Addition of LinuxAdditions.run to Ubuntu virtual machine

[techprofessional1027]

I am taking this linux course on Udemy where the instructor has you install ubuntu to run as a virtual machine. The problem is the instructor is using Virtualbox whereas I am using proxmox because I like it better and that is what I am used to using.

There is a part I am stuck on where the instructor has you install this linux additions image.

I have attached 3 photos of what he is doing using Virtualbox. One photo shows how he is adding the guest additions in virtualbox (that I cannot figure out in proxmox), the other shows the name of the disc and third photo shows him adding the file to the command line after the "sudo" command.

How do I do the same thing using proxmox?

I found this link showing what I believe is part of the process, now I just would just like to know how to do the rest. Thank you.

J

Thread '[SOLVED] Guest Additions for Ubuntu'

Jan 2, 2022

Virtualbox has Guest Additions and says it "is designed to be installed inside a virtual machine after the guest operating system has been installed. They consist of device drivers and system applications that optimize the guest operating system for better performance and usability."

Is there something similar for proxmox?

I just installed ubuntu server as a guest and forgot to remove the cdrom before restarting. Clicking the Shutdown resulted in a timeout.
Another post showed how to grep for the PID and kill -9 PID but did not mention guest additions.

So was wondering if...

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[BobhWasatch]

Those Guest Additions are specific to Virtualbox. They won't work on PVE (or VMware or Hyper-V). You need instead qemu-guest-agent, which you should be able to install with "apt".

apt install qemu-guest-agent

If it isn't already installed (and it probably is).

In general, if you want to install something from an ISO, you upload the ISO file to PVE and then attach it to your VM in the hardware settings. Then you have to mount it from inside the VM. If there is a desktop environment installed that part should be a point-and-click.