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            <h1>Running a Ubuntu VM in ProxMox VE</h1>
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	<li>Log into the ProxMox web UI</li>
	<li>Select a storage from the left navigation pane to download the .iso to</li>
	<li>Select ISO Images in the left sub-navigation pane</li>
	<li>If running ProxMox 6, download the Ubuntu Desktop iso <a href="https://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04.4/ubuntu-20.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso" target="_blank">Download</a> and upload it to the ProxMox ISO image library</li>
	<li>If running ProxMox 7, click Download from URL and paste the download URL from above &gt; Click Query URL &gt; Click Download</li>
	<li>Right click the ProxMox node name &gt; Create VM</li>
	<li>Give the VM a unique ID and Name &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the OS tab, Select the Ubuntu Desktop installation .iso file, leave the Type as Linux and the Version as 5.x - 2.6 Kernel &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Leave the defaults on the System tab &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the Hard Disk tab, set the Disk size to 16 GiB or more &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the CPU tab, set Cores to 2 or more and Type to host &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the Memory tab, set the Memory to 4096 &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Leave the defaults on the Network tab &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Verify the summary and click Finish</li>
	<li>Right click the Ubuntu VM in the left navigation pane &gt; Start</li>
	<li>Click console in the left sub-navigation menu</li>
	<li>Press Ctrl+C to cancel the disk check</li>
	<li>When the install dialog displays click Install Ubuntu</li>
	<li>Select a keyboard layout &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Uncheck Download updates while installing Ubuntu &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Click Install Now</li>
	<li>Click Continue to write the changes to the disk</li>
	<li>Select a Region &gt; Click continue</li>
	<li>Enter a name, computer name, username and password &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Wait while Ubuntu copies files and installs</li>
	<li>When prompted to Restart Now, Select Devices &gt; Optical Drives &gt; Remove disk from virtual drive</li>
	<li>Click Restart Now to complete the installation, the VM will reboot</li>
	<li>Login with the username and password created earlier in the process</li>
	<li>Select Skip &gt; Next &gt; Select No, Don&#39;t send system info &gt; Next &gt; Next &gt; Done</li>
	<li>Welcome to Ubuntu</li>
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<h2>Optional Steps</h2>

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	<li>Launch a terminal window</li>
	<li>Run the following commands
	<div class="codeBlock"># update software repositories<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	# install qemu guest agent<br />
	sudo apt install qemu-guest-agent -y<br />
	# enable and start the qemu-guest-agent service<br />
	sudo systemctl enable qemu-guest-agent --now</div>
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