Day3.md

Day 3 - Proxmox VM Setup and Configuration

Date: 26.11.2024

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Log

VM Creation and Disk Attachment

• 8:00 PM: Began setting up a new CentOS VM on Proxmox using the GUI.
• 8:20 PM: Created VM with 4GB RAM, 2 cores, and network bridge vmbr0.
• 8:30 PM: Imported the CentOS .qcow2 disk:

  qm importdisk 101 centos-disk.qcow2 local-lvm  

• 8:45 PM: Attached the imported disk to the VM:

  qm set 101 --scsi0 local-lvm:vm-101-disk-0  

VM Configuration

• 9:00 PM: Configured VM settings to use OVMF firmware and added an EFI disk:

  qm set 101 --efidisk0 local-lvm:vm-101-efi,format=qcow2,efitype=4m  

• 9:20 PM: Modified machine type to q35 and verified settings.

VM Boot and Troubleshooting

• 9:30 PM: Attempted to boot VM; boot failed with a missing bootloader error.
• 9:40 PM: Added a CD-ROM device and uploaded a CentOS ISO:

  qm set 101 --cdrom /var/lib/vz/template/iso/centos.iso  

• 10:00 PM: Booted VM using ISO and repaired the bootloader.
• 10:30 PM: Successfully booted VM into CentOS.

Ubuntu VM Setup

• 11:00 PM: Created a new Ubuntu VM using GUI and attached the imported .qcow2 disk.
• 11:20 PM: Configured VM with SeaBIOS firmware and machine type i440fx.
• 11:40 PM: Started VM; encountered kernel panic during boot.
• 12:00 PM: Switched firmware to OVMF and added EFI disk. Boot successful.