Proxmox Installation

Installation process for Proxmox 8.x.

Overview

Host machine config:

1. For primary storage, the host must have 2 x SSD/NVMe of same size to host all CT/VMs.
2. Recommended to have 2 x HDD of same size for storing local backups.
3. Recommendation is to have 1:4 ratio of SSD:HDD, eg. 2 x 1TB NVMe for primary store and 2 x 4TB HDD for backup store.
4. All disks will have zfs RAID1 to protect against disk failures. Eg. 2 x 1TB NVMe in zfs RAID1 set and 2 x 4TB SATA in another zfs RAID1 set.
5. zfs is the preferred filesystem for local storage as it offer the best storage features like snapshots, clone, replication, data protection, performance, etc.

Installation Steps

Step 1: Start the Installer

Step 2: Setup zfs RAID1 on NVMe/SSD disks

Note:

1. Using zfs RAID1 is recommended to protect against disk failures.
2. Even for single disk test setups, using ZFS as the filesystem is recommended as snapshots, clones, replication, etc are all possible only when using ZFS as the data store.

See:

1. ZFS on Linux
2. Proxmox Storage Wiki
3. Proxmox Storage Manual

Step 3: Time Zone Config

Step 4: Administrator Password and Email Address

Note:

1. This email will be used by default for sending email alerts can be later changed in the Datacenter / Options tab.

Step 5: Management Network Configuration

Step 6: Summary

References

• Proxmox full course https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT98CRl2KxKHnlbYhtABg6cF50bYa8Ulo