Proxmox under the Hood

In the previous chapter, we saw how the Proxmox GUI looks and also looked at its features. In this chapter, we will take a look how configuration files hold a Proxmox virtualization platform together, and the files to be used for advanced configuration and how they are used to troubleshoot a Proxmox platform. Proxmox is built on Debian Linux, which is very stable with a large active community. So, it inherited the heavy dependency on configuration or .conf files as a primary means to store various configurations. The Proxmox GUI provides you with the ability to manage a cluster, but does not provide direct access to any configuration files. Any direct changes by advanced users have to be done through a command-line interface (CLI). Commonly used scenarios, such as adding special arguments to configuration files, is done through the CLI. In this chapter...