The Proxmox VE: Deployment, Administration, and Support course focuses on practical work with the Proxmox VE server virtualization platform.
During the course, participants will learn to administer virtual machines and Linux containers, configure networks and data storage, manage clusters and high availability, integrate Ceph, and implement backup and infrastructure recovery procedures.
Special attention is given to migrating virtual machines from VMware ESXi, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Install, configure, and update Proxmox VE.
- Create and administer virtual machines and LXC containers.
- Configure virtual networks, security rules, and access permissions.
- Create and manage storage based on ZFS, LVM-thin, NFS, and iSCSI.
- Migrate virtual machines from VMware ESXi.
- Create and administer Proxmox VE clusters and configure high availability and replication.
- Deploy Ceph and diagnose its operation.
- Configure backup and recovery using Proxmox Backup Server.
- Monitor infrastructure, troubleshoot issues, and recover infrastructure after failures.
Audience Profile
This course is intended for:
- System administrators.
- Virtualization and infrastructure engineers.
- DevOps engineers.
- IT professionals planning to implement, administer, or maintain infrastructure based on Proxmox VE.
Before attending this course, students must have:
Basic Linux administration skills and an understanding of TCP/IP networking, VLANs, disk systems, and virtualization fundamentals are required.
Previous experience with Proxmox VE is not required.
1. Proxmox VE Installation and Administration
- Proxmox VE architecture, KVM/QEMU, and LXC
- Installation and initial configuration
- Web GUI, CLI, repositories, and updates
- Core administration and maintenance tasks
2. Virtual Machines and LXC
- Creating and configuring virtual machines and containers
- Managing CPU, RAM, disk, and network resources
- VirtIO, QEMU Guest Agent, snapshots, and cloning
- Templates and Cloud-Init
- Migrating virtual machines between nodes
- Migrating virtual machines from VMware ESXi
3. Networking and Security
- Linux Bridge, bonding, and VLANs
- Virtual and isolated networks
- Proxmox Firewall
- Users, groups, RBAC, and access permissions
4. Data Storage
- Storage architecture in Proxmox VE
- Local storage, LVM, and LVM-thin
- ZFS: pools, snapshots, compression, and monitoring
- NFS and iSCSI
- Shared storage and storage migration
5. Clustering and High Availability
- Creating and administering a Proxmox Cluster
- Corosync, quorum, and cluster networking
- Live migration
- Proxmox HA, watchdog, and failover
- ZFS replication and HA
6. Ceph Integration with Proxmox VE
- Ceph architecture: MON, MGR, OSD, and RBD
- Deploying and integrating Ceph with Proxmox VE
- Pools, replication, and Ceph networking
- Ceph health, diagnostics, and recovery
- Ceph and ZFS replication: use cases
7. Backup and Disaster Recovery
- Backing up and restoring virtual machines and LXC containers
- Proxmox Backup Server
- Retention, incremental backup, and verification
- Backup, replication, and HA in a Disaster Recovery strategy
- Practical infrastructure recovery scenarios
8. Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Maintenance
- Monitoring Proxmox VE, virtual machines, storage, and networks
- Logs and diagnostics for common issues
- Troubleshooting clusters, ZFS, and Ceph
- Infrastructure updates and planned maintenance
- Overview of the CLI, REST API, and automation capabilities