Installing and Configuring Proxmox VE

Deploy Proxmox VE

1. Install Proxmox VE 9.2.2 on a machine/VM.

2. Refer to the official documentation – Installing Proxmox VE – to install Proxmox.

3. Note down the user ID and password during the installation which will be used to login to the web UI of the Proxmox.

Proxmox Login screen

4. To create an empty VM, click on the Create VM button in the top right corner.

Crete VM button at top right

5. Enter the below values in the Create Virtual Machine window.

• Name: Eskm

• VM ID: 103

6. Click on the Next button.

Create virtual machine general tab

• OS: Do not use any media

• OS Type: Linux

• Version: 7.x - 2.6 Kernel

7. Click on the Next button.

OS specification

• Machine Type: i440fx

• BIOS: SeaBIOS

• SCSI Controller : VirtIO SCSI Single

8. Click on the Next button.

Hardware Specification

• Select No Disk.

• Click on the Next button.

No Disk selected

• CPU Type: host

• Sockets: 1

• Cores: 4

9. Click on the Next button.

CPU Specifications

• Memory: 8192 MB.

10. Click on the Next button.

Memory Specifications

• Network Model: VirtIO

• Bridge: vmbr0

• Firewall: No

11. Click on the Next button.

Network specifications

12. Leave the Start after created checkbox unchecked before clicking Finish button.

13. Complete VM creation by clicking the Finish button.

Overview of the VM configurations