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    Instructions for adding external disk in Proxmox and using it in Windows Server VM for backup

    Good afternoon, I’m planning to back up some documents in a Windows Server VM using the Windows Server Backup service. I have an external hard drive that I would like to use for this purpose. What would be the best way to add this disk in Proxmox and then make it available to the VM? Model...
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    Cluster firewall and asymmetric bgp routing

    Hi, By enabling cluster firewall (we have one node), we can't do asymmetric bgp routing in a VM, since Proxmox drops the invalid packets (even when firewall is disabled for a VM) We want to have firewall enabled, but since invalid packets are only forwarded towards the bridge and not the VM...
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    Notification options for creating a VM

    Hi, I am currently trying to set up a notification to get information if one of our users creates a vm. Which matching type do I have to set for this? I tried to put the matching type field on qmcreate but it didn't work. Are there any other options? Thanks in advance
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    Proxmox Freezes After Passing GPU to Windows VM – Need Help Resolving Issue

    After passing my main GPU to the Windows VM, Proxmox freezes whenever I restart or start the Windows VM. I am unable to access Proxmox until I shut it down completely (a restart won’t resolve the issue). Here are my specs: CPU: 7900X3D GPU: 7800XT (I have downloaded the GPU rom file from this...
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    Converting machine to Proxmox VE server

    Hello, Wanted to ask for suggestions. I'm planning to convert machine with following specs to Proxmox VE server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X RAM: DDR 4, 32GB Drives: nVme - 500GB SSD - 500GB HDD 2.5' - 1TB HDD 3.5' - 2TB HDD 3.5' - 4TB Initial ideas was to try and use ZFS as I'm really...
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    shell access for oidc user

    Hi, I logged in via open id connect and want to access the shell of my node. It asks me for the login but it seems that my username and password are wrong. If I log in as root user it does not ask me for login. How can I access the shell as the open id connect user? The user has all permissions...
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    Help me setup openldap sync

    Can someone please point me to an idiots walkthrough for configuring openldap and adding it to proxmox. I have found a bunch of videos and stuff for Active Directory, but i dont want to use windows anymore. I have the openldap setup and can use ldapsearch to connect to and get info. It says i...
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    PBS configuration for LXC inside raidz

    Hi Thankfully I did install Proxmox VE then PBS inside LXC using tteck script. Also I did configure the backup storage as a raidz. then I did create a ZFS dataset for backup storage. After that I did create a mount point for the PBS LXC inside the backup dataset. to use it as the backup storage...
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    debian 12 netinst black screen

    Host details: Xeon-D 1541 16 GB DDR4 ECC Samsung 970 EVO 250 GB - boot disk 4x Samsung 870 EVO SATA SSD's - local storage for VM's - LVM RAID10 Proxmox 8.2.4 Yes, I'm aware that the SSD's aren't ideal, but it's what I had laying around. I'm trying to make a Debian 12 template, but any VM's...
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    Will there be a function in proxmox, analogous to the function in esxi VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance

    I would like to know if a similar feature like esxi is planned in the future. Two machines must run in parallel yes two servers and always synchronized VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance (FT). This feature provides continuous availability of virtual machines (VMs) by creating a full copy of a...
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    Proxmox Mail Gateway Rejects Outgoing Request

    Hey, I have installed Proxmox Mail Gateway recently on my Server. I have everything configured. I am working with HMailServer on my Windows Server. But every time I want to send an from my Mail Server, I get an Error Message (Down below). But when an Internet Server like Outlook or Gmail, send...
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    opnsense on Proxmox, replacing Unifi UDR as primary router, is this NIC bridge config right?

    I'm replacing my broken Unifi UDR with a N100 fanless box running Proxmox 8.2.2 and OPNsense 24.1. The N100 box has 4x dedicated Intel 226 NICs and 1x Console port. I have a ADSL2+ modem connected to eth0 as WAN (my internet is 80MbpsDown/16Mbpsup, but planning on getting 1G up/down fibre in...
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    Proxmox HA 3 node, lost of a disk

    Hi, it's just an interrogation but, if I have 3 node and add 1 disk to each node and make it in a HA configuration and one disk dies. Do I lose any data (exept the data between the last replication)? Or will I be able to replace the disk like nothing ever happen.
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    HA Cluster Replication Question

    Hello, I would like to set up a Proxmox HA cluster with 2 nodes. I can't use Ceph with only 2 nodes, so I wanted to try replication. With replication, you can set the container to be replicated every 15 minutes, for example. But then I asked myself a question: If my container is running on...
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    Gpu passthrough

    Hi, I acquired some '' old '' component and I want to swap then in my home lab. I'm actually using a i7 2600k and just found a 2700x. But I'm running a window vm in which I passed a 1070ti. I use the igpu from the i7 for proxmox. But here I don't have any with the 2700x. Can I use a second...
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    Using a container, PCIe passthrough, 2.5GBps Ethernet Card and network capture/analysis.

    Hi want to build a container to run Surricata and Zeek to do network analysis. See two possible approaches. 1) using PCIe passthought to pass the 2.5 Gbps ethernet card through to a container(is that possible on a container?) That runs both Zeek and Surricata. 2) Use 2 containers with a...
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    Is it impossible to setup pcie passthrough for Proliant gen8 servers ?

    Hi My server is DL380p gen8 server, and I did read about and test various solutions but ALL of them failed. I must admit that most of them are about GPU passthrough, and I just need to passthrough my p420i controller from proxmox to truenas (and a sas hba later). So is there any proven way to...
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    [SOLVED] DKIM Cname

    Hello now that we have gotten DKIM signing to work im sitting here thinking what if worst case senario came to pass.. all devices gets encrypted. handing out the TXT record that the users need to enter into there dns servers what if it changes so you have to start from scratch. this got me...
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    DNS and certificate question

    Hi! I recently started using PMG, super amazing service! I plan on expanding to a HA Cluster and I wonder how to handle certificate for my cluster I want to have one dedicated subdomain for each and then one domain for users to have in their MX records. So lets say we have pmg.mydomain.net A...
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    Different ways to store and share data between containers (Pros/Cons)

    Hello Proxmox Community, I have some questions about sharing data between containers. While researching I found many ways to do this and because I’m relatively new to Proxmox and maybe don’t understand the implications of doing certain things, I wanted to ask if there are any problems with the...

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