$1 Proxmox VE Cluster in 20min

We built a cluster using Xeon E-1200 series and E-2300 series bare metal servers at PhoenixNAP for $1 per hour and 20 minutes of setup time

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Timestamps
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00:00 Introduction
01:10 Disclaimer
01:44 Prerequisites for PhoenixNAP BMC
02:26 Launching 5x Intel Xeon Servers
06:59 Logging into the Servers
07:36 Creating the Proxmox VE Cluster
08:06 Joining Nodes to the Cluster
10:05 Bonus - Setting up LXC Containers
12:51 Bonus - Setting up Virtual Machines
13:25 Bonus - Container and VM Migration and HA
17:39 Wrap-up

[ibonitog]

I think some people are totally missing the point of this video.. Of course if you have a few local servers/old pcs at home, use those! But for only 1$ and 1hr of your time you can learn and apply this skill without having a multi server homelab to play around with! Awesome video Patrick!

[VraccasVII]

Title might mislead a few people, because they might expect to actually only pay $1, not $1 per hour continuously

[DRx]

While I think the the title is a little misleading, paying <12 bucks for a full day of Lab activity on someone elses hardware is pretty sweet. Some people just don't have access to hardware for themselves or at work. This is a really awesome alternative.

[CodyHadley]

Great video! I I use Proxmox at home on 2 Dell R610 Servers. I like the enthusiasm that just gets one fired up and exited for virtualization!

[FixUntilBroken]

i watched this on 1.5x speed so it only took about 15 minutes! A new record! :)

[frme]

Hi, I like Proxmox. Maybe you can do a second part for the video with Ceph as shared storage. It just works. Migration within sub seconds, don’t have to download images one every node. Cephfs for files. Shared storages can scale with the number of drive and server. Regards, Frank

[crimsionCoder]

So does a proxmox cluster increase availability and stability or reduce the time for task completion by separating out the tasks, like, let's say, machine learning and data science calculations? Or is it both tasks are separated across the node, and high availability is there by design?

[bryanv.]

Lol, Patrick, I think you're reaching LMG level clickbait-y titles. Love it! I assume you're going to change it in a week.

[nmadfernan]

loved your energy man, just also starting my homelab, keep it up!

[fasalmuhammed]

Why don't you make a video (much slower than this LOL) on network side of Proxmox? I just wanna know how to assign public IPs to the VMs automatically when we create. I hope you will consider this soon. 👍

[WebSitePros]

Couple questions, if you have different public IP subnets, when you migrate a server to a different node will it be reachable? I assume there 5 x /29's would have to be overlaid on the same broadcast domain in order work correct? Also without shared storage, can you migrate KVM nodes or just containers?

[fbifido]

Hi, did you try or would you recommend clustering the local storage using Ceph on these servers ???

[epsilontic]

This is very informative indeed. I was surprised that the prices for a bare metal cloud system are quite affordable. It allows you to check the latest BMC/IPMI features of Supermicro hardware, which is good for a buying decision of actual hardware.

[JonathanSwiftUK]

How does Proxmox compare with TrueNas?

[cyruschan]

looks like a good playground for testing out new stuff, not going to use it daily

[enriquecastillaolivares]

Hi, congratulations on your video, it's great and very well explained. It would be interesting if you made a high availability video of 3 nodes with different public IPs in different locations and a CT virtual machine with a webserver installed and that migrates from one node to another and that the public IP assigned to the CT machine swings between the nodes . Thanks a lot

[AchwaqKhalid]

This is Patrick from STH 😎

[bojanagatic]

Clickbait title. I didn't expect it from you.

[RadicalEdwardStudios]

I think for ~$9k/year, or $45k/5yr, I'd rather just have hardware.

[pingmeep]

Add in another €95/year per CPU socket if you want updates, which most will agree are important when you have anything hosted.