roberth/meta
1
0
Fork 0
forked from Fediversity/meta
Code Pull requests Activity
meta/proxmox/proxmox-provisioning.org
Hans van Zijst 2025d4aa5d Few small additions. (#20) 
Not a lot, but probably useful.

Co-authored-by: Hans van Zijst <hans@woefdram.nl>
Reviewed-on: Fediversity/meta#20
Co-authored-by: Hans van Zijst <hans@procolix.com>
Co-committed-by: Hans van Zijst <hans@procolix.com>
2024-10-25 15:52:14 +02:00

2.5 KiB
Raw Blame History

Provisioning a Proxmox VM

Preparing the machine configuration

  • It is nicer if the machine is a QEMU guest. On NixOS:

    services.qemuGuest.enable = true

  • Choose static IPs for your machine. The IPv4 and IPv6 subnets available for Fediversity testing are:

    • 95.215.187.0/24. Gateway is 95.215.187.1.
    • 2a00:51c0:13:1305::/64. Gateway is 2a00:51c0:13:1305::1.

    Check [Netbox](https://netbox.protagio.org) to see which addresses are free

Upload your ISO

  • Upload your ISO
  • In the node you want, `local` storage. ISO images. Upload. You can also download from URL.

Creating the VM

  • Click “Create VM” at the top right corner.
  • Tick “advanced” at the bottom.

General

Node
which actual machine you want to run; same as the ISO
VM ID
Has to be unique, probably best to use the "xxxx" in "vm0xxxx" (yet to be decided)
Name
Usually "vm" + 5 digits, e.g. "vm02199"
Resource pool
Fediversity

OS

Storage
local, means storage of the node.
?
Choose what you want.

System

BIOS
OVMF (UEFI)
EFI Storage
`linstor_storage`; this is a storage shared by all of the Proxmox machines.
Pre-Enroll keys
MUST be unchecked
Qemu Agent
check

Disks

Disk size (GiB)
40
SSD emulation
check
Discard
check, so that blocks of removed data are cleared

CPU

Sockets
1 (depending on requirements)
Cores
2 (depending on requirements)
Enable NUMA
check

Memory

Memory (MiB)
choose what you want
Ballooning Device
leave checked

Network

Bridge
When creating the VM, select the provisioning bridge (`vnet1306`). Once created, switch
Firewall
uncheck, we will handle the firewall on the VM itself

Confirm

Install and start the VM

  • You see the VM on the left side.
  • Click, go to console, start it.
  • Install it

  • Once the VM has been installed:

    • Go to the VM, Hardware, remove the CD/DVD Drive.
    • Switch bridge to public vnet1305
  • Datacenter > SDN > VNets

Remove the VM

  • Click on the VM. Make sure it is shut down.
  • Shutdown sends a sigshutdown. If the machine doesn't listen to it, use the tiny arrow, choose Stop, check overrule and click.
  • More > Remove. Enter the ID. Purge from job. Destroy unreference disks.

Move to other node

  • Make sure there is no ISO plugged in.
  • Click on the VM. Click migrate. Choose target node. Go.
  • Since the storage is shared, it should go pretty fast (~1 minute).