Comments by "Javier Flores" (@JJFlores197) on "Virtual Machines Pt. 2 (Proxmox install w/ Kali Linux)" video.

  1. A virtual machine system like Proxmox or Hyper-V or VMware ESXi lets you run multiple guest systems simultaneously. If you were to install each of those systems directly, it would work, but you can only run one of those systems at a time.
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  2. For me it was crating an OpenVPN server just over 4 years ago. I thought the idea was cool and decided to try it just before my family went on vacation. I found it amazing how I was able to access my home network from over 2000 miles away in Mexico. Of course, some things broke, so when we would stop at a hotel, I would remote into a computer I left online at home via TeamViewer and use that to connect to my OpenVPN server to try to fix it.
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  3. Your Proxmox server is not meant to connect the network over wifi. I believe there are some very technical workarounds if you look at Proxmox's wiki.
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  4. Setup a VPN server. You will need to port forward the necessary ports on your router so that you can talk to the VPN server from outside your network. You can then login through the VPN and get access to the VMs inside the network.
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  5. I wouldn't worry about the HTTPS warning. In short, you're getting that error message because the certificate that Proxmox has isn't listed in your computer's security settings. So your browser throws up that error as a precaution. Since its your own computers, you don't have to worry about it. If you're a complete noob, its going to be difficult explaining how SSL certificates work and how you can obtain a valid one from a service like Let's Encrypt....
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  6. I'm no expert, but if your old PC is too old, it likely would make no sense trying to do cryptomining especially in a virtual environment.
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  7. You want to setup a VPN server so that you can remote into your network and have access to your server.
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  8. Yes, you need to use a 2nd device. Once you install Proxmox, you don't directly interact with that computer. You use another computer to manage your VM server through its web interface.
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  9.  @divinejakiro3656  yes there can be some problems when trying to use shortcuts like Ctrl alt delete. However, there should be a way to send that VM whatever keystroke you want without it affecting your main PC.
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  10. A Type 1 hypervisor is pretty much the OS. You install the hypervisor (Hyper-V, ESXi, Proxmox) on your server and that's it. You don't directly interact with it anymore. You connect your hypervisor to your network and use another PC to remotely manage it like to create VMs, power on/off/reboot, clone, etc.
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  11. You are probably better off asking in the proxmox forums for help or guidance.
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  12. Edit Doing some quick research, it appears that wifi is not officially supported with Proxmox. There are workarounds to get it to work, but again, it is not supported. As I said, using wifi is not the intended use case for a type-1 hypervisor. You're expected to connect your Proxmox laptop to your router via ethernet. You have to keep in mind that Proxmox is intended for uses where ethernet is more or less the de-facto connectivity standard. You can try searching on Google to see if there are drivers for your wifi card for Proxmox. I'm not super familiar with it though.
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  13. You can think of Proxmox as the operating system. You install and configure it. Once that is done, you don't directly interact with the computer you installed it to. instead, you manage it through the web interface.
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  14. oh man.🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂ You have the wrong idea dude. Type 1 hypervisors are NOT meant to be interacted with directly. You designate a server to act as your virtualization server and then use another device to manage it and your VMs. That's it. That's how it is done in the IT world. You don't go walking around with your laptop containing all of the company's virtual servers. That's just absurd. Type 2 hypervisors are probably what you're looking for like VirtualBox or VMware Workstation.
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  15. No. Proxmox is a type 1 hypervisor. That means that it is essentially the OS. You dedicate a physical computer to Proxmox. You can run many VMs from that single PC (assuming your hardware is sufficiently powerful). You don't directly interact with the Proxmox server; instead, you use another computer to manage the server over its web interface.
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  16. You can buy a USB to ethernet adapter or if your server and laptop are on the same network, just connect to the server over wifi.
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  17. If you installed Proxmox on the existing drive on your PC, that means everything was wiped from it and only Proxmox is installed. No way to go back to your old Windows install. You'll need to reinstall Windows. Hope you had a backup otherwise all your data is gone.....
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  18. Yes. That is a standard procedure when you're installing an operating system or hypervisor on a computer. You can access your server outside of your home network. The best way to do this is via VPN. You'll need to setup a VPN server inside of your home network and configure your router (port forwarding) so that you can access your home network. You could, in theory, port forward the ports used by your hypervisor server, but in practice this is a terrible idea from a security perspective. VPN is a better way to do this.
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  19. Just keep in mind that a type 1 hypervisor means that you're dedicating a computer (or server) to be a virtual machine manager. This means you can't really use the hypervisor as a computer. You will connect to the hypervisor with another PC via the web management interface to create and use your virtual machines.
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  20. If you have a powerful server you can run many virtual machines without much performance loss. Just depends on the use case. In the IT world, we use virtualization a lot as it can help with costs. Servers can be very expensive. Instead of buying physical servers for every service you need, you can buy a few servers and run multiple services on them like file servers, web servers, dhcp servers, etc.
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  21. Do you have a dualboot setup on that computer? In other words, are Windows and Ubuntu installed on that same computer?
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  22. You have to keep in mind that Proxmox is a type-1 hypervisor. That means that it takes the place of your operating system and you would need to use another computer to access your VMs and manage them. With this setup, you will be dedicating your computer to just virtual machines. For your use case, its best if you run a type-2 hypervisor like VirtualBox or VMware Player. These are programs you install like any other program and can run virtual machines alongside your host system. This way, you don't have to worry about formatting your drives and loosing any data.
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  23. The idea is that you dedicate that PC to be the virtual server. Once you set it up, you don't directly interact with it. You manage it on a different computer via its web interface.
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  24. lmao.... Beautiful??????
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  25. Yes this is the way things are done in the enterprise and business environments. You usually have several physical servers running many different virtual machines and servers for various uses.
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  26.  @fahimprotik3203  Its hard to tell without knowing your network setup. You'll need to look at your VPN server and see if there's anything missing in terms of allowing your VPN clients access to your internal network. When you're connected through your VPN, are you able to see other devices inside of your network?
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  27. I'm pretty sure you can, but its best practice to assign static IPs to your servers. Some server systems will complain if you don't have a static IP setup. I don't know if Proxmox will complain.
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  28. You're going to have to ask your question again. It doesn't make sense what you're trying to ask.
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  29. I'm not very familiar with Proxmox, but it looks like it is possible to do this. I can't post links, but Proxmox has a wiki page with instructions. Do keep in mind this is not its intended use cases. Type-1 hypervisors like Proxmox, ESXi, Hyper-V are not intended to be directly managed on the host system except through the command line. They're primarily intended to be used and managed through another computer via its web interface or management console.
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  30. Do you have a wifi card on your computer? If so, is it USB? I'm not very familiar with Proxmox, but I assume you should be able to passthrough USB devices from the host server to a VM.
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  31. Sure.
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  32. What do you mean?
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  33. You'll probably need to look into thin clients. In short, a thin client is a computer device that by itself doesn't do much. However, it can connect to a server, proxmox in this case, and connect to your virtual machine and act as a real computer. I don't know too much more than that so I don't really know of any projects or software that may be of use for this use case.
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  34. Yep. Proxmox is a type-1 hypervisor meaning that it is the operating system. Once you install the hypvervisor, you don't usually interact with the system you installed it to. You use a different computer to access the hypervisor via its web interface.
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  35. If you're trying to access it over the internet, the best way of doing it is through a VPN connection. You will want to setup a VPN server so that you can remove into that network over VPN. Technically can just port forward your Proxmox server to the internet, but its not a wise thing to do in terms of security.
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  36. You have to understand what a Type-1 Hypervisor is. This means that the computer you installed Proxmox onto IS the server running virtual machines. The intended use case is to access the proxmox server through another computer via the web interface. You don't directly interact with the server anymore after you install it. I believe you can install a desktop interface on Proxmox, but that's not the intended way of using it.
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  37. Type 1 hypervisors are meant to be used on a computer/server dedicated to virtual machines. The way you described your setup is fine for your use case. Type 1 hypervisors are used in business enviornments where they need many virtual machines or servers instead of having many physical servers.
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  38. Pretty much, but type 1 hypervisors let you setup a virtualization server to run many different virtual machines.
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  39. I'm not familiar with Proxmox. However, using Wi-Fi doesn't appear to be officially supported. These types of servers are only intended to be used hardwired. It looks like there are guides on how to get this to work over WI-Fi, but your mileage may vary so good luck with that. You can also consider using powerline network adapters. They let you send your network connection over your home's electrical wiring. They don't always work well though, and again, your mileage may vary. If you have coax cabling near your Proxmox server, you can look into MoCa adapters. They work in a similar fashion to the powerline adapters, but they use coax cabling instead of electrical wiring.
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  40. You don't usually go to a university to work on servers. If you want a more formal education, see if your community college offers any IT courses dealing with servers. Some may have them. There are many different certifications for different server systems as well as many training options.
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  41. Yep.
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  42. In short, DNS stands for Domain Name System. Its the Internet's equivalent of a phone book. Computers don't like host-names like google or yahoo. Computers like working with IP addresses which are numbers. So when you type in google dot com into your web browser, your computer sends a DNS query to your DNS server to find out what the IP address is. The DNS server responds to your computer with the IP address, and then your PC can know how to connect to Google. In most instances, you can put in the IP address of your router as the DNS server. Most home routers act as a local DNS server for the devices in your network. A static IP address is simply an address that you manually assign to your device. You can use any IP address as long as its in your network. Most home networks use the 192 .168 .1 . 0 IP network. You will need to double check your router settings to see exactly what IP network you're home network uses. The only limitation is that you can't use an IP address that's already in use. That will cause an IP conflict which may prevent both devices from working correctly.
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  43. The way it is typically done is to setup virtual machines as needed and allow access to them based on user needs. Your end-users don't login to the hypervisor. That's not a smart idea from a security perspective even if you give them limited access to it. You may, for instance, setup a Windows file server and create network shares that your users can use. They won't login directly to the server, but rather access the network share.
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  44. No. With a type 1, you don't directly interact with the server. You use another PC on your network to connect to your hypervisor via its web interface. That's how you manage it.
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  45.  @kurotsune77  Type 2 hypervisors are like VirtualBox, Vmware Workstation, Qemu. They aren't Linux distros.
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  46. The point of this video is to show you Proxmox which allows you to turn your computer into a virtualization server where you can run many different virtual machines.
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