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    Using Resource Mappings on LXCs

    Hello, I have successfully setup an USB Device in Resource Mappings. While there is documentation on attaching Resource Mapping devices to VMs, I cannot verify if it's possible to use them for LXCs and there is no way add the device via Device Passthrough in the GUI. I took a look around at...
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    Missing information about creating 2nd ring in Ceph in documentation, and impossibility to create 2nd ring in Ceph.

    Hi, I run in my homelab a 3xnode cluster with ceph, 3xmons, 3xmgr, 3xmds. I run it for about ~3 years now. Yesterday I've installed fresh 3x nodes and migrated my cluster from old nodes to a 3x new one, which are identical (GMKTEC M5 Plus, 24GB RAM each, beautiful devices, works like a charm so...
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    Kernel apt problems 6.8.12-8-pve to 6.8.12-9-pve

    Dear all, I have (had) a smoothly running installation. By accident I overread that the there was a suggested kernel update from 6.8.12-8-pve to 6.8.12-9-pve. After this everything went south ... and I seem not be able to properly resolve this issue (see below). The most disturbing thing is -...
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    Need guidance on best setup

    Hi all, I am looking for some advice on how to best configure my PVE cluster - will really appreciate some guidance! My current hardware consists of: Nodes: - 4 x MS-01 workstations (Intel 13900H, 96GB RAM, 2TB NVMe, 2 x 2.5GBe, 2 x 10GBe) Switches: - TP-Link 5 port (10GBe) - Netgear 5 port...
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    PVE Authentication - User Password Expiry Policy?

    I was curious to know if Proxmox had a built-in method of doing password expiry for user accounts that are not `root`? I was hoping to make it so the password would expire every 90 days, similar to the `chage` command. I am pretty sure if you use PAM authentication instead of PVE Authentication...
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    Managing an ISCSI LUN in the proxmox gui.

    I'm new to proxmox, and new to enterprise hypervisors in general. Running 8.3.2 I'm hoping this is a very basic question, and I've just somehow missed the answer in the documentation. We have dedicated SAN units that share out storage. I can see, and use the assigned LUN from the SAN in...
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    Setting Up Disks

    I have a lot of questions about this. I don't know if this is in the documentation anywhere. I have a section set out for datastore use, but it hasn't been working. This is the current storage I have setup for this server and the highlighted one is what I am trying to use for the datastore...
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    Configuring VLANs

    I am trying to get VLANs setup. I made another section for it the way I knew how with just auto eno4.10 and configured the IP under that one, but that didn't work. I tried looking for it in the documentation and I couldn't find it. Sorry if that is my fault, but I got really tired of looking for...
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    Trouble installing after boot from GRUB

    I have an HP DL360 G6 server and have run the tests on it to make sure that it will be okay to use for 3.3. I have been able to get to the GRUB just fine, but if I click on the GUI interface then it doesn't work. I've accepted that I won't be able to use this. However, when I select the console...
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    Help with storage setup

    Hi Community, I am a very newbie and just installed proxmox 2 days ago used to run docker containers on a laptop before the whole homelab thing. Please help me decide storage setup, this is my setup/plan: 1 X 1TB Nvme for all vms and proxmox (1 more will be added later) 1 X20TB drive for...
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    Help with ACME DNS API

    Hello all, I'm fairly new with Proxmox and just started working with it for about three weeks now. When I first installed this I didn't have a domain controller or DNS server so I made it's name (name).asdf.local. I made these last week with Windows Server 2025 and changed it, but the...
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    No internet when using Static, but DHCP does in LXC

    Hello I ran into any issue when. When creating a LXC with a static IP it is unable to connect to the internet, but is able to ping google. Then when I switch it to DHCP it is able to connect to the internet. I had used just containers before and the issue didn't occur previously. But once I...
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    Proxmox Built in Secret Manager

    Hi all, Does Proxmox currently have a way to handle secrets in configuration files or VMs/LXCs? I am leveraging Terraform to deploy VMs using cloud-init templates. As part of my configuration, I use additional cloud-init settings to customize and configure virtual machines during deployment...
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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...