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Purpose Inspired by Level1Techs, I decided to replace my old router with a single box solution that's flexible, upgradable, and efficient. That includes using Proxmox to utilize spare resources without interfering with the vital router functionality. With my current internet, my old router is...

Hello everyone, I recently needed a reliable solution to start VMs and LXC containers on my Proxmox node using Wake-On-LAN packets, without relying on external systems (Home Assistant, scripts on another machine, API calls, etc.). I found the original idea here (credit where due) ...

Just wanted to share my (successful) procedure for creating in PVE9 a VM Template for a Debian Trixie Server with Cloud-Init, which I have done in the past for previous Debian versions in PVE8. This is most useful to quickly spin up a Debian server for any purpose. The following procedure was...

Hi all, I have been messing with the idea of a portable lab for a while and have finally got one working. I have written a tutorial here: https://soogs.xyz/2025/06/14/mobile-lab-proxmox-workstation/ Would appreciate some feedback if possible. Hope you find it useful. Thanks.

This article is about a question frequently answered by community members. It was inspired by UdoBs great FabU posts ( https://forum.proxmox.com/search/7994094/?q=FabU&c[title_only]=1&c[users]=UdoB ) and aims to give an in depth-explaination to an often asked question so it can be referenced in...

In this step we go over how to setup various backup endpoints in Proxmox. We backup a Windows VM, purge it and then restore it back from the backup. We cover topics such as backup modes and the scheduler. https://youtu.be/HvCW7nblyWA

Hello! This is my first time starting a thread on here, but I've posted on an already existing thread about my problem. Since I've solved it and now have a running Windows 11 VM that operates as a "normal computer", I thought I would share my process. Keep in mind that I consider myself a noob...

Hi! This is a description of a solution that I'm using in my home lab. Maybe this solution can help other Proxmox users. I'm using Proxmox for a while. I've created a 3 servers cluster. Despite the fact that every web interface of those servers provides the same information, I didn't have a...

auto lo iface lo inet loopback #auto ens33 iface lo inet6 loopback iface ens33 inet manual auto vmbr0 iface vmbr0 inet static address 192.168.170.132/24 gateway 192.168.170.2 bridge-ports ens33 bridge-stp off bridge-fd 0 bridge-vlan-aware yes...

WARNING 1: This is for nerds or testing. WARNING 2: Zabbly is no official Debian nor an official Proxmox project -> this is always bleeding edge software <- -> it might be a bad idea to use a very new kernel with a very old Proxmox version <- What you will get: - always new "stable" kernels...

Hello all, I'm VERY new to Proxmox and am completely in over my head on starting a server. I've only touched the surface in understanding how any of this works but am plenty willing to learn. A friend of mine gave me their old pc to use as a Plex media server for my kids and family, and I've...

[Cross-posted from Networking and Installation forum.] Amazon is attempting to lock in their customers into their EC2 offering. I'm going to show you one way how to break that lock-in. Amazon purposely makes it as difficult as possible to migrate virtual machines off of EC2 and onto other...

I can acess web GUI of my proxmox server. I have try many of many ways and i have reinstall system many time. Anyway, don`t work. Anyone can help me?

I wrote a PBS 2.4 to 3.0 upgrade guide using the tteck script to automate the process: How-to: Proxmox Backup Server 2.4 to 3.0 Upgrade Guide

I have received an equipment that was decommissioned a few days ago and I wanted to test Proxmox. Equipment received: (4) R620 Dell Servers. (4) Broadcom / LSI SAS2008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 (1) MD3200 SAS (2 Controllers). The first thing I was to make the Proxmox detect the MD3200...

A little back story I have had many issues with setting up noVNC after countless hours of research I finally got everything working as designed. I would like to post a quick walkthrough of how I did this so people in the future will have less issues. I am using the following API Wrapper for...

DynFi company is a Proxmox-VE partner and also the developer of the DynFi Firewall, a new, modern Open Source Firewall. Since Proxmox-VE and DynFi Firewall are very complementary, we thought that It would be nice to provide end-users with a Screencast detailing the steps required to create a...

I'm not sure yet exactly what questions to ask... The most fundamental is - are there any sites (including pay sites) which have good tutorials (ideally video, or alternatively written) on setting up and working with PVE environments? Or do I learn from blogs and the Q&A sites such as these...

Hi, I was not able find on step by step tutorial on setting up the LDAP authentication for FreeIPA so I am writing this guide for someone like me who is unable to find the guide for this. Please feel free to add anything that I am missing. Step 1: Go to Datacenter -> Realms -> Add -> LDAP...

Disclaimer: !!! This is NOT ment for production use and is NOT official supported !!! and Huge Thanks to Tim Wilkinson who made this possible! more details and sources can be found @ https://github.com/pimox I will devide this Tutorial in 2 Parts. The first part will only cover a very basic...