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Learning Proxmox VE

by Rik Goldman

March 2016

Beginner

224 pages

3h 58m

English

Packt Publishing

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What this book covers

Downloading the example codeDownloading the color images of this book ErrataPiracyQuestions
Proxmox VE in brief
KVMQEMUOS Virtualization with Proxmox VE
Hardware requirements and recommendations for Proxmox VE
Enabling hardware virtualization extensions
Disabling the enterprise repositoryEnabling a non-subscriber repositoryUpdating and upgrading Proxmox VE
Understanding the container advantageProxmox VE and the case for LXC
Logging in to Proxmox VE's web interfaceBrowsing available container templatesDownloading a container
Changing container states with the command lineAccessing a container
Distinguishing features of virtual machinesScenarios for system virtualization
Installation mediaUploading an ISO file to local storage on PVEPreparing a virtual machineAnticipating the configuration tabsGeneralOSCD/DVDHard DiskCPUMemoryNetworkConfirmControlling the state of a virtual machineControlling a VM from the PVE command line
Virtualizing Windows Server 2012r2 with Proxmox VEConfiguring and creating the virtual machineStarting the VM and installing Windows ServerCreating a VM for Fedora 23 ServerCommand line virtual machine creation
Understanding virtual disksComing to termsUnderstanding virtual disk configurationChoosing a virtual disk formatQCOW2RAWVMDKChoosing a busUnderstanding cache options
Proxmox VE network modelBridged configurationNAT configurationRouted configurationVLAN supportNIC bonding
Providing basic connectivityOf VMs and vNICsBridge configurationUsing NAT configuration
Security benefits of virtualizationAttack surface reductionIsolationAvailability of prior statesHardware abstractionSegmentationEncapsulation and portabilityPhysical securityFine privilege controlPVE firewall features
Denial of service attacksVM escape and hyper jumpingVirtualization sprawlAt war with complexity
Protecting the boot processLocking down the bootloaderLocking down BIOS/UEFIHardening the OS and hypervisorProhibit remote access to the hypervisorHarden SSHDisabling root account access via SSHPreventing brute-force attacks against SSHRelying on key-based authenticationManaging patchesEnterprise subscriptions

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Container templates

A template is the starting point for an LXC container (abbreviated in Proxmox VE as "CT"). There are two sorts of templates: OS templates and appliance templates.

OS templates provide a minimal set of packages from a GNU/Linux distribution, as well as system libraries and scripts, to start up and run the container. They're designed to benefit fully from the GNU/Linux kernel running on the host.

Aside from basic tools, such as a bash interpreter and utilities, additional software, such as a compiler or a DBMS is not usually incorporated into an OS template.

In contrast to OS templates, virtual appliances are built on top of JeOS (Just enough Operating System) to provide a very specific service reliably, securely, and with an absolute ...