2.2.7. Install as a VM using Proxmox VE¶
This chapter explains how to start a Virtual Service Router VM using Proxmox VE and the .iso
file.
It expects that you already installed a Proxmox VE cluster, in which you are able to spawn VMs with network connected.
It follows the following steps:
make the
.iso
file available to Proxmox VEcreate and configure a VM
boot the VM using the
.iso
fileinstall Virtual Service Router on the virtual disk
Upload the .iso
file¶
Select the local storage of your node in the left pane and visualize its content:
Press the Upload
button. In the pop-up window, select ISO image
as content
type and point to the Virtual Service Router .iso
file on your local disk. Then press
Upload
to send this file to your Proxmox VE node:
The .iso
file is now available to this node:
Create and boot the VM¶
In the top right corner, press the Create VM
button to launch the creation
wizard. In General
tab, check the node and the VM ID, and give a name to the
VM, then press Next
:
In OS
tab, make sure to use the uploaded .iso
file as CD/DVD and to specify
a Linux with 4.X/3.X/2.X kernel as Guest OS
, then press Next
:
In Hard Disk
tab, keep the default qcow2 device with VirtIO SCSI storage and
allocate at least 10GB, then press Next
:
In CPU
tab, allocate at least 2 cores and select host
as CPU type, then
press Next
:
In Memory
tab, allocate at least 8GB of RAM, then press Next
:
In Network
tab, bind the virtual management interface to a host bridge in
order to have access to external network. Select VirtIO
as model type, then
press Next
:
In Confirm
tab, review your settings and press Finish
to finalize the
creation and get back to the main dashboard:
The VM is now available in the left pane below your physical node. Select it and review its hardware configuration:
Press Add
> Network Device
:
In the pop-up window, select an attachment bridge and choose VirtIO
as model,
then press Add
:
The second network device can now be seen in the hardware configuration of the VM:
Warning
Please make sure that there is no other Virtual Service Router live CDROM or live USB inserted in this VM. Otherwise the system might fail to boot properly.
Press Start
in the top right corner to actually start the VM.
The next step consists in installing on the virtual disk.
Install Virtual Service Router¶
Warning
Please carefully check the device associated to the disk you want to use, or
you could wipe the wrong drive in the next step. When following this
installation guide you have only one disk attached to the VM. Thus the
device name is sda
. If you attach additional virtual disks, make sure to
choose the right device.
Note
Please make sure to select this disk as boot device after installation. You can access boot menu by pressing ESC at startup in the VM console.
Once the VM has booted on the .iso
file, select it in the left pane of the
main dashboard and press the >_ Console
button to get access to the serial
console.
Log in as admin, password admin, and at the prompt, do:
vsr> cmd system-image install-on-disk sda
This command will install Virtual Service Router on /dev/sda
. The relevant configuration
files will be copied to the local drive.
Note
To restore from a backup file, add backup-url <url>
to the previous
command. This will restore your configurations, private keys,
certificates and licenses.
The backup file must have been generated on the same or previous minor version (e.g. a backup from 3.0.1 can be restored on 3.0.x or 3.1.x).
Reboot to finally boot Virtual Service Router from the virtual hard disk:
vsr> cmd reboot
The next step is to perform your first configuration.