Configure IPv6 for Proxmox Host via Slaac

The Proxmox server running at home only has an IPv4 statically assigned to it. Since I’ve been trying to get all my connected devices at home to get IPv6 assigned, I figured I should try with this Proxmox server next. I’m running Proxmox VE 8.0.4, and it’s based on Debian 12 (bookwarm). The settings for its network interfaces are stored in /etc/network/interfaces: root@pve:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto vmbr0 iface vmbr0 inet static address 192....

September 16, 2023 · 3 min · 551 words · kenno

Proxmox Cannot Stop VM - Help!

I’ve been running a few VMs on Proxmox, including a Pfsense VM, for over a year without a single issue. This evening, however, I noticed that I wasn’t able to access any local DNS records due to the VM hosting DNS server was not responding. On checking the Proxmox console, I could see that that VM with ID 102 was definitely not responding. So, I tried to reboot, stop and even reset....

April 25, 2023 · 2 min · 420 words · kenno

How to Enable Proxmox Guest Agent

I recently had a need to run Proxmox Virtual Environment (7.2-4) at home for a project. So far everything seemed to be straight forward, partially thanks to KVM technology used in Promox. However, I also learned a few things along the way too. The first thing that I had look up on the Internet to get it working is to activate (Promox) qemu-guest-agent. If you’re reading this, it’s likely you didn’t get it working on first trial either....

June 12, 2022 · 1 min · 184 words · kenno