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  • 1.  Tutorial: Installing a AOS VPNC on PROXMOX 8.4.0

    Posted 9 days ago

    Thought I share my observations of installing VPNC on PROXMOX. I used 8.4.0.

    I am by all means no expert in PROXMOX but was able to get the VPC to work and onboard in Central. Also I can't guarantee this is supported by TAC. But at least great for a homelab.

    Step 1: Download the OVA version of the Gateway

    Step 2: Use an SSH client to Upload it the Proxmox: I used the folder 

    Step 3: Untar the File use tar -xvf 

    Step 4: Create the VM, click create VM (see snapshots below

    General: Just type in a name that makes sense for you

    OS: I used the default in my case Linux 6.x - 2.6 Kernel, and "do not use media"

    For system I used the settings below: All default settings

    Disks: It does not matter what you use, THESE DISKS WILL BE REMOVED LATER ANYWAY

    CPU: I used this url for reference: https://arubanetworking.hpe.com/techdocs/central/2.5.8/content/sd-branch/vgw/vgw_man-esxi-vgwsizing.htm

    In my case this was for the 500M version.

    Memory: Again see url with guidelines, all standard settings, for more performance disable ballooning, I left it default though

    Network: Just default but I disabled the first interface, this interface isn't used in the setup.

    Confirm all settings

    Add 3 additional network interfaces

    Do not do anything yet with the VM we need to tune settings and issue a few commands before moving forward

    Step 5: Download the ISO userdata key

    Go to Global > Network Services > Virtual Gateways > Manual, and download your key choose Download ISO

    Step 6: Upload the userdata ISO to Proxmox 

    Step 7: Make the CDROM Bootable

    Select the CDROM, click Edit 

    Select use CD/DVD disc image file

    Select the storage you uploaded the ISO

    Select the ISO from the dropdown and click OK

    Step 8: Detach the storage

    Select the storage and click detach and confirm detachment

    Step 9: Import the vmdk disks

    use the command: qm disk import <vm-id> .....vmdk <storage> --format vmdk

    See below, in my case the new VM had ID 106, and my storage name was "local lvm"

    Issue the command two times, for disk1 and disk2, for me it was

    qm disk import 106 ArubaOS_VGW_10.4.1.8_92748-disk1.vmdk local-lvm --format vmdk

    qm disk import 106 ArubaOS_VGW_10.4.1.8_92748-disk2.vmdk local-lvm --format vmdk

    Step10: Activate both disks

    Navigate to your new VM double click the new imported storage and click add

    Step 11: Resize second disk

    I resized my disk to 15 GB

    Step 12: Change Bootorder

    Go to Options > Bootorder, double click

    Enable the new disks and make sure that disk 0 is on top

    You made it!

    Start your VM



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    Martijn van Overbeek
    Architect, Netcraftsmen a BlueAlly Company
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  • 2.  RE: Tutorial: Installing a AOS VPNC on PROXMOX 8.4.0

    Posted 9 days ago

    Hello Martijn, 

    Thank you so much for this tutorial.

    I tried to set this up before on Proxmox, but then used the KVM image, and that did not work properly. VM booted, but locked up in the hardware check.

    Now the VM boots just fine and can start from here.

    One thing that would be better is if you immediate put -raw instead of -vmdk in the qm disk import command. As you can see in your screenshot "it does that anyway".

    On my Proxmox I use ZFS and NFS for storage and both support -vmdk, so the command does not "auto-correct" itself. So the disks get nicely imported as vmdk.

    But after that it is not possible to resize the 2nd disk as this is not supported on vmdk disks under Proxmox.

    Also: I did the initial try with an OVA I still had kicking around as I could not download the latest/greatest you have used.

    I have a support-ticket open already about the download issues.


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