6.5 Deploying a Proxmox VM

Complete the steps in Table 6-5 for each appliance:

Table 6-5 Deploying a Proxmox VM

Page, Dialog, or Option

Do This

 

1 - Prepare Proxmox Environment.

 

To prepare the Proxmox environment, two methods are available:

  1. Using .ova file format.

    1. Import vmdk disk as qcow2 format in Proxmox.

    2. Create a new Filr VM.

      qm importovf 485 ./Filr-Appliance.x86_64-5.0.0.ovf local-lvm

      VM Id: 485. The user can give their unique ID. Local-lvm is the storage disk for this specific Server, the user can find it under storage in the Proxmox hypervisor.

  2. Using .qcow2 file format.

    1. Upload the filr.x86_64.2023-05-04.73.qcow2 file to the root directory on the Proxmox server.

    2. Create a new Filr.

      qm create 485 --name Filr-Appliance

    3. Import the qcow2 disk.

      qm importdisk 661 Filr.x86_64.2023-05-04.73.qcow2 local-lvm --format qcow2

    4. Atach the imported disk.

      qm set 661 --scsi0 local-lvm:vm-666-disk-0

2 - Configure Filr VM.

Hyper-V Host Server

Open the Hyper-V Manager.

 

3 - Create a new VM.

 

Login to Proxmox dashboard.

Datacenter

Select Newly created Filr (485 VM) > Hardware.

Network Device

In the Add list click Network Device and fill the required details.

Hard Disk

In the Add list click Hard Disk to add Vastorage and Var disk for Filr Appliance.

 

3 - Configure the Filr Appliance.

 

Right click newly created VM and click Start.

Filr Appliance Passwords and Time Zone

Click Console, enter password and NTP server details and click Next.

Filr Appliance Network Settings

Enter Hostname and click Next.

Enter Network details, and click Next until Filr Appliance Shared Storage Type dialog box appears.

Filr Appliance Shared Storage Type

Under All-in One Deployment (single appliance) select No Remote Storage and click Next.

 

After deploying Proxmox VM, continue with Section 7.0, Starting and Configuring the Filr Appliances