Course Outline
Storage and Backup in Proxmox Storage Management
- Local and remote storage
- Using ZFS for advanced storage
- Integration with Ceph for distributed storage
Backup and Disaster Recovery
- Backup strategies in Proxmox
- Snapshots, replication, and restore
- Configuration of Proxmox Backup Server
Clusters and High Availability
- Introduction to Proxmox clusters
- Creation and management of an HA (High Availability) cluster
- Live VM migration and load balancing
Security and Monitoring Hardening and Security
- Best practices for security in virtualized environments
- Configuration of firewalls and access protection
- Isolation and protection of VMs and containers
Monitoring Tools
- Logging and resource monitoring
- Integration with Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana
- Performance analysis and troubleshooting
Use Cases and Applications in Academic and Corporate Settings
- Virtualization for university IT labs
- Test and development environments for DevOps
- Hosting of services and applications in production
- HPC clusters for distributed computing
Practical Exercises
Complete installation and configuration of a Proxmox environment Creation and management of virtual machines and containers Configuration of a Proxmox cluster with HA and distributed storage Simulation of backup, restore, and failover management
Requirements
To effectively follow the course, it is recommended that participants possess the following skills:
- Basic knowledge of virtualization (concepts of hypervisor, VM, snapshot, etc.)
- Experience in Linux system administration (preferably Debian-based)
- Familiarity with TCP/IP networking, firewall management, and basic security concepts
- Basic knowledge of Proxmox VE or other virtualization environments
- General understanding of storage (RAID, LVM, NFS, iSCSI, etc.)
Testimonials (5)
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Joe Leung - HA
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Everything. It was very understandable, and if we didn't understand something, Adriano explained it.
Zsolt Nagy - W.UP Kft
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I mostly enjoyed the knowledge of the trainer.