Home dev server

[janvv]

Hi, I am buying a new PC, Ryzen 7, 64gb ram and a 2tb disk.
Main usage will be hobby development work, playing around with docker containers, and having a few VM's to test with Windows and different Linux distros.
I was planning to install Linux and Virtualbox as a base system, and use Vagrant to manage the virtual machines.
Until I discovered Proxmox a few days ago. Would it be a better idea to use that?

I am reading some other posts in this forum. Would it be better to add a small disk for the OS?
And, if I'm right, I would need another machine as a workstation to access the Proxmox website to manage the vm's and the containers and all.

Or would Proxmox be just overkill, and should I stick to my original plan?

 

[guletz]

I am reading some other posts in this forum. Would it be better to add a small disk for the OS?

Yes. Much better if you can use a mirror if you can (2 x hdd, raid1)

And, if I'm right, I would need another machine as a workstation to access the Proxmox website to manage the vm's and the containers and all.

Yes.

Or would Proxmox be just overkill,

If you will overkill Proxmox, be sure that you will also overkill any other virtualisation platform.

Good luck / Bafta!

 

[janvv]

Why would I add a mirror disk? It won't be a production system, just my home hobby development system.
Maybe overkill isn't the right word. My question is if Ubuntu/Virtualbox wouldn't be just a better option for a home hobby system. At the other hand, playing around with Proxmox will be fun and I will learn a lot

 

[Dominic]

And, if I'm right, I would need another machine as a workstation to access the Proxmox website to manage the vm's and the containers and all.

You can install Debian Buster with GUI and install Proxmox VE on top of it or you can install Proxmox VE from ISO installer and install a desktop environment like Gnome on top of it. This way, you can access the web interface with just https://localhost:8006

playing around with docker containers

When using Proxmox VE it is recommended to install Docker inside a VM.

For the moment you can install Proxmox VE itself into a virtual machine (nested virtualization) on your current computer to see if you like it.