Proxmox Virtual Environment

Introduction

Proxmox Virtual Environment is a free virtualization solution based on the Linux KVM hypervisor. Proxmox also offers a container solution with LXC

01 - Installation of PVE and first configurations

• Best practices

• Removing/Adding repositories
• Update OS and LXC Templates
• Remove the subscription pop-up
• Optimization of SWAP memory

• Optional

• Dark Theme (you know,... because light attracts bugs 😆)
• Extend disk space of a VM (lvm partition)
• Network Config - Link aggregation
  • Cisco Link aggregation
  • Unifi Link aggregation
• Cluster

• My BIOS settings

• Gigabyte AMD X570 Aourus Master
• Gigabyte Intel GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5
• Dell Optiplex 790

02 - LXC & VM Containers

• Unifi
• PiHole (2 Sync)
• Traefik
• Wyze
• Docker VM Template
• Fileshare

03 - Creating a Win10 gaming VM

• 1- Enable IOMMU on BIOS
• 2- Activate IOMMU/VFIO script
• 3- Check your system
• 4- Create Win10 VM Script

04 - HiveOS VM

• VM config
• NVIDIA OC ERROR

05 - Troubleshooting

• VM not stopping
• Import a QCOW2 file
• Console Tips
• Helpers
• Delete disk - disk has holder 500
• Moving backups between PVE's
• Download from URL

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References

• Dark Theme