Let's Install Pimox - Proxmox V7 for the Raspberry Pi 4

Things You Will Need

Download and Flash 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS

  1. Download the latest Debian for Raspberry Pi 4 Download
  2. Download Balena Etcher Download
  3. Run Balena Etcher
  4. Burn the Debian OS image to microSD card
  5. Safely remove/eject the microSD card and insert it into the Raspberry Pi
  6. Power on the Raspberry Pi

Setting Up the OS

  1. After booting into Debian, login with the username root (there is no password by default)
  2. Run the following commands in terminal
    # set a root password
    passwd
    # enter and confirm the password
    # update software repositories
    apt update
    # install available updates
    apt upgrade -y
    # install gnupg and curl
    apt install gnupg curl -y
    # download the pimox installation script
    curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pimox/pimox7/master/RPiOS64autoinstall.sh > RPiOS64autoinstall.sh
    # make the file executable
    chmod +x RPiOS64autoinstall.sh
    # edit the file
    nano RPiOS64autoinstall.sh
  3. Scroll down and set the following variables for your environment

    HOSTNAME='pimox'
    RPI_IP='192.168.0.225'
    GATEWAY='192.168.0.27'
    NETMASK='/24'

  4. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes
  5. Continue with the following command
    # run the install script
    sh RPiOS64autoinstall.sh
  6. Enter and confirm a root password
  7. Wait while the script installs dependencies
  8. The Raspberry Pi will reboot once the install script completes
  9. Once to Pi boots back up, login with root and continue with the following command to finish incomplete installs and reboot once more
    # finish installing proxmox
    apt upgrade -y
    # reboot
    reboot now
  10. After the second reboot Pimox should be fully installed
  11. On another device, open a web browser and navigate to https://DNSorIP:8006
  12. Welcome to Proxmox running on the Raspberry Pi 4

Source: https://github.com/pimox/pimox7