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+ <h1>Running an Amazon Linux (AL2) VM in Proxmox</h1>
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+ <div></div>
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+ <h2>What is Amazon Linux?</h2>
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+<blockquote><em>Amazon Linux 2 is a Linux operating system from Amazon Web Services (AWS). It provides a security-focused, stable, and high-performance execution environment to develop and run cloud applications. -<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-2" target="_blank">https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-2</a></em></blockquote>
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+<h2>Creating the VM</h2>
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+<ol>
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+ <li>Open a web browser and navigate to the ProxMox web UI (ie https://ProxMoxDNSorIP:8006/)</li>
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+ <li>Right click the Proxmox node name > Create VM</li>
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+ <li>Give the VM a unique ID and Name > Next</li>
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+ <li>On the OS tab, Select Do not use any media, leave the Type as Linux and the Version as 5.x - 2.6 Kernel > Next</li>
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+ <li>On the System tab, leave the defaults and check the Qemu Agent box to enable it > Next</li>
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+ <li>On the Hard Disk tab, delete the scsi0 disk > Next</li>
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+ <li>On the CPU tab, set Cores to 1 or more and Type to host > Next</li>
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+ <li>On the Memory tab, set the Memory to 512 or more > Next</li>
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+ <li>Leave the defaults on the Network tab > Next</li>
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+ <li>Verify the summary and click Finish</li>
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+ <li>Click the Proxmox node in the left navigation menu > Shell</li>
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+ <li>Run the following commands in the web shell
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+ <div class="codeBlock CMD"># lookup the latest amazon linux file name<br />
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+ regex='<td><a href="([^/]*\.qcow2)">[^/]*<\/a><\/td>' && response=$(curl -s -L https://cdn.amazonlinux.com/os-images/latest/kvm/) && [[ $response =~ $regex ]] && downloadURL="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"<br />
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+ # download the amazon linux virtual disk<br />
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+ wget -O /tmp/al2.qcow2 https://cdn.amazonlinux.com/os-images/latest/kvm/$downloadURL<br />
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+ # import the downloaded virtual disk<br />
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+ # update the vmid and destination storage pool to match your environment<br />
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+ # usage<br />
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+ # qm importdisk <%target vmid%> <%path to source disk%> <%destination storage device%> [OPTIONS]<br />
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+ qm importdisk 2000 /tmp/al2.qcow2 SSD_100GB</div>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Once the import completes, select the newly created Amazon Linux VM from the left navigation panel</li>
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+ <li>Select Hardware from the left sub-navigation menu</li>
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+ <li>Double click the Unused Disk to edit it > Click the Add button</li>
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+ <li>Click the Add dropdown > CloudInit Drive</li>
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+ <li>Set the target storage for the CloudInit drive > Click the Add button</li>
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+ <li>Select Cloud-Init from the left sub-navigation menu</li>
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+ <li>Edit each of the Cloud-Init fields to set a username, password and DNS/network parameters</li>
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+ <li>Select Options from the left sub-navigation menu</li>
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+ <li>Double click Boot Order</li>
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+ <li>Check the Enabled box next to the hard disk and drag it up in the boot order as needed, typically below the CD-ROM device</li>
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+ <li>Click OK</li>
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+ <li>Click the Start button in the top right of the screen</li>
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+ <li>Select Console from the left sub-navigation menu to watch the boot process</li>
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+</ol>
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+<h2>Setting Up Amazon Linux 2</h2>
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+<ol>
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+ <li>Once the boot process completes, login with the username and password set in the Cloud-Init settings earlier</li>
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+ <li>Run the following commands in the terminal
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+ <div class="codeBlock CMD"># elavate to root<br />
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+ sudo su<br />
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+ # enable hostname preservation in cloud-init config<br />
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+ echo -e "\npreserve_hostname: true" >> /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg<br />
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+ # set the hostname<br />
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+ hostnamectl set-hostname amazon-linux<br />
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+ # output hostname details<br />
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+ hostnamectl<br />
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+ # update software repositories<br />
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+ yum check-update<br />
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+ # install available updates<br />
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+ yum update<br />
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+ # install qemu-guest-agent<br />
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+ yum install qemu-guest-agent -y<br />
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+ # shutdown<br />
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+ shutdown now<vmid><storage></storage></vmid></div>
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+ <strong> </strong></li>
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+ <li>Once the VM has shutdown completely, power it back up on clicking the Start button at the top right of the screen</li>
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+ <li>After the boot process completes, login back in</li>
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+ <li>Continue with the following command in the terminal
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+ <div class="codeBlock CMD"># verify hostname details were retained<br />
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+ sudo hostnamectl</div>
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+ <strong> </strong></li>
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+ <li>Welcome to Amazon Linux running in Proxmox</li>
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