What this book covers
Chapter 1, Proxmox VE Fundamentals, outlines Proxmox VE's features and distinguishing characteristics and briefly compares and contrasts virtual machines and containers.
Chapter 2, Installing Proxmox VE, goes through the Proxmox VE installation process after covering Proxmox VE's hardware requirements and discussing minimal and optimal hardware specifications.
Chapter 3, Creating Containers, starts with a primer on containers and their uses before providing a walkthrough of the container creation processes, including choosing and downloading an OS or virtual appliance template.
Chapter 4, Creating Virtual Machines, first elaborates on the functional differences between virtual machines and suggests prospective use cases and the inherent benefits and drawbacks of full virtualization. It then walks through the process of creating and configuring virtual machines intended for Microsoft Windows Server and Fedora Server.
Chapter 5, Working with Virtual Disks, compares and contrasts virtual hard disk options, including disk image types, virtual bus/interfaces, and cache types.
Chapter 6, Networking with Proxmox VE, contrasts common virtual Ethernet adaptor options provided by Proxmox VE and works to articulate use cases for each.
Chapter 7, Securing Proxmox VE, enumerates strategies for mitigating security threats to virtualized datacenters in general, and Proxmox VE hosts and guests in particular.
