - ashift 12 - device: /dev/sdd
- tbd
Add NAS container Turning Proxmox Into a Pretty Good NAS - youtube blog post
- Create container for NAS using template debian-11-standard
  - Node: cg Name: catnas CTID: 102 storsge: local-lvm 8G CPU: 2 Mem: 512 Net: 192.168.2.2/24 gw 192.168.2.1 vmbr0
- Update sources list
```
vi /etc/apt/sources.list
```
```
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib
```
```
apt update && apt full-upgrade
```
- Install Cockpit
```
apt install -t bullseye-backports cockpit --no-install-recommends
```
- Allow root login delete root in /etc/cockpit/disallowed-users
```
vi /etc/cockpit/disallowed-users
```
- Login to cockpit ui https://192.168.2.2:9090 from the 192.168.2.0/24 subnet only
- Add cockpit modules
  - https://github.com/45Drives/cockpit-file-sharing
    wget https://github.com/45Drives/cockpit-file-sharing/releases/download/v3.2.9/cockpit-file-sharing_3.2.9-2focal_all.deb
    apt install ./cockpit-file-sharing_3.2.9-2focal_all.deb
  - https://github.com/45Drives/cockpit-navigator
    wget https://github.com/45Drives/cockpit-navigator/releases/download/v0.5.10/cockpit-navigator_0.5.10-1focal_all.deb
    apt install ./cockpit-navigator_0.5.10-1focal_all.deb
  - https://github.com/45Drives/cockpit-identities
    wget https://github.com/45Drives/cockpit-identities/releases/download/v0.1.10/cockpit-identities_0.1.10-1focal_all.deb
    apt install ./cockpit-identities_0.1.10-1focal_all.deb
- remove deb packages in root
```
cd ~
pwd
ls
```
```
rm *.deb
```
- Verify models added to cockpit ui on left tab https://192.168.2.2:9090 from the 192.168.2.0/24 subnet only
- Click on File Sharing - click on Fix Now warning
- Add Storage to catnas container
  - cg->102->resources->add->mountpoint
  - mountpointID: 0 Storage: zfs2tb Disksize: 1000 Path: /mnt/zfs2tbplexdvr
- Add Users to catnas container
Add Storage from catfreenas.gh.lan http://192.168.252.2/
- Datacenter -> Storage -> Add -> NFS
- tbd
- tbd
- tbd

Setup

Setup ProxMox LearningLinuxTV 1/9
- Start Install (via USB Stick)
- Select HardDrive See Video
- Admin Password See Video
- Network Config See Video
- Checkout WebGUI - https://192.168.9.121:8006 See Video
- Update ProxMox and Reboot See Video
Create First VM ProxMox LearningLinuxTV 2/9
- Download ISO https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD See Video
- 19.10 Download Rochester Institute of Technology
- 19.10 Download TeraSwithc
- Upload 19.10 ISO See Video
- pm01 -> local -> Content -> Upload - Create VM See Video
- General See Video
  - Node: pm01
  - VM ID: 300
  - Name: ubuntu-19.10
- OS See Video
  - Use CD: ISO image: ubuntu-19.10-live-server-amd64.iso
- System no video this is new
  - Graphics: Default
  - SCSI Controller: VirtIO SCSI
- Hard Disk See Video
  - Bus/Device: VirtIO Block
  - Storage: local-lvm
  - Disk size: 64 GiB
  - Cache: Default (No cache)
- CPU See Video
  - Cores: 4
- Memory See Video
  - Memory: 4096
- Network See Video
  - Bridge: vmbr0
  - VLAN Tag: no VLAND
  - Model: VirtIO (paravirtualized)
  - MAC: auto - Boot Ubuntu Installer See Video
- English
- Your Name: radmin
- Server Name: ratestweb - see#note
- DHCP - Remove CD See Video - test SSH access See Video
User Interface ProxMox LearningLinuxTV 3/9
- Navigation Menu See Video
- Summary View See Video
- Subscription Plans See Video
- Start On Boot Option See Video
- Change Hardware See Video
- Backup to Local See Video
Container Setup ProxMox LearningLinuxTV 4/9
- Pull down a Template See Video
- pm01 -> local -> Click “Template”
- Click “ubuntu-19.10-standard” then Click “Download” - Create a Container See Video - Container vs VM See Video
- Use Container when you can (Dynamic Share)
- Container smaller footprint
- Nesting Docker in a Container is not good
- Use VM for Docker / K8s Host
Create Template via CloudInit ProxMox LearningLinuxTV 5/9
- Install Cloud Init in VM See Video
- sudo apt install cloud-init - Edit cloud.cfg See Video
- sudo vi /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg
- Go to: cloud_config_modules
  - Remove “snap stuff” 2 lines
  - Remove “ubuntu-advantage”
  - Remove “disable-ec2-metadata”
  - Remove “byobu”
- Go to: cloud_final_modules
  - Remove snappy
  - Remove fan, lxd, puppet, chef, mcollective, salt-minion, rightscale_userdata - Talks about 18.04 MAC Address Issue See Video
- REMOVE machine ID from VM
  - cat /etc/machine-id
  - sudo rm /etc/machine-id
  - sudo touch /etc/machine-id
- soft link machine-id See Video
  - cat /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
  - sudo rm /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
  - sudo ln -s /etc/machine-id /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
  - ls -l /var/lib/dbus/mahcine-id
  - cat /etc/machine-id (should be an empty file)
  - sudo apt clean
  - sudo poweroff - Create Cloud Init Drive See Video
- pm01 -> Hardware -> Add -> CloudInit Drive
- Storage: local-lvm
- pm01 -> Cloud-Init -> Edit
  - User: radmin
  - Password: see#note - Create Clone of Template See Video
- Target Node: pm01
- VM ID: 601
- Name: ratestclone01
- Mode: Full Clone
- Repeat… should get machines
Create Cluster ProxMox LearningLinuxTV 6/9
- Datacenter See Video
- Click on “Datacenter”
- Click on “Cluster” under “Summary”
- Click “Create Cluster” -> Name: cat9clusterl
- Click on “Join Information” -> “Copy Information”
- Go to another node (pm02)
- Click on “Datacenter”
- Click on “Cluster” under “Summary”
- Click “Join Cluster”
- Paste in Info -> type in root pw of pm01 -> Click “Join”
- Refresh GUI
- Should have 3 nodes to do HA - Migrate a Container to other node See Video
- Stop Container
- Right Click on Container -> Migrate -> Select target node -> Click “Migrate”
- You cannot Live migrate “Container” but you CAN LIVE migrate a VM - Live Migrate VM to other node See Video
ProxMox LearningLinuxTV 7/9
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Upgrade Proxmox to 6.0 ProxMox LearningLinuxTV 8/9
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Updates on ProxMox with no VM Downtime ProxMox LearningLinuxTV 9/9
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Extras

Upgrading Proxmox VE to 6.0 See Video
Installing Proxmox Virtual Enviroment Updates in a Cluster See Video
Create custom Proxmox via CLI See Video