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Mastering Proxmox

You're reading from   Mastering Proxmox Master the skills you need to build a rock-solid virtualization environment with the all new Proxmox 4

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785888243
Length 418 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Wasim Ahmed Wasim Ahmed
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Understanding Proxmox VE and Advanced Installation 2. Exploring the Proxmox GUI FREE CHAPTER 3. Proxmox under the Hood 4. Storage Systems 5. KVM Virtual Machines 6. LXC Virtual Machines 7. Network of Virtual Networks 8. The Proxmox Firewall 9. Proxmox High Availability 10. Backup/Restore VMs 11. Updating and Upgrading Proxmox 12. Monitoring a Proxmox Cluster 13. Proxmox Production-Level Setup 14. Proxmox Troubleshooting Index

Creating an LXC container


After ensuring that we have the desired template for the container, it is now time to create one. We can click on the Create CT button in the top-right corner of the Proxmox GUI to open the container creation dialog box, as shown in the following screenshot:

General tab

The general tab of the dialog box is used to assign identification information, as outlined below.

Node

This is a drop-down list used to select in which Proxmox node the container is going to be created. In our example, we will create the container in node pm4-1.

VM ID

This is a textbox used to enter the numeric ID of the container. We can also use the up and down arrows in the box to assign the IDs. If we assign an ID, which already exists in the cluster, the box will show a red border around the textbox. For our example container, we are using ID #101.

Hostname

This is a text box used to enter the hostname of the container. The hostname does not need to be FQDN.

Resource Pool

This is a drop-down list menu...

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