Proxmox Cookbook

Over 60 hands-on recipes to perform server virtualization and manage virtualized server solutions with Proxmox

Key Features

• Learn the process of installing, configuring, and managing Proxmox clusters
• Explore ways of integrating various storage systems with Proxmox
• Step-by-step and easy-to-learn instructions to build virtual environments of any size using Proxmox

Book Description

What you will learn

• Install and configure an enterprise grade, cluster-based virtual environment using Proxmox
• Manage a cluster with Graphical User Interface using datacenter, node, KVM, and OpenVZ menus among others
• Learn different ways of configuring your network and clusters to create complex cloud services
• Configure and manage the built-in Proxmox firewall to protect your virtual environment
• Integrate storage systems such as Ceph, Sheepdog, and ZFS for virtual machine management to suit your business needs
• Backup and restore your data via stop suspend, and snapshot modes
• Upgrade a Proxmox node with new releases and apply update patches through GUI or CLI
• Monitor the resources and virtual machines to maintain performance and uptime
• Explore commands used for Proxmox and Ceph cluster through CLI

Who this book is for

This book is perfect for system administrators who want to learn to implement and administer Proxmox VE environments. Since this book will not cover the basics of Proxmox, a basic understanding of virtualization and networking with Proxmox VE is required.