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Installation
FromProxmoxVE

Contents
UsingtheProxmoxVEInstallationCDROM
InstallProxmoxVEonDebianJessie
InstallfromUSBStick
VideoTutorials
SeeAlso
ProxmoxVEisbasedonDebianandcomeswithaninstallationCDROMwhichincludesacompleteDebian("jessie"forProxmoxVE4.x)systemas
wellasallnecessaryProxmoxVEpackages.Theinstallerjustasksyouafewquestions,thenpartitionsthelocaldisk(s),installsallrequiredpackages,
andconfiguresthesystemincludingabasicnetworksetup.Youcangetafullyfunctionalsystemwithinafewminutes.Thisisthepreferredand
recommendedinstallationmethod.
Alternatively,ProxmoxVEcanbeinstalledontopofanexistingDebiansystem.Thisoptionisonlyrecommendedforadvanceduserssincedetail
knowledgeaboutProxmoxVEisnecessary.

UsingtheProxmoxVEInstallationCDROM
Includesthefollowing:
Completeoperatingsystem(DebianLinux,64bit)
Partitioningoftheharddrive(s)containingtheoperatingsystemwithext4,ext3,xfsorZFS
ProxmoxVEkernelwithLXCandKVMsupport
Completetoolsetforadministeringvirtualmachines,containersandallnecessaryresources
Webbasedmanagementinterfaceforusingthetoolset
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Bydefault,thecompleteserverisusedandallexistingdataisremoved.

PleaseinserttheinstallationCDROM,thenbootfromthatdrive.Immediatelyafterwardsyoucanchoosethefollowingmenuoptions:
InstallProxmoxVE
Startnormalinstallation.
InstallProxmoxVE(Debugmode)
Startinstallationindebugmode.Itopensashellconsoleatseveralinstallationsteps,sothatyoucandebugthingsifsomethinggoeswrong.
PleasepressCTRLDtoexitthosedebugconsolesandcontinueinstallation.Thisoptionismostlyfordevelopersandnotmeantforgeneraluse.
RescueBoot
Thisoptionallowsyoutobootanexistinginstallation.Itsearchesallattachedharddisksand,ifitfindsanexistinginstallation,bootsdirectlyinto
thatdiskusingtheexistingLinuxkernel.Thiscanbeusefulifthereareproblemswiththebootblock(grub),ortheBIOSisunabletoreadthe
bootblockfromthedisk.
TestMemory
Runsmemtest86+.Thisisusefultocheckifyourmemoryisfunctionalanderrorfree.
YounormallyselectInstallProxmoxVEtostarttheinstallation.Afterthatyougetpromptedtoselectthetargetharddisk(s).TheOptionsbuttonlets
youselectthetargetfilesystem,whichdefaultstoext4.TheinstallerusesLVMifyouselectext3,ext4orxfsasfilesystem,andoffersadditional
optiontorestrictLVMspace(seebelow)
Ifyouhavemorethanonedisk,youcanalsouseZFSasfilesystem.ZFSsupportsseveralsoftwareRAIDlevels,sothisisspeciallyusefulifyoudonot
haveahardwareRAIDcontroller.TheOptionsbuttonletsyouselecttheZFSRAIDlevel,andyoucanchoosedisksthere.
Thenextpagesjustaskforbasicconfigurationoptionsliketimezoneandkeyboardlayout.Youalsoneedtospecifyyouremailaddressandsuperuser
(root)password(musthaveatleast5characters).
Thelaststepisthenetworkconfiguration.PleasenotethatyoucanuseeitherIPv4orIPv6here,butnotboth.Ifyouwanttoconfigureadualstacknode,
youcaneasilydothatafterinstallation.
IfyoupressNextnow,installationstartstoformatdisks,andcopiespackagestothetarget.Pleasewaituntilthatisfinished,thenreboottheserver.

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FurtherconfigurationisdoneviatheProxmoxwebinterface.JustpointyourbrowsertotheIPaddressgivenduringinstallation
(https://youripaddress:8006).
Defaultloginis"root"(realmPAM)andtherootpasswordisdefinedduringtheinstallationprocess.

AdvancedLVMConfigurationOptions
TheinstallercreatesaVolumeGroup(VG)calledpve,andadditionalLogicalVolumes(LVs)calledroot,dataandswap.Thesizeofthosevolumescan
becontrolledwith:
hdsize

DefinesthetotalHDsizetobeused.ThiswayyoucansavefreespaceontheHDforfurtherpartitioning(i.e.foranadditionalPVandVGonthe
sameharddiskthatcanbeusedforLVMstorage).
swapsize

Definesthesizeoftheswapvolume.Thedefaultisthesizeoftheinstalledmemory,minimum4GBandmaximum8GB.Theresultingvalue
cannotbegreaterthanhdsize/8.
maxroot

Definesthemaximumsizeoftherootvolume,whichstorestheoperationsystem.Themaximumlimitoftherootvolumesizeishdsize/4.
maxvz

Definesthemaximumsizeofthedatavolume.Theactualsizeofthedatavolumeis:
datasize=hdsizerootsizeswapsizeminfree

Wheredatasizecannotbebiggerthanmaxvz.
minfree

DefinestheamountoffreespaceleftinLVMvolumegrouppve.Withmorethan128GBstorageavailablethedefaultis16GB,elsehdsize/8will
beused.
LVMrequiresfreespaceintheVGforsnapshotcreation(notrequiredforlvmthinsnapshots).
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ZFSPerformanceTips
ZFSusesalotofmemory,soitisbesttoaddadditionalRAMifyouwanttouseZFS.Agoodcalculationis4GBplus1GBRAMforeachTBRAW
diskspace.
ZFSalsoprovidesthefeaturetouseafastSSDdriveaswritecache.ThewritecacheiscalledtheZFSIntentLog(ZIL).Youcanaddthatafter
installationusingthefollowingcommand:
zpooladd<poolname>log</dev/path_to_fast_ssd>

InstallProxmoxVEonDebianJessie
InstallfromUSBStick
VideoTutorials
ListofallofficialtutorialsonourProxmoxVEYouTubeChannel
TutorialsinSpanishlanguageonITexperts.esYouTubePlayList

SeeAlso
SystemRequirements
PackageRepositories
HostSystemAdministration
NetworkConfiguration
Installation:TipsandTricks

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