We have Proxmox 4.4 up and running with 3 hosting nodes and 6 ceph nodes. Everything works great, including HA. We even have HostBill (a hosting automation system) configured where it creates both containers and VM's in ProxMox. When HostBill creates a container, it takes an available IP from the HostBill IPAM module and sends it to the ProxMox API when creating the container and networking is automatically configured in the container and it runs as it should.
However, the problem we have is with KVM VM's. HostBill is sending data to the ProxMox API and it builds and starts the VM. Networking is not available for the VM until someone manually logs into it from the ProxMox control panel and configures networking. This is problematic when trying to run a Fully Automated system.
We have a number of workarounds that we believe will help us get around this issue, but they all add more complexity which is never a good thing. We have and are currently using other virtualization systems which can configure networking within a VM by means of an agent.
Is there a way or are there plans on implementing anything in the future that would allow both Windows and Linux VM's to be able to have their networking configured from the host node possibly with an agent (qemu)? This would be very helpful for people wanting to use ProxMox in a fully automated hosting / provisioning system.
However, the problem we have is with KVM VM's. HostBill is sending data to the ProxMox API and it builds and starts the VM. Networking is not available for the VM until someone manually logs into it from the ProxMox control panel and configures networking. This is problematic when trying to run a Fully Automated system.
We have a number of workarounds that we believe will help us get around this issue, but they all add more complexity which is never a good thing. We have and are currently using other virtualization systems which can configure networking within a VM by means of an agent.
Is there a way or are there plans on implementing anything in the future that would allow both Windows and Linux VM's to be able to have their networking configured from the host node possibly with an agent (qemu)? This would be very helpful for people wanting to use ProxMox in a fully automated hosting / provisioning system.
), but nothing that is done yet. you can of course automate such a setup procedure yourself (e.g. via kickstart/preseed, customized install media, remote access, scripts that configure upon first boot, ...)