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Hardware Setup / Proxmox Base Install
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Hardware Setup / Proxmox Base Install

Hardware Setup (perform on all 3 nodes)

  • Connect all 3 NUC to power etc
  • Disable secure boot in BIOS on all nodes
  • Connect all 3 TB4 cables in a rinng topology:
using the numbers printed on the case of the intel13 nucs connect cables as follows (this is important):
- node 1 port 1 > node 2 port 2
- node 2 port 1 > node 3 port 2
- node 3 port 1 > node 1 port 2
  • Prepare bootable usb key by downloading proxmox iso and tools such as 'rufus'
  • Boot from USB

Proxmox Base Install (repeat on each node)

  • choose GUI (why not!)
  • accept terms
  • choose the SSD NOT the NVME for the install
  • set country, keyboard, etc
  • choose a password (this will be for the user - root) and set email
  • choose enp86s0 as the management interface (on proxmox 8 you will see the thundebolt netwrok too if cables are connected)
  • set a name for each node - i used pveX.mydomain.com where X = the node number i wanted
  • set fixed IPv4 address for the management network
    • 192.168.1.81/24 for node 1
    • 192.168.1.82/24 for node 2
    • 192.168.1.83/24 for node 3
  • set external DNS server and gateway
  • let the software partition disk as it sees fit
  • review summary page
  • removed the USB key and reboot when prompted

You should now have 3 nodes. Each should be accessible over the network with the IP addresses you specified. e.g 192.168.1.81:8006, 192.168.1.82:8006, 192.168.1.83:8006

The default username is root and you use the password you defined earlier. Consider making constrained users and doing security properly. I won't be doing that, i will be using root as this a PoC.

Set Package Repositories (only needed if you don't use a subscription)

Note: i will not be using enterprise packages as this is a PoC for evaluation / homeLab purposes only

In node-name > updates > repositories perform the following:

  • add No-Subscription
  • add Ceph Quincy No-Subscription
  • disable pve-enterprise
  • disable ceph-quincy enterprise too

Open the shell and perform apt update && apt upgrade to update all components and then reboot.

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