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Mastering Proxmox

Mastering Proxmox

By : Ahmed
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Mastering Proxmox

Mastering Proxmox

4.3 (18)
By: Ahmed

Overview of this book

This is not an instructional guide, but a practical, scenario-based book which guides you through everything you need to know in a practical manner by letting you build your own cluster. By the end of the book, you will have a fully functional Proxmox cluster setup at your disposal and have the knowledge to replicate virtualization solutions .If you already know what the word virtualization means and you are ready to stand out from the crowd equipped with the unique ability to design and implement a rock-solid virtualized network environment using Proxmox, then you have just picked up the only book you will need. Linux system administration experience together with knowledge of networking and virtualization concepts is assumed. This book is also useful if you are already using Proxmox and simply want to master its advanced features.
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Index

Configuring Proxmox HA


High Availability configuration in Proxmox is a five-step process as follows:

  1. Set up node BIOS

  2. Create an APC-managed PDU user

  3. Set up fencing

  4. Configure a VM/OpenVZ container

  5. Test HA

Setting up node BIOS

Before we set up fencing and Proxmox HA, we have to make sure that nodes can boot immediately after a power cycle or power loss. Usually, this feature is disabled by default, as shown in the following screenshot:

To make sure that this feature is truly enabled, try to unplug the power cord and then plug it back in to see if the node powers up. Without this feature enabled, the node cannot be power cycled by the fencing device.

Creating an APC-managed PDU user

To create an APC-managed PDU user, we have to create a user on the APC PDU fencing device, which we will use with our fencing configuration. The following steps create a limited access for the user without any admin privileges. This allows the user account to only interact with power outlets such as the power cycle and not...

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