Migrating a VM Between Standalone Proxmox Servers (13-Step Guide) In this guide, we’ll walk through the process of backing up a VM on a standalone Proxmox server, migrating that backup to a new standalone Proxmox server, and restoring the backup. This process will involve some downtime. 1. Power Down the VM In the image below, we have a state-of-the-art Windows XP VM that we’ll be migrating from “Lenny” to “WyseGuy.” Let’s start by navigating to the console and powering down the VM. ...
Why Use Dante? Sometimes I only want to proxy traffic from specific applications on my devices, not an entire device. For example, I might route Firefox through a VPN to watch Korean dramas or The Great British Bake Off on the BBC, while keeping the rest of my desktop — like an online game — off the VPN to avoid extra latency. Additionally, some VPN providers limit you to a single tunnel per subscription. By setting up a Dante SOCKS5 proxy, you can create a single VPN tunnel and configure select applications — even across multiple devices — to use it, giving you greater network flexibility. Using the diagram below as a reference, what we’re hoping to build is something that will: ...
Prequisites: Your Proxmox Virtualization Environment (PVE) host must be running PVE 8.4 or later A guest VM running windows server 2025 without any of the Virtio drivers or QEMU-Guest-Agent installed Creating the local folder on your PVE host that will be shared with the guest VM. In the Server View on the left side of the PVE WebUI, select the host you’d like to share to the guest VM using virtiofs. In this example, we will be using “wyseguy”. After you’ve selected your host, click on the “Shell” tab in the node menu. The terminal will open. ...
Step-by-Step Guide to Install a Kali LXC Container in Proxmox 8.3.2 Proxmox provides a variety of LXC container templates that you can download directly from the console. However, one notable omission is the Kali Linux template. In this guide, I’ll walk you through the steps to set up a Kali LXC container on Proxmox 8.3.2! Download the Kali LXC Container: Navigate to your local node’s storage, select the ‘CT Templates’ panel, and click on ‘Download from URL.’ This action will open a window that we’ll use shortly. ...
Step-by-Step Guide to Enabling the New OVA Import Feature in Proxmox 8.3 Proxmox recently added the ability to import OVA’s directly to your environment from the GUI. This guide will help you enable those capabilites and demonstrate the features by deploying a Home Assistant OVA. This guide requires your PVE environment to be running 8.3.0 or higher. Configure the Local Storage: Navigate to the Datacenter view and select the “Storage” panel. ...
Step-by-Step Guide to Setting Up a Kali Virtual Machine in Proxmox Download the Kali ISO: On the Proxmox homepage, navigate to your storage that holds ISO images. In this example, we use the default local storage. Go to the “ISO Images” tab and click “Download from URL.” Get the Kali NetInstaller ISO: Open a new tab and go to the official Kali Linux website. Scroll down to the NetInstaller tile, right-click the download icon, and select “Copy link address.” ...
Setting Up Pi-hole on Proxmox: A Step-by-Step Guide Accessing Local Storage: From the Proxmox homepage, navigate to the local storage resource. Downloading a Container Template: Select the “CT Templates” field and click on the “Templates” button. A menu will pop up. In the search box, type “ubuntu”. For this guide, we’ll be using Ubuntu 24.02. Select your desired version and click the download button at the bottom right corner of the menu. ...