Creating a KVM

In Proxmox, we can create a KVM VM in the following two ways:

• From scratch

• From a template

Creating a VM from scratch

This process walks you through the entire virtual machine creation process using a tab-based dialog box. During the process, we have to assign resources and enter the necessary information pertaining to the VM. The following screenshot shows the dialog box after you click on Create VM in the Proxmox GUI:

General tab

The General tab of the dialog box is used to mainly assign identification information, such as:

• Node: This is a drop-down list to select in which Proxmox node the VM should be created.

• VM ID: This is the textbox used to enter the numeric ID of the VM. We can also increase or decrease the value of the VM ID using the arrows. If we assign an ID that already exists in the cluster, the box will have a red border around it, as shown in the following screenshot:

  

• Name : This is the text box used to enter the name of the VM. We can enter any alphanumeric string...