Web interface on the host

[alxv]

Hello. Please help me with Proxmox configuration.

Need access to web interface from Proxmox host.

My router is OpenWRT in Proxmox now. Network setup emulates the physical location of the router in front of my network, firewall, VPN, so setting up via configuration files is too complicated for me. Only when setting up the router I lost access to the network many times, I had to start from the beginning.

Since I am learning and testing many services - chances that something will go wrong are pretty high.

According to one of the old instructions, I installed xfce4 for browser access, but it seems that it caused restart of the whole cluster without warnings at random time.

I need Linux GUI only if the network breaks. By default GUI should not load.

Please recommend a solution. Thank you!

 

[UdoB]

Need access to web interface from Proxmox host.

That's simply not the way it is designed to be used.

That said..., this is Debian. You can install whatever GUI you want and then use a browser in that environment to access https://localhost:8006 ;-)

Some hints: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Developer_Workstations_with_Proxmox_VE_and_X11

From Debian: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch07.en.html + https://wiki.debian.org/DesktopEnvironment

 

[louie1961]

I would install Proxmox per normal and then add a second network interface (virtual interface?) and configure it to access the web ui on a different vmbr. The idea being that when you break something you can connect your laptop or another computer via ethernet to the secondary port and still have access to the web UI even if openWRT is down.

 

[alxv]

That's simply not the way it is designed to be used.

That said..., this is Debian. You can install whatever GUI you want and then use a browser in that environment to access https://localhost:8006 ;-)

Some hints: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Developer_Workstations_with_Proxmox_VE_and_X11

From Debian: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch07.en.html + https://wiki.debian.org/DesktopEnvironment

Hello. Thank you!

I installed xfse4 using this instruction. But after that, random reboots started on the host.

It loads by default and when it finishes(systemctl stop lightdm), there is no access to the command line.

 

[louie1961]

BTW, life will be so much easier if you buy a mini PC, or some other computer, to run OpenWRT on in a bare metal arrangement, even if just temporarily. I never run my router virtualized, even though it is easy to do (pfSense).

 

[alxv]

I would install Proxmox per normal and then add a second network interface (virtual interface?) and configure it to access the web ui on a different vmbr. The idea being that when you break something you can connect your laptop or another computer via ethernet to the secondary port and still have access to the web UI even if openWRT is down.

Thanks for the answer!
I have only 2 physical interfaces and I don't know if I can replace one of them directly witout web-interface, withen OpenWRT down.
How can I do this?

 

[alxv]

Кстати, жизнь станет намного проще, если вы купите мини-ПК или какой-нибудь другой компьютер, чтобы запустить OpenWRT на голом железе, пусть даже временно. Я никогда не запускаю свой маршрутизатор виртуализированным, хотя это легко сделать (pfSense).

Thank you. Yes, I will do that someday, but here and now the flexibility of OpenWRT is needed.