Cannot connect to network

[boojwah]

I'm completely new to Proxmox and not a Linux expert at all - I can follow tutorials and such, but I'm still learning a lot. I got Proxmox set up with Ubuntu on one VM, OMV on a 2nd, and Plex on an LXC and everything was working fine. I shut the server off by shutting down each VM and then the Proxmox node and then added a HDD and an HBA. When I turned it back on, initially it gave 5 beeps and didn't connect to the network so I couldn't access it via https://192.168.1.150:8006, which had been set as the static IP in my router and defined in Proxmox during install. I connected a monitor and kb/m and then it would boot without the beeps, which I have no idea what that's about. It will log in and show the prompt to access it via https://192.168.1.150:8006, but that just times out. Looking at my router there isn't a connection at that IP and no device matches the MAC of the Proxmox server.

I've found a couple threads that seemed to have the same issue and would love to follow the recs, but I have no idea how to get there. Such as this one: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/proxmox-not-connecting-to-network.106386/

I can see what the config is supposed to look like, but IDK what command to use to even view my config, let alone what to do to set one. Some sites say to do one thing, then the Proxmox setup guide linked from that thread says not to do that thing. I don't want to bork my setup further and don't know what to do... Am I in over my head and should just go back to Windows??

 

[UdoB]

While that one is possibly not my best structured post, try to follow it nevertheless: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/f...can-not-load-the-web-gui-in-a-browser.160091/

Then post your findings/problems here.

Am I in over my head and should just go back to Windows?

The over-simplified answer of course is: no! ;-)

But yes, to administrate a multitude of Virtual Machines on a complex Hypervisor like PVE is a completely different beast, compared with a vanilla Windows. It has much more power and also several problematic areas. If you want to go that way you need to invest time. Much time!

PVE (with some VMs) is definitely not a setup-and-forget type of system...

 

[boojwah]

You're amazing! Thanks so much, that worked perfectly. I'm trying to learn it and appreciate the benefits, just a new ballgame for me so I know I'll probably ask a few dumb questions here and there before I learn.

Thanks!!