Mastering Proxmox - Third Edition

KVM Virtual Machines

So far, we have familiarized ourselves with the Proxmox graphical user interface, configuration files, and directory structure. We have also learned about the different type of storage supported by Proxmox and how to integrate a Ceph storage cluster in a Proxmox environment. In this chapter, we are going to take it one step further by looking at Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) and all that it has to offer. We are going to cover some of the following topics:

• Exploring KVM virtual machines
• Creating KVM virtual machines
• Configuring KVM virtual machines
• Migrating KVM virtual machines
• Nested virtual environments
• Proxmox backup/restore system
• Virtual machine snapshots