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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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Network configuration for virtual servers

Equipping a virtual machine or container with a vNIC can be a simple matter handled completely through the management interface during the initial configuration or subsequently as circumstances demand.

However, it can also be a fairly complex matter that requires modification of configuration files from the command line on the host, in the VM or container, or both.

In this section, we'll explore the simplest scenario: providing connectivity to VMs through the web-based management interface.

Providing basic connectivity

Here, we will focus on providing our virtual machines with basic connectivity and incorporate them into a flat network. We'll work first with VMs and then with containers.