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Run a vm with alot of other things on a server
Barnesanger
Barred
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Currently i am running alot of stuff under Debian 10 on my home server, but i suddenly need a windows vm. What is the best / easy way to run this ? I tried running the normal proxmox installer on top of the existing system, but returned a load of errors. The server is currently running rclone, virtualmin (webmin), plex, a few file shares and stuff. I want to keep this bare-metal, and just put a windows vm on top of the existing system without to much trouble.
Advice on best practise here? Or am i doomed, and should install proxmox or vmware bare-metal instead?
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Are you running a GUI on this? If so, just install VirtualBox or virtual machine machine manager to make it easier.
Or just install qemu/virsh/etc and launch the VM that way - https://www.linuxtechi.com/install-configure-kvm-debian-10-buster/ seems to cover most of it (both GUI and command line methods)
Not running any GUI, but i will look at that link.
Looks like i firgured out why proxmox refused to install, so i might try that first, as i do have some experience in proxmox
VirtualBox doesn't need a GUI - you can control VMs with VBoxManage command, Vagrant script, or a VirtualBox GUI component installed on a remote machine.
However, I'm increasingly unhappy about VirtualBox because it's slow and bugs are not being fixed.
I hear libvirt is better.
I hear libvirt is better.
I haven't used VirtualBox for a while to be fair - although qemu/libvirt/etc would be my first choice.