Proxmox Install

2024-10-30

Guide to Setup Proxmox

This guide assume proxmox have been already installed on zfs with systemd boot manager.

1. Initial setup

Open webui by going to proxmox_host_ip:8006.

Login as root, disable enterprise repository and enable no-subscription reposity

Head to Shell and update repos with

apt update

and upgrade the whole system with

apt dist-upgrade

then reboot

reboot

2. Enable intel gvt-g to have VMs slice of gpu

2.1 Edit kernel Boot Option

Open /etc/kernel/cmdline with your text editor

Add following line after boot=zfs

quiet intel_iommu=on i915.enable_gvt=1 drm.debug=0

2.2 Add modules

Open /etc/modules and add

# Modules required for PCI passthrough
vfio
vfio_iommu_type1
vfio_pci
vfio_virqfd

# Modules required for Intel GVT-g Split
kvmgt

2.3 To update configuration

Run update-initramfs -u -k all and proxmox-boot-tool refresh

then reboot

3. Install & Enable Powertop at startup

Install powertop with

apt install powertop

Create a file /etc/systemd/system/powertop.service with text editor

[Unit]
Description=Powertop Auto-Tune

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/powertop --auto-tune
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Save & exit

Enable & start unit with

systemctl enable --now powertop.service