4 days Proxmox VE in-depth remote/online training

The Proxmox VE training takes a complete deep dive into the open-source server virtualization management platform Proxmox VE.

The course consists of the training courses "Proxmox VE Deployment and Management" together with "Proxmox VE Clustering and Shared Storage".

AGENDA

Module 1: Deployment and Management

• Understanding the architecture of Proxmox VE with a focus on a single server deployment.
• Installing and setting up Proxmox VE: system requirements, installation, updates, and network configuration.
• Exploring the management interfaces (web GUI, CLI).
• Configuring and managing networks in Proxmox VE: Bridging and bonding network interfaces, VLANs, software-defined networking.
• Storage management: Storage options in Proxmox VE with a focus on single server deployments.
• Virtual guest management: Creating, managing, and understanding the various options and possibilities for VMs and Linux OS containers (LXC).
• Migration to Proxmox VE from other hypervisors (V2V) and bare-metal machines (P2V) and recommended post-migration steps.
• Backup and restore strategies: Backing up guests with the out-of-the-box backup functionality, exploring the integration with the Proxmox Backup Server, retention management, and restore possibilities.
• Authentication and Permissions: Users, groups, authentication realms, and permission schemes.
• Integrated firewall
• Troubleshooting common issues

Module 2: Clustering and Shared Storage 

• Architecture and components of a Proxmox VE cluster: Requirements, best practices.
• Exploring the Proxmox Cluster File System (pmxcfs) and Corosync.
• Cluster networking and redundancy, software-defined networking (SDN) and VLANs.
• Storage management with shared storage options.
• Deploying Ceph: Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), Ceph RBD for guest virtual disk storage, CephFS for clustered file storage, maintenance tasks, and best practices.
• Migration of guests between nodes.
• ZFS for asynchronous guest disk replication in a cluster.
• High availability (HA) for VMs and containers.
• Failure scenarios with exercises for HA and Ceph.
• Considerations for a minimal 2 node setup with an external tiebreaker (QDevice).
• Automate tasks using the Proxmox REST API or CLI tools.
• Troubleshooting common issues

NOTE: Module 2: Clustering and Shared Storage is aimed at participants who have completed the Module 1: Deployment and Management training. This course covers topics that are not included in the Module 1: Deployment and Management course.