Ash's take on the ol Proxmox Install
Proxmox Installation Guide
Method of installing is similar to most
Download Ventoy
- https://www.ventoy.net/en/download.html
- Select either the tarball or the zip, depending on the OS being used
- Extract the contents of the archive
- Run Ventoy2Disk.exe for Windows and Ventoy2Disk.sh for Linux
- Insert USB key that can be erased
- Install Ventoy on the USB
Download Proxmox ISO
- https://proxmox.com/en/downloads
- Copy the downloaded ISO to the Ventoy folder of the USB
Insert the Ventoy USB into the PC
- Enter the BIOS and disable secure boot
- If entering the boot menu is not an option, ensure the USB key is moved to first priority in the boot order
- Reboot the PC and enter the boot menu and choose the Ventoy USB Key or if USB is first in the boot order let it run
- From the Ventoy list, choose the Proxmox ISO
- Choose boot in Normal mode
- Press Enter to Install Proxmox VE
Install Proxmox
- Click I Agree to accept the EULA
- Choose the drive from the drop-down list you want to install Proxmox on and click next
- Input the country, timezone and keyboard layout that's appropriate and click next
- Enter the root password of your choosing, confirm the password and enter the email address you want to send mail with from this node (will be configured later)
- If the PC has multiple NICs choose the one that is going to be used to access the management interface from the drop-down
- Enter the hostname for the Proxmox node
- Entering static IP details is important to ensure the management address does not change. In an enterprise environment, it is strongly preferred to do this by setting a static map to the MAC address in the DHCP server
- When the details are filled out, click next
- Click next again if you're happy to proceed and the installation will start
- Once installation is complete, you will be on a page letting you know this, and it will also tell you what the URL is to access the web interface: https://IP Address:8006
- Click reboot and take out the Ventoy USB Key
- Once the PC is booted, you can browse to the URL given previously. If you didn't make note of it earlier, it will be on the screen
- Open a browser on another machine on the same subnet and go to the URL
- Log in with username root and the password set during installation
All done
The next guide will have the steps that should be followed after initial install and before starting to configure VMs.