OVH Proxmox Installation Guide

Select install for the specific server, via the ovh manager

--INSTALL-->
Install from an OVH template
--NEXT-->
Type of OS: Ready-to-go (graphical user interface)
VPS Proxmox VE (pick the latest non zfs version)
Language: EN
Target disk arrray: (always select the SSD array if you have ssd and hdd arrays)
Enable/Tick: Customise the partition configuration
--NEXT-->
Disks used for this installation: (All of them)
(Remove all the partitions and do the following)
Type: Filesystem: Mount Point: LVM Name: RAID: Size:
- 1 primary Ext4 / - 1 20.0 GB
- 2 primary Swap swap - - 2 x 8.0 GB (minimum 16GB total, set recommended swap size)
- 3 LV xfs /var/lib/vz data 1 REMAINING GB (use all the remaining space)
--NEXT-->
Hostname: server.fqdn.com
Installation script (URL): https://raw.githubusercontent.com/extremeshok/xshok-proxmox/master/install-post.sh
Script return value: 0
SSH keys: (always suggested, however if this value is used a webinterface login will not work without setting a root password in shell)
--CONFIRM--> After installation, Connect via ssh/terminal to the new Proxmox system running on your server and run the following

LVM to ZFS

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/extremeshok/xshok-proxmox/master/zfs/lvm-2-zfs.sh -c -O lvm-2-zfs.sh  && chmod +x lvm-2-zfs.sh
 ./lvm-2-zfs.sh && rm lvm-2-zfs.sh

Reboot
Connect via ssh/terminal to the new Proxmox system running on your server and run the following

NETWORKING (vmbr0 vmbr1)

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/extremeshok/xshok-proxmox/master/networking/network-configure.sh -c -O network-configure.sh && chmod +x network-configure.sh
./network-configure.sh && rm network-configure.sh

Reboot
Post Install: Now login via ssh as root and create a password, which will be used for the webinterface when logging in with pam authentication

Advance Installation Options

Assumptions: Proxmox installed, SSD raid1 partitions mounted as /xshok/zfs-slog and /xshok/zfs-cache, 1+ unused hdd which will be made into a zfspool

Connect via ssh/terminal to the new Proxmox system running on your server and run the follow

Create ZFS from unused devices (createzfs.sh)

NOTE: WILL DESTROY ALL DATA ON SPECIFIED DEVICES

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/extremeshok/xshok-proxmox/master/zfs/createzfs.sh -c -O createzfs.sh && chmod +x createzfs.sh
./createzfs.sh poolname /dev/device1 /dev/device2

Create ZFS cache and slog from /xshok/zfs-cache and /xshok/zfs-slog partitions and adds them to a zpool (xshok_slog_cache-2-zfs.sh) optional

NOTE: WILL DESTROY ALL DATA ON SPECIFIED PARTITIONS

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/extremeshok/xshok-proxmox/master/zfs/xshok_slog_cache-2-zfs.sh -c -O xshok_slog_cache-2-zfs.sh && chmod +x xshok_slog_cache-2-zfs.sh
./xshok_slog_cache-2-zfs.sh poolname

Reboot

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