Install and Run Proxmox on Laptop Hardware
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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0713.html
What is Proxmox VE?
Proxmox VE is a complete, open-source server management platform for enterprise virtualization. It tightly integrates the KVM hypervisor and Linux Containers (LXC), software-defined storage and networking functionality, on a single platform. With the integrated web-based user interface you can manage VMs and containers, high availability for clusters, or the integrated disaster recovery tools with ease. - https://www.proxmox.com/en/proxmox-ve
The Hardware
The laptop I used in this video is an Asus G74Sx. It sports a 4 core/8 thread i7-2670QM @ 2.20 GHz, 16GB of DDR3 RAM, a Nvidia GeForce GTX 560M with 2GB of vRAM and a Kingston 120GB SSD.
Things You Will Need
- A USB flash drive, at least 8 GB https://amzn.to/3wkR5ju | https://amzn.to/3qkrJ1p | https://amzn.to/3Nhu9b9
Preparing the Installation Media
01. Download the Proxmox VE .iso file https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads
02. Download the Ventoy installer https://www.ventoy.net/en/download.html
03. Extract the downloaded .zip file
04. Run Ventoy2Disk.exe
05. Plug in a USB flash drive at least 4 GB in size
06. Click the refresh icon
07. Select the flash drive from the device dropdown
08. Click the Install button
09. After the installation completes, copy the downloaded Proxmox VE .iso to the Ventoy partition
10. Safely remove the USB flash drive
11. Plug the flash drive into the target laptop and power it on
12. Boot to the flash drive
13. Select the Proxmox VE .iso from the Ventoy menu
Installation and Setup
01. Select Install Proxmox VE and press Enter
02. Click the I agree button to accept the EULA
03. Select the appropriate Target Harddisk from the dropdown ≫ Click Next
04. Set the Country, Time zone and Keyboard Layout ≫ Click Next
05. Enter a password and confirm, Enter an email address ≫ Click Next
06. Give the Proxmox device a hostname, confirm the network settings ≫ Click Next
07. Click the Install button
08. Wait for Proxmox to be installed and configured
09. After the installation succeeds, take note of the IP address and port
10. Click the Reboot button
Installing a Desktop Environment
01. Log back into Proxmox
02. Run the following commands
# update software repositories
apt update
# install available software updates
apt dist-upgrade -y
# install xfce desktop environment
apt install xfce4 chromium lightdm sudo -y
# create a new user account
adduser ≪%username%≫
# follow the prompts to set the user's password
# add the new user to the sudo group
usermod -aG sudo ≪%username%≫
# reboot
reboot now
03. After the reboot, a graphical login screen should be displayed
04. Log in with the new user account
05. Launch the Chromium web browser and navigate to https://localhost:8006
06. Welcome to Proxmox VE running on laptop hardware
Optional Configuration
01. Launch a terminal and run the following commands
# elevate to root
sudo su
# disable proxmox commmercial repo
sed -i "s/^deb/\#deb/" /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list
# add the proxmox community repo
echo "deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve $(grep "VERSION=" /etc/os-release | sed -n 's/.*(\(.*\)).*/\1/p') pve-no-subscription" ≫ /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-community.list
# update software repositories
apt update
# remove no subscription nag popup
# if running promox 6
sed -i.bak 's/NotFound/Active/g' /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2/Subscription.pm
# if running proxmox 7
sed -Ezi.bak "s/(Ext.Msg.show\(\{\s+title: gettext\('No valid sub)/void\(\{ \/\/\1/g" /usr/share/javascript/proxmox-widget-toolkit/proxmoxlib.js
# restart pveproxy service
systemctl restart pveproxy.service
# download the dark theme setup script
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Weilbyte/PVEDiscordDark/master/PVEDiscordDark.sh
# run the downloaded script
bash ./PVEDiscordDark.sh install
Source: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Developer_Workstations_with_Proxmox_VE_and_X11
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