Proxmox: Virtualization, Clustering, and Management

Gain a comprehensive overview of deploying and managing the Proxmox VE virtualization platform, including practical skills in networking, storage, high availability, and migration from VMware.

• Basic understanding of IT infrastructure
• Knowledge of Linux is an advantage but not required
• The course is suitable for administrators, technicians, and IT consultants

• In person in Prague or Brno
• Or online with direct access to a lab environment
• Hands-on experience – each participant works in their own dedicated environment
• The instructor will guide you step by step and answer your questions
  

Day 1: Fundamentals, Installation, and Environment Management

• Introduction to virtualization and Proxmox VE architecture
• Hardware, network, and storage requirements
• Installation of a single-node cluster (LAB)
• Post-installation setup, managing repositories
• Working with the Web GUI and CLI
• Users, roles, and authentication
• Network configuration: bridged, NAT, VLAN
• Virtual switches, security, and isolation

Day 2: Virtualization, Storage, HA, and Migration

• KVM vs. LXC – differences, advantages, use cases
• Creating and managing virtual machines and containers
• Storage backends: local, ZFS, Ceph, NFS, iSCSI
• Snapshots, backup, and recovery
• High availability and clustering
• Migration from VMware: preparation, import, optimization
• Best practices, case studies, discussion