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Windows 11 on Proxmox

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Complete guide with all the detailed steps to install, configure and access a Windows 11 Pro Virtual Machine (VM) running on top of Proxmox VE.

This virtualization platform enables the deployment and management of virtual machines running Windows Server/10/11 using KVM/QEMU. With advanced integration through the QEMU Guest Agent, VirtIO drivers, and even UEFI Secure Boot with TPM emulation for Windows 11.

NUC, KVM, and Open vSwitch

Sat, 11 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Configuration of a NUC with Ubuntu + Open vSwitch + VLANs + KVM + VMs using netplan and Open vSwitch. The networking is based on OVS and Netplan for both the Host and the virtual machines.

Last year I documented here how to configure Open vSwitch with KVM. In this post I’ll get straight to the point, showing the desired final state and how to configure it.

Open vSwitch and KVM

Sun, 20 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

It was about time I played with Open vSwitch (OVS). I’m going to take advantage of setting up a new server with Ubuntu Server, KVM, Virtual Machines, and VLANs to build everything with Open vSwitch instead of the traditional Linux Bridge.

OVS is a virtual bridge from which I’ll manage all network connections for both the server itself and its virtual machines. Some VMs will receive a Trunk interface while the majority will connect in Access mode to a specific VLAN.

Remote Virt-Manager

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The goal is to run virt-manager from my Mac to manage VMs on a couple of remote KVM/QEMU host servers without needing to install an X11 environment on them. I’ve documented two options: the first uses a local virtual machine (VirtualBox/Parallels/…) with Ubuntu and a minimal GUI environment (just Xorg/X11 and virt-manager), the second uses HomeBrew.

Linux on 'Fusion for Mac'

Fri, 20 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

In this article I describe how to install Gentoo Linux 3.10.17 (64-bit, with systemd + Gnome 3) in a virtual machine (VM) running on VMWare Fusion 6 for Mac OSX version 10.9 (Mavericks). This should work the same way on a different host, such as Parallels or VMWare Workstation for Windows or Linux.