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Set Up ProxMox Cluster from scratch
First we need to create the remote server that will be large filespace that we will need to mount more than once.
Install Ubuntu on a machine with a lot of space. Make a folder that is going to hold ISOs.
I.e.,
During boot time, make a disk group that is the boot RAID pair, and a second group that is RAID 5 or 6, whichever does the stripe/parity thing.
Install UBU on the RAID group that is just the pair.
Once that is done, and fully updated, mount the larger RAID disk LUN as /mnt/storage
sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdX
Verify this by doing a mount.
Sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/sdX1 /mnt/storage
Diddle as needed to get a successful mount.
Create a folder to hold the ISOs.
sudo mkdir /mnt/storage/ProxMoxISO
Find the ISOs and
Edit /etc/fstab to do the same thing on a permanent basis
/dev/sdX1 /mnt/storage default 0 1
Install PM 8.3+ on one regular 1U server.
Create a cluster. This machine will be in it.
Now you want to add a separate server to hold things like the ISOs. Create a folder for this and put at least one ISO in it.
ALT: have one machine on the same physical network that will host IVENTOY PXE BOOT SERVER.
This will need the PROXMOX ISO as well as any Ubuntu or other ISOs.
Can put IVentoy into a VM, which seems to work ok for separate machines.
