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    Unable to use regular LXC templates

    Since I upgraded to Promox 8, I cannot install the packages lxc-templates apt -y install lxc-templates Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible...
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    Moving VMS and containers across cities

    I have several Proxmox 7.1 servers in different cities. I want to emulate what we do with Vmware and move VMs and Containers or close across servers. Is this possible? It's not a cluster since they are located far apart. Yours Philip
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    Questions

    a) I need to assign a physical network interface to a container, with type=phys, how do I enable this? I did it manually and it works but the config file gets regenerated after restarting the container. Is there a way to avoid this? I added lxc.net.0.type = phys lxc.net.0.name = eth0...
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    Centos 8 as a container

    Network Manager makes RHEL 8 and Centos 8 impossible to containerize. Please see that it detects a device type macvlan, when it should be really Ethernet. nmcli connection up Ethernet0 Error: Connection activation failed: No suitable device found for this connection (device lo not available...
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    how to mount /dev/pve/data so its usable from Debian

    I installed the latest version, 6.1, and Proxmox used all my space. I need to access /dev/pve/data, how can I do that? I formatted it to xfs, and I can mount it manually, but if I dare put a line in fstab, the server does not boot, it says there is an error and disk maintenance is in order...
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    cloning fails

    a Windows virtual machine (powered off) fails to clone, this hangs forever qm clone 104 109 create full clone of drive virtio0 (Disk2T:104/vm-104-disk-1.qcow2) Formatting '/nfs1/images/109/vm-109-disk-0.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 size=536870912000 cluster_size=65536 preallocation=metadata...
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    High CPU usage on kvm

    I have only two virtual machines, doing nothing, one windows 2016 and the other one Linux, a Mikrotik virtualized router. Each one shows more than 100% in Top, but virtually nothing inside. What am I doing wrong? The drivers are up to date. How do I fix this and why it is right from the start...
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    Unable to change the configuration of container

    ls /etc/pve/nodes/proxmox/lxc/ 100.conf 101.conf 105.conf root@proxmox:~# mkdir /etc/pve/nodes/proxmox/lxc/demo mkdir: cannot create directory '/etc/pve/nodes/proxmox/lxc/demo': Permission denied root@proxmox:~# chmod 0\7277 /etc/pve/nodes/proxmox/lxc/ chmod: changing permissions of...
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    Windows VM fails to shutdown from Proxmox web

    I can turn-off a Windows Server VM, but shutdown simply does not work. The agent is installed, so what is happening? The VM is Windows Server 2019. Any ideas?
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    Qemu agent installed not not detected or used by Proxmox

    This is a windows server 2016 machine. The machines cannot be rebooted by Proxmox.
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    how to fix high CPU usage n KVM virtual machines

    I am affected by the issue described below https://askubuntu.com/questions/1033985/kvm-high-host-cpu-load-after-upgrading-vm-to-windows-10-1803 the question is how do I add or change parameters for all my virtual machines in Proxmox. Ideally, the changes would be for all Virtual machines, both...
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    Installing third party web software how to

    I need to install a web interface for my SFTP users, who cannot login via shell, only SFTP. I found this software, and don't know how to apply the instructions to the proxmox server https://www.monstaftp.com/guides/how-to-install-monsta-ftp Yours Federico
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    Virtual Machine Low Resolution

    I installed Ubuntu Mint as a Virtual machines, but the default resolution is only 800x600. I tried to change the display but there is no option to set a higher resolution. Is there a kernel command line or any other trick to move the resolution to 1280 or higher?
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    VNC access for third parties

    I need to send a link for VNC console access to a VM, to a third party who does not need to login into Proxmox. How can I do that? I tried the obvious, copy and paste the console link for a VM, but of course it says "no ticket found". I don't want the third party to login to Proxmox.
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    proxmox stopped working

    I rebooted the server and Proxmox did not start root@proxmox:~# systemctl --failed UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION * pve-cluster.service loaded failed failed The Proxmox VE cluster filesystem * pve-firewall.service loaded failed failed Proxmox...
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    changing storage for a container

    I have a server with several storages, different performance classes. Using the GUI how fo I change a container, or a VM, so it migrates all its files to a different partition? All inside the same server.
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    inside a container, top does not work

    I have a container with 32 cores, and top show CPU consumption is always zero on the top panel, not in the per-process detail.
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    adding a GUI to the box

    Proxmox uses Debian 9. I need to add a GUI to Debian, so I may use an app that requires a GUI. Can somebody provide a list of commands so I may do so safely?
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    Fedora 27 container has a problem

    I created a Fedora 27 container with a public IP address, but the resulting IP inside the container is DHCP. I am at a loss as how to fix this, since the configuration is correct. Is there an override to the automatic overwriting of network files?
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    Suggestion

    I brought in my existing LXC containers into Debian, and they work perfectly, I can manage them with the regular lxc command list. But Proxmox only shows its own containers, not all LXC containers. Proxmox containers must coexist and be managed along with regular LXC, directory-backed...