Course 200 - Proxmox VE Complete

Proxmox VE Complete (200) is a fast-paced one-week course that covers all the material in Proxmox VE Deployment and Management (100) and Proxmox VE Clustering and Shared Storage (101), plus additional content not generally included in the other two courses.

Proxmox VE Complete (200) is delivered online by an instructor. It uses practical hands-on exercises in a live environment.

Recommended For

This course is for IT professionals interested in learning the concepts, architecture, and functionality of the Proxmox VE platform in a fast-paced and practical environment.

IMPORTANT: Because this course covers more material faster than courses 100 and 101, it is strongly recommended that participants have a good grasp of basic networking, Linux, and virtualization technologies.

Learning Outcomes

After completing Proxmox VE Complete (200), participants will have the knowledge and confidence to build and administer Proxmox VE in a cluster or as a standalone server.

• Be able to install Proxmox VE (PVE) and Proxmox Backup Server (PBS)
• Have an understanding of the core components of Proxmox VE, including
  • Networking
    • Linux bonds, bridges and firewall
    • Software Defined Networking, including Simple, VLAN, VXLAN and EVPN
    • Redundant Corosync networks and QDevice deployment
  • Storage systems
    • Local (ZFS, LVM) including ZFS Replication
    • Shared (Ceph, NFS and SMB/CIFS)
  • Hardware requirements for standalone and clustered deployments
• Have an understanding of guest management, including:
  • Creating and configuring virtual machines and LXC containers
  • Importing virtual machines from other platforms
  • Guest cloning, templating and cloud-init
  • Proxmox Datacenter Manager (PDM)
• Backups in Proxmox VE
  • Built-in vzdump backups and Proxmox Backup Server (PBS)
  • Understanding the backup processes and unique features of PBS
  • Backup and restore guests, including PBS file-level and live restores
• Build, deploy and manage Ceph storage, including:
  • Multiple pools for different storage media (e.g. HDDs and SSDs)
  • Essential command-line tools for working with Ceph
  • Providing resources for guest storage, including CephFS
• Perform standalone and cluster management tasks, including:
  • User and permissions management
  • Cross-cluster networking and migration
  • TLS certificate management for PVE hosts
  • Guest migrations, high-availability and cross-cluster networking
• Proxmox VE command line and REST API

Course Changes

This Course Outline is subject to change. Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH requires authorized trainers to cover specific content, and occasionally updates those requirements.

Additionally, instructors may adjust the content based on the class's experience, interest, and available time.