Can I use an uploaded ISO image from another node in the cluster?

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I've uploaded some popular linux .iso images to my first Proxmox VE:

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Now I created a second node called proxmox2. Can I use the .iso images stored on the original 'proxmox' node to create a new VM from them?

The second node only shows me local images:

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I know I can SCP the images over, I just think this would be a cool feature.
 
no. usually people put ISOs and templates on some NFS or CIFS share that is accessible by all nodes (or even all clusters).
 
Hi @fabian - thanks for you response. If I understand you correctly then the recommended flow is:

1) to install a VM inside one of the Proxmox hosts (or purchase an external NAS)
2) set up an NFS storage within Proxmox this way:

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3) Then mount the ISO image from the NFS share like this:

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usually you'd use a file server that is not on the same cluster, else you can easily run into dependency loops. but yes, that's the gist ;)
 

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