Some advice for a newbie in Proxmox.

[WhiteTiger]

I know ESXi.
I cannot install a recent version on a Dell server that is no longer compatible, but still with a good hardware configuration.
I don't know Proxmox and I am approaching this with a lot of interest.

I have to install a server with these Virtual Machines inside:

1. A NAS, like OMV.
2. A firewall like IPFire or OPMSense.
3. Guacamole for external access
4. Nextcloud, possibly integrated with the shared folders in OMV

I thought of placing all these Virtual Machines in a DMZ managed by the firewall.
In ESXI I would have created three virtual switches by assigning them to the three network adapters of the firewall: Green, Red and Orange.
Can I also create them in ProxMox?

I would venture to delete the server with OMV installed to install Proxmox hoping to do it all in one day and deliver the job Monday afternoon.
With ESXi I could do it. Am I too optimistic with Proxmox?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

[LnxBil]

Can I also create them in ProxMox?

You can do whatever you want in PVE, it's not like VMware, where you cannot do things in an efficient way. I hate to work with VMware, if you're used to the possibilities of PVE.

If you want to just use integrated stuff: PVE has a stateful firewall integrated where you can have a firewall per VM. That is extremely useful and you can apply virtual DMZ rules to every VM that has a security group applied.

Am I too optimistic with Proxmox?

Depends on your knowledge, but it is completely doable.