Proxmox VE — from the first node to a hyperconverged cluster

• Understand the Proxmox VE architecture and its internal components.
• Install, configure and update a Proxmox VE 9.x node.
• Master the network stack: bridges, bonds, VLANs, SDN, VXLAN and firewall.
• Operate virtual machines and containers: Cloud-Init, snapshots, cloning.
• Deploy LVM, ZFS and NFS storage and an iSCSI SAN with multipath.
• Build a highly available cluster, Ceph storage and a backup chain.

• Systems administrators and infrastructure engineers.
• Infrastructure architects and consultants.
• Teams operating a virtualization platform.

• Solid command-line Linux administration skills.
• Virtualization concepts and TCP/IP networking.
• No prior Proxmox VE experience required.

Day 1 — Fundamentals, installation and networking

• Architecture, ecosystem and positioning against proprietary solutions
• Node installation, repository and update management
• Bridges, bonds, VLANs and link aggregation

Day 2 — Advanced networking and workloads

• Software-defined networking: zones, VNets, IPAM and VXLAN
• Integrated firewall: Datacenter, Node and guest levels
• Virtual machines, LXC containers and Cloud-Init deployment

Day 3 — Local, remote and SAN storage

• LVM, LVM-Thin and ZFS pools
• NFS storage and iSCSI protocol principles
• End-to-end iSCSI SAN deployment and multipath configuration

Day 4 — Cluster, high availability and administration

• Building a Corosync cluster with redundant links
• HA groups, fencing and failover scenarios
• Users, RBAC roles and LDAP / Active Directory integration

Day 5 — Backup, hyperconvergence and migration

• Proxmox Backup Server: datastore, retention and restore
• Integrated Ceph deployment: RBD pools and CephFS
• Cold and live migration on shared storage, closing workshop