In this article, I will guide you through the process of setting up a Synology NAS (Network Attached Storage) on Proxmox in a virtual machine (VM). This setup is often referred to as a “Poor Man’s Synology” because it allows you to create your own NAS using affordable hardware and open-source software. Video Guide If you would prefer a video guide, I have one availble on YouTube. ...
If you’re like me, prior to using Proxmox you had virtual machines running in something like VirtualBox or Virt Manager. You may have spent a lot of time configuring these VMs and now that you’re migrating to Proxmox you really don’t want to start from scratch on those existing VMs. Luckily, you can import those into Proxmox and I’ll show you how to do that here, so let’s get started. ...
Everyone has heard of Docker by now, it’s one of the most popular ways to create and run containerized apps and services. Docker isn’t difficult to use and understand but there are tools that exist that make managing, creating, and modifying docker containers even easier and user-friendly. This is exactly what Portainer does, it provides you with a simple-to-use and nice-looking web interface to manage your Docker instances and clusters. ...
I recently rebuilt my Proxmox server and decided that I wanted to give Fedora 37 with KDE Plasma 5.27 a spin. It’s not ideal to always use the console built into Proxmox for remote desktop, as the experience is not the best. To improve the experience, I was going to install and set up XRDP to get the best speed and experience possible while connecting from my main Manjaro laptop. Here, I’ve documented how to XRDP on the Fedora virtual machine and set up the connection on my Manjaro machine using Remmina. ...
If you are setting up a Proxmox Active Directory lab environment and are looking to install a Windows Domain Controller on Proxmox, this is the guide for you. Today we will walk through the installation and configuration of Windows Server 2019 and promote it to be a domain controller, all inside Proxmox. After completing this guide you will have a functional domain controller that you can then manage devices, virtual machines, users, and groups. Let’s go ahead and hop into Proxmox and create a new VM. Be sure to have a Windows Server 2019 ISO to install the OS with before proceeding. If you don’t have that, you can grab an evaluation copy from Microsoft. ...