The Vormox blog
Guides, deep dives and product news on automating Proxmox VE at scale.
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How to Import an OVA or OVF Virtual Appliance into Proxmox VE
Proxmox has no one-click OVA import button. Here is the real CLI workflow for extracting an OVA, creating a matching VM, and importing the disk with qm importdisk.
How to Deploy a Kubernetes Cluster on Proxmox VE Using Talos Linux
A complete walkthrough for running a production-style Kubernetes cluster on Proxmox VE using Talos Linux — an immutable, API-managed OS built solely for Kubernetes. Covers the Image Factory, correct VM hardware settings (CPU type, virtio, guest agent), generating and applying machine configs, bootstrapping etcd, scalin
How to Increase CPU and RAM Resources for a Virtual Machine in Proxmox VE
Learn how to give a Proxmox VE virtual machine more CPU cores and RAM from the web GUI or the command line, including how CPU and memory hotplug work so you can resize without a reboot.
How to Set Up Sync Jobs Between Two Proxmox Backup Servers for Offsite Backup Replication
Configure Remotes and Sync Jobs to replicate a Proxmox Backup Server datastore to a second, offsite PBS instance — pull vs push direction, required permissions, group and namespace filtering, bandwidth throttling, encrypted-backup handling, and verifying the offsite copy actually restores.
How to Install Proxmox VE on a Dedicated Server (No Physical Access Required)
Renting a dedicated server instead of building your own box? Here's how to install Proxmox VE on it using your provider's remote console or the official Debian-based method, with the static IP and hostname gotchas that trip up rented hardware.
How to Encrypt Proxmox VE Backups: Client-Side Encryption with Proxmox Backup Server
Turn on client-side AES-256 encryption for Proxmox Backup Server, set up a master key and paperkey for disaster recovery, and avoid the mistakes that make encrypted backups permanently unreadable.
How to Enable Nested Virtualization in Proxmox VE (Run a VM Inside a VM)
Learn how to safely enable nested virtualization in Proxmox VE so a guest VM can run its own inner VMs, with steps for Intel and AMD, CPU type settings, and the tradeoffs to know first.
How to Configure High Availability (HA) for VMs and Containers in Proxmox VE
A hands-on guide to building real HA in Proxmox VE: enabling ha-manager on VMs and containers, controlling placement with node and resource affinity rules, tuning restart/relocation limits, and testing failover before you trust it.
How to Delete an LXC Container in Proxmox VE (Safely, Without Losing Data)
Cleaning up an old test container? Here's how to safely delete an LXC container in Proxmox VE using the web GUI and pct destroy, including the bind-mount gotcha that trips up beginners.
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