** This still works but OVH now supports free IPMI on their SyS line.

Usually you have the option to use IPMI and install your own OS on the Dedi that you ordered. With SoYouStart, that option cost money, about 30 dollars a day. So, in this we’ll go over how to install proxmox 6/7 using kvm.

The first step is to go to the SYS console and reboot the server into rescue mode. Once it is booted, you’ll receive the temp credentials which you can use to get root access to the machine.

Once you’re in the box, you can then download the image your planning on using, I’m going to be using Proxmox 6.

root@rescue:~# wget http://download.proxmox.com/iso/proxmox-ve_6.4-1.iso

Once that is completed, next is to download the kvm files.

wget -qO- /tmp https://abcvg.ovh/uploads/need/vkvm-latest.tar.gz | tar xvz -C /tmp
alternative link to download https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nRBcDvP3CWTNByAL9P-qwFGt4totOwPQ/view?usp=sharing

Lastly, we need to start up the qemu so we can began the install. We’ll also need the VNC Viewer to get the install going. In the code below, remember to adjust the disks as needed and change the ISO listed for cdrom.

/tmp/qemu-system-x86_64 -net nic -net user,hostfwd=tcp::80-:80,hostfwd=tcp::443-:443 -m 1024M -localtime -enable-kvm -hda /dev/sda -hdb /dev/sdb -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 -cdrom /tmp/proxmox-ve_6.4-1.iso -boot d

Once this command is running, you’ll need to create a reverse tunnel to open a connection to port 5900.

ssh [email protected] -L 5900:localhost:5900

Once you’ve setup the tunnel, you can open a VNC connection to localhost:5900 and began the installation process.

Proxmox VE installer GUI over TightVNC via QEMU After you complete the installation process, I had to boot the installation up and swap out the network interface to eno1, I booted the system up by running the following command,

/tmp/qemu-system-x86_64 -net nic -net user,hostfwd=tcp::80-:80,hostfwd=tcp::443-:443 -m 1024M -localtime -enable-kvm -hda /dev/sda -hdb /dev/sdb -vnc 127.0.0.1:0

Then you can edit the file /etc/network/interfaces

If you have any questions or need further help, you can join my discord, it’s available under the about tab.