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Information technology

Proxmox VE : Implementation and operation of a cluster

Master virtualization and cluster operations with Proxmox VE

Objectives

The objective of this training is to learn how to deploy and manage a Proxmox VE cluster to ensure centralized, robust, and highly available virtualization.

Is it for you ?

Computer scientists

Your benefits

  • Deploy and configure a Proxmox VE cluster with networking and node management
  • Manage distributed storage with Ceph to ensure performance and data resilience
  • Create, manage, and back up virtual machines and containers
  • Use CLI tools to automate resource, storage, and user management
  • Monitor and secure infrastructure with firewall, logging, monitoring, and updates
  • Content

    Proxmox VE – Master the deployment of your virtual machines and containers

    Preparing the foundation

    • Presentation of the Proxmox solution
    • Presentation of the technical foundation
    • Presentation of the architecture
    • Creating the infrastructure
    • Presentation of the Proxmox interface
    • Configuring network addressing

    Installing the cluster

    • Presentation of the Proxmox cluster logic
    • Clustering the nodes

    Storage management

    • Presentation of Ceph
    • Installing the Ceph cluster
    • Creating storage pools
    • Creating CephFS
    • Resilience testing
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    Creating virtual machines

    • Introduction to VM deployment
    • Deploying a “classic” Debian VM and a “cloudinit” Debian VM
    • Backing up and switching a VM

    Creating containers

    • Presentation of a container deployment
    • Deploying a container
    • Backing up a container

    Proxmox VE – Operating a cluster

    Mastering the Proxmox CLI

    • Presentation of the technical foundation
    • Overview of available commands
    • The qm command for managing and interacting with VMs
    • The pct command for managing and interacting with LXC containers
    • The vzdump and qmrestore commands
    • Managing your cluster with pvecm
    • Managing your storage with pvesm
    • Managing users with pveum
    • Managing the firewall with pve-firewall
    • Managing container templates with pveam
    • Managing your ceph cluster with pveceph
    • Monitor performance and status with pveversion, pveperf, and pvereport
    • Communicate with Proxmox via pvesh

    Networking with Proxmox

    • Bonding
    • VLANs
    • Configure bonding with VLAN management
    • The firewall under Proxmox
    • Apply firewall rules to secure the cluster
    • Introduction to SDN

    Monitoring, logging, and updates

    • Set up monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana
    • Enable and deploy monitoring
    • Log management in Proxmox
    • Configure cluster log reporting and centralization
    • Upgrading
    • Upgrade demonstration

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    Duration
    5.0 hours
    Regular fee
    $250
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