In this tutorial, I will explain how to install Proxmox on a physical server.
I used a DELL server and performed the installation through the iDRAC console.
Regarding the configuration of the server, it has 2 CPUs, 32GB of RAM and 8 hard drives.
The disk configuration is as follows:
- Creating a RAID 1 with 2 disks for Promox operating system, a virtual disk is created by the RAID controller
- 5 hard drives that will be presented directly to Proxmox for Ceph storage configuration
- 1 spare disk
To get started, download Proxmox available here : https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads/proxmox-virtual-environment/iso
Then create a bootable key with Rufus.
When starting the server enter the Boot Manager.
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Choose One-shot BIOS Boot menu.
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In the list of devices, choose the USB key.
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After booting from the USB key, you arrive at the Promox installation wizard, choose the Install Proxmox VE (Graphical) installation.
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Wait while the installation wizard loads…
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Start by accepting the license by clicking on I Agree 1.
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If you have several disks, the Proxmox installation wizard asks you to select disk 1, here I chose the disk created on the RAID controller, then click on Next 2.
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Select country 1 to automatically configure the Time Zone and keyboard and click Next 2.
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If necessary change the time zone and keyboard layout.
Enter the root account password 1 and an email address 2, this is mandatory and click on the Next 3 button.
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Select the management network card for Proxmox 1, enter the machine name in FQDN format 2 then enter the IP configuration of the card 3 and click on Next 4.
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A summary of the configuration is displayed, click on Install 1.
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Wait while installing…
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The installation is quite quick, you will barely have time to go have a coffee
At the end of the installation, the server restarts, when you get the prompt to identify your Proxmox is ready.
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From a browser go to the administration interface: https://ip-proxmox:8006/. Username: root / Password: the one indicated during installation.
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We are connected to the Proxmox VE administration interface.
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By default, two storages are created which will allow the storage of ISO files and virtual machines.
Here is the server summary.
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In the disk management, I also find the 5 disks which will be used for Ceph storage.
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In this first tutorial dedicated to Proxmox, we saw how to install it on a physical server.
In a future tutorial, we will see how to set up a Proxmox Cluster using Ceph to set up a Hyperconverged infrastructure.
Other tutorials on Proxmox will also follow how:
- Creating VMs
- LXD container creation
- Using Cloud-Init
- …