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Best way to virtualize a dedi? Proxmox vs. other?
So I bought a dedicated server from Hetzner (PX61-NVMe) this week for a new project and I want to virtualize it. I'm not sure which software I should use. My goal is to have something like a private DigitalOcean/Vultr in terms of features at the end. I mainly want to be able to manage VM's (create, delete, snapshot) and to automate some things (cloud-init, DHCP, security groups).
I've considered the following options:
-Proxmox: Used it in the past, easy to setup, lacks several features such as security groups and cloud-init
-OpenStack: Tons of features, messy setup, total nightmare to manage
-VirtKick: Seems to be geared towards hosting providers and no updates since failed OnApp acquisition
-SolusVM: Well when is v2 coming?
-oVirt: Looks outdated and lacks several features, seems to be rather geared towards enterprises
Do you have any advice or suggestions? Which option would you choose?
Comments
I prefer VMWare.
Code your own or Openstack.
From looking into our panel we had limited options. We also use cloud-init but use libvirt directly with it. Others I know have used https://github.com/LordGaav/proxmox-deploy or OpenStack.
@vmhaus Thanks for your reply. Do you know if it's possible to install the OpenStack control plane on AWS and have it manage compute nodes located in other networks?
@DennisdeWit VMWare is proprietary, doesn't support SW RAID and lacks some pretty basic features.
Virtual Box.
OpenNebula - far simpler than openstack,
Drivers for compute nodes with different virtualization schemes including aws.
Azure Pack,
all installation will be finished on Windows, and hyper-v based.
As you have said, proxmox is easy to setup. I will go that route
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