Integrate Proxmox VE and Ubuntu

[klein128]

hey guys,

Proxmox VE is a such powerful tool for virtualization,

I want to try to porting the Proxmox VE enviorment on the Ubuntu,

but I am very new to do, I downloaded the source code and read it,

can anyone give me some tips to do something like this ?

thanks a lot !!

 

[tobru]

I did that and it works!

• Installed a Ubuntu Server 9.10 64 Bit
• Added the Proxmox Repos
• Installed the Proxmomx Kernel and Packages

That's all.

 

[klein128]

Very thankful, tobru,

I will try your steps!

 

[coffe]

This is really good news. as we prefer to run Ubuntu @ our office. the 3 new servers will be running Ubuntu then as a test.
Tnx

 

[tom]

if you install Proxmox VE packages on Ubuntu you will probably run into issues - no one here supports this so do this only for fun but never if you need a stable and supported system.

 

[tobru]

I agree with tom, I only did that for fun and don't run any production VMs on this host.
There were a few issues with the package installation, but they could be resolved without troubles. And you have to manually create the bridge and the storage.

 

[coffe]

Would be nice to see proxmox migrated to Ubuntu.

 

[tobru]

I don't see a reason to migrate PVE to Ubuntu.
PVE is a server "tool" and Debian is the best distribution for server installations. The reason for my little experiment with Ubuntu was to have a nice and updatet desktop around the nice proxmox tools. But a server doesn't need a desktop, or at least not a desktop like ubuntu with many tools like music player, openoffice... You will get good KDE or Gnome packages on Debian (but a little outdated versions).

 

[coffe]

We are running ubuntu server on all our servers , so would be nice with the same OS on all.

 

[whinpo]

I think that using PVE on a debian (or Ubuntu) server is only useful for testing, for example my PC is a Lenny + PVE.
But for production servers, installing a minimal PVE from CD + some tools seems to me more secure...

"stable" doesn't mean the same thing for Debian and for Ubuntu

but you're the master of your home

 

[chadfu]

"stable" doesn't mean the same thing for Debian and for Ubuntu

Amen to that.

You are better off to stay with Debian.

 

[tom]

just to mention, Ubuntu dropped OpenVZ in Lucid while Debian will support OpenVZ in Squeeze.