Virtual Machines
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How to Create Your First Virtual Machine in Proxmox VE (Step-by-Step Guide)
Never created a VM before? This step-by-step Proxmox VE tutorial walks you through the Create VM wizard tab by tab, explains every setting in plain English, and gets you from a blank ISO upload to a running virtual machine.
Virtual Machine vs LXC Container in Proxmox VE: Which One Should You Use?
Proxmox gives you two ways to run a workload: Create VM or Create CT. Here's what actually happens under the hood with each one, a side-by-side comparison, and a simple way to decide.
How to Add a Second Hard Drive to a Proxmox VM
A step-by-step guide to adding a second virtual disk to a Proxmox VE virtual machine, from the Proxmox GUI through partitioning, formatting, and mounting it inside Linux.
How to Resize a Virtual Disk in Proxmox VE (Linux and Windows Guests)
Learn how to grow a VM's virtual disk in Proxmox VE and extend the partition and filesystem inside Linux and Windows guests so the extra space is actually usable.
How to Enable the QEMU Guest Agent in Proxmox VE (And Why You Should)
A blank IP field and a VM that won't shut down cleanly both trace back to one missing service. Here's how to enable the QEMU Guest Agent in Proxmox VE, step by step, on Linux and Windows guests.
How to Enable and Install the QEMU Guest Agent in Proxmox VE
Learn what the QEMU Guest Agent is, why Proxmox VE needs it, and how to enable and install it step by step on Linux and Windows virtual machines.
How to Enable QEMU Guest Agent in Proxmox VE (Beginner Guide)
Learn what the QEMU Guest Agent does in Proxmox VE, why it matters for clean shutdowns and reliable backups, and how to install and enable it step by step on both Linux and Windows virtual machines.