Install Proxmox System

Enter the USB system (on my computer, press F8 to enter, different brands of computers have different methods)  

Select Install Proxmox VE (Graphical)  

Installation Process  

1.Click “I agree” at the bottom right  

2.Select a disk to install the system and click Next  

3.Choose the region and click Next  

4.Set the password and email; the password set here is for both the server’s password-less login and Proxmox service’s password-less login  

5.Select the network; here I didn’t plug in an Ethernet cable and directly used the wireless network card, click Next  

Note: When configuring using the wireless network card directly, the IP address can be filled arbitrarily; it will need to be adjusted later  

6.Confirm the configuration information and click Install  

7.Wait for the installation to complete  

8.After the installation is complete, the system will automatically reboot, select to enter the first Proxmox VE GNU/Linux  

9.Enter the account password you set to access the system  

10.You can see that the web address is displayed at the top: https://192.168.100.2:8006  

If using a LAN cable, it can be accessed, but since we are not using a LAN cable and are directly using Wi-Fi, this address cannot be accessed. Below, we will continue to configure the Wi-Fi.

Install WPA Service

1.Download the installation package  

2.Drag the installation package into the USB drive  

3.Insert the USB drive into the Proxmox server/computer that needs to be installed  

4.Use `fdisk -l` to check the inserted USB drive  

5.Mount the USB drive to the server’s `/mnt` directory using `mount -i /dev/sdb2 /mnt`  

6.Copy the installation package from the `/mnt` directory to the server  

cp -r /mnt/wpa ~  

7.Enter the `wpa` directory  

cd ~/wpa

8.Install the wpasupplicant package (some packages may fail to install, but this does not affect the final use of wpasupplicant)  

dpkg -i *.deb

Configure Wi-Fi

`wlxec6073a623a4` is the wireless network card, typically prefixed with `wl`  

Generate Wi-Fi configuration file  

wpa_passphrase WiFi_name WiFi_password >> /etc/wpa.conf

View the result  

Modify the configuration file `/etc/network/interfaces`  

Reboot to make the Wi-Fi configuration take effect  

reboot

Execute the command to check if the wireless network card is available, if it returns OK, it means you can scan Wi-Fi networks  

wpa_cli -i wlxec6073a623a4

OK

Use `ip a` to check if the wireless network card has obtained an IP  

You can see the wireless network card’s IP address as `192.168.1.133`, indicating the network is now accessible.

Verification 

Ping external and internal IP addresses to verify the network connection  

PING uuu.a.shifen.com (110.242.68.3) 56(84) bytes of data.

This test proves the network configuration is successful.

Commands Supplement:

Enable Wi-Fi using `ifup wlxec6073a623a4`

Disable Wi-Fi using `ifdown wlxec6073a623a4`

Check wireless network card process using `ps -ef|grep wpa`

Access Proxmox via IP

Use `ip a` to find the IP address of the Proxmox host machine.

You may get a warning about an insecure connection; click “Continue to this website.”

Username and password are the same as the server login credentials.

You may be prompted that no valid subscription is found; simply click “OK.”

Creating a Server

1.Enter the “Template” section.

2.Select the template you want to download (for example, choose an Ubuntu system template to download).

3.Click “Download,” and detailed information will be shown.

4.You can also check the download progress by navigating to the server directory:  

`/var/lib/vz/template/cache`. Alternatively, you can wait on the current page to see the download progress.

If the network is slow, you can manually download the file (the download URL is shown in the image below) and place it in the directory above. The page will automatically refresh, and the template will load.

Once the download is complete, you will see the template listed.

5.Click “Create CT” at the top right.

CT vs VM in Proxmox:

In Proxmox, CT and VM are two different concepts. CT uses LXC technology and relies on kernel-level virtualization, offering better performance and security. In contrast, VM uses hardware virtualization, allowing different operating systems to run on it.

Configuring the Server

1.Set the hostname and password, then click “Next.”

2.Select the template, i.e., the installed system.

3.Set disk space.

4.Set CPU configuration.

5.Set memory configuration.

6.Set network configuration (you can assign any IP address; it will be adjusted later in Proxmox).

7.Set DNS (you can either configure it or use the default host configuration).

8.Click “Finish.”

9.Once the server creation is complete, you will see a “TASK OK” message.

10.Click “Start” to power on the newly created server.

11.Log into the server via Proxmox with the username and password.

12.Use `ip a` to verify the IP address you just configured.

At this point, the server may not have network connectivity.

Example:

Configuring Network for the Server

Modify the network configuration file `/etc/network/interfaces`:

Reboot the server:

reboot

After reboot, you can access the system via [https://192.168.1.133:8006/](https://192.168.1.133:8006/).

Run the `ping` command again, and now you should have internet access.

Example:

Virtual Machine Connection Methods  

Since the virtual machine network segment created via the Wi-Fi network is not in the same subnet, we need to solve the issue of connecting the virtual machine network.

Method 1: Connect to the virtual machine via OpenVPN  

Method 2: Directly connect to the virtual machine through port forwarding  

Access via port forwarding  

Create the file `/root/iptablesNat.sh`

Modify `/etc/network/interfaces`

Restart the network:  

systemctl restart networking

Test connectivity

If the network is not working, restart the virtual machine (note: not Proxmox itself).

tcping 192.168.1.133 51022

192.168.1.133 port 51022 open.

Configure Ubuntu Server to Allow Remote Root Login

Edit the SSH configuration file:

nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Change `PermitRootLogin` to `yes`:

PermitRootLogin yes

Restart the SSH service:

systemctl restart ssh

Now you can connect to the server via the forwarded port.  

You can also create a Windows server in Proxmox, and their internal network will be able to communicate without this complicated setup.

PS: You can also build your own VPN to bridge the network.

Add Hard Drive

My machine has two hard drives, but only one was mounted to Proxmox by default during installation.  

Click on the disk to see the disks on the server.  

Disks starting with `/dev/sd` are unmounted disks.  

To erase the disk:  

Create a Volume Group.  

Select the disk and enter a name.  

Once the volume group is created, you will see the available space as shown below.  

When creating a virtual machine, you can now choose the disk you just created.

Afterward, you can create the virtual machine.