Proxmox VE 5.0 and Docker with a Web GUI

Easy to run nested virtualization is a huge selling point for me. I might try this

 

This. Made. My. Day.

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I am most def. going to try and play around with this!

 

Still waiting.

 

so on the FreeNAS side you'd run a storage container and then on the Proxmox side you'd start container(s) that point to the storage container on FreeNAS? I guess I am not sure how this all shakes out, I'll wait for the article though.

 

This looks awesome.... I just wish proxmox would build in docker... Can't wait for instructions. Totally doing this on my boxes.

 

Did you think about installing this inside of an LXC or VM (RancherOS, Boot2Docker) instead of on the proxmox directly?

Proxmox / LXC - Running docker inside a container | The Solaris Cookbook | The Cookbook and reference for IT Admins | container, Docker, LXC, Proxmox for example.

 

Big question I have right now is how to organize my setup. I think Proxmox + LXC Docker makes the most sense to me. The big question is how/where to put my Plex setup given it's I/O needs. Right now I have a Debian VM with Docker that has a LSI card passed through for the drives. I'm considering changing it up... but I'm not sure which would be the best.... But I already made a thread for this question.

 

Did you ever post a guide for this? I tried to install 5 on my supermicro box using ipmi... The screen didn't detect right. The ok button was off the screen to the right. Tried resetting... Still.. nothing. Going to setup something similar.

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As someone who is a hell of a lot clearer about a virtualisation platform around VMware, I'd be very interested if there is a comparison of how the above is so much better than a stack built on ESXi (sorry if its a dumb comment, I realise that I'd still be layering docker etc ontop of VMware in that path)

 

ESXi / VMware will
- cost you a fortune if you want advanced features above a single node
- bind you to a HCL
- make you dependent on software/drivers/kernel modules available (i.e IB / Ofed) where you are free as a bird with proxmox as it's based on Debian / GNU Linux. Just get what you need and install from binary or compile.
- not offer HC / the Storage options proxmox has built-in without VSan (=expensive, high requirements).
- Not allow you to apply changes / work on features of the Host as it's not open. On proxmox you can add Kernel modules via dkms, Build custom Storage Plugins, replace the Kernel - whatever you want/need ...

so, as long as you don't need Horizon/VDI or any other Feature not available in Proxmox (i.e. workload-based scaling of the Cluster by bringing hosts up/down) it's maybe the better, easier and also cheaper way to go. (correct me if i'm wrong)

 

yes, i know ..
but question was why proxmox would be better

Don't know how good proxmox support is as i barely need support on this type of product, especially not as long it's sort of open..
but would guess proxmox paid support also is quite good, and also the community is active.

 

Thanks for the thoughts. I run VMware in my lab using the evalexperience. I can see the time when VMware are potentially cut out of the market (but of course through Proton, AWS hookups etc they are trying to stay relevant). Whilst I understand the attractions of opensource, I'm not a coder at heart - I just want the thing to work and be reliable (otherwise I get it in the neck from the wife always up in my computer room!) I've a few spare servers to test drive, I look forward to the write-up.