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import type { Metadata } from "next"
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import { Box } from "lucide-react"
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import CopyableCode from "@/components/CopyableCode"
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export const metadata: Metadata = {
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title: "ProxMenux Post-Install: Virtualization Settings",
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description:
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"Detailed guide to the Virtualization Settings category in the ProxMenux post-install script for Proxmox VE optimization.",
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openGraph: {
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title: "ProxMenux Post-Install: Virtualization Settings",
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description:
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"Detailed guide to the Virtualization Settings category in the ProxMenux post-install script for Proxmox VE optimization.",
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type: "article",
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url: "https://macrimi.github.io/ProxMenux/docs/post-install/virtualization",
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images: [
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{
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url: "https://macrimi.github.io/ProxMenux/virtualization-settings-image.png",
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width: 1200,
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height: 630,
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alt: "ProxMenux Post-Install Virtualization Settings",
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},
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],
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},
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twitter: {
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card: "summary_large_image",
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title: "ProxMenux Post-Install: Virtualization Settings",
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description:
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"Detailed guide to the Virtualization Settings category in the ProxMenux post-install script for Proxmox VE optimization.",
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images: ["https://macrimi.github.io/ProxMenux/virtualization-settings-image.png"],
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},
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}
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function StepNumber({ number }: { number: number }) {
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return (
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<div className="inline-flex items-center justify-center w-8 h-8 mr-3 text-white bg-blue-500 rounded-full">
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<span className="text-sm font-bold">{number}</span>
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</div>
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)
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}
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export default function VirtualizationSettingsPage() {
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return (
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<div className="container mx-auto px-4 py-8">
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<div className="flex items-center mb-6">
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<Box className="h-8 w-8 mr-2 text-blue-500" />
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<h1 className="text-3xl font-bold">Virtualization Settings</h1>
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</div>
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<p className="mb-4">
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The <strong>Virtualization Settings</strong> category optimizes Proxmox VE for enhanced virtualization performance,
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compatibility, and functionality.
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</p>
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<h2 className="text-2xl font-semibold mt-8 mb-4">Available Optimizations</h2>
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<h3 className="text-xl font-semibold mt-16 mb-4 flex items-center">
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<StepNumber number={1} />
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Enable VFIO IOMMU Support
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</h3>
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<p className="mb-4">
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This setting enables <strong>IOMMU</strong> (Input-Output Memory Management Unit) and configures <strong>VFIO</strong> (Virtual Function I/O)
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for PCI passthrough, allowing direct assignment of PCI devices to virtual machines.
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</p>
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<p className="mb-4">
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<strong className="block">Why it's beneficial:</strong>
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Enables near-native performance for PCI devices, such as GPUs or network cards,
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by allowing direct access from VMs. This is essential forGPU acceleration, low-latency networking,
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and high-performance workloads, reducing hypervisor overhead and improving efficiency.
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</p>
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<p className="text-lg mb-2">This adjustment automates the following commands:</p>
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<CopyableCode
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code={`
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# For Intel CPUs
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echo "intel_iommu=on" | sudo tee -a /etc/default/grub
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# For AMD CPUs
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echo "amd_iommu=on" | sudo tee -a /etc/default/grub
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echo "vfio vfio_iommu_type1 vfio_pci vfio_virqfd" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
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sudo update-grub
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sudo update-initramfs -u -k all
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`}
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/>
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<h3 className="text-xl font-semibold mt-16 mb-4 flex items-center">
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<StepNumber number={2} />
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Install Relevant Guest Agent
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</h3>
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<p className="mb-4">
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This optimization installs the appropriate <strong>guest agent</strong> based on the virtualization environment.
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</p>
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<p className="mb-4">
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<strong className="block">Why it's beneficial:</strong>
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Enhances host-guest integration by enabling graceful shutdown,
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file sharing, performance monitoring, and better resource allocation.
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This improves VM management and overall system efficiency.
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</p>
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<p className="text-lg mb-2">This adjustment automates the following commands:</p>
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<CopyableCode
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code={`
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# For QEMU/KVM VMs
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sudo apt-get install -y qemu-guest-agent
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# For VMware VMs
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sudo apt-get install -y open-vm-tools
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# For VirtualBox VMs
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sudo apt-get install -y virtualbox-guest-utils
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`}
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/>
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<h3 className="text-xl font-semibold mt-20 mb-4 flex items-center">
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<StepNumber number={3} />
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Configure KSM (Kernel Samepage Merging)
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</h3>
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<p className="mb-4">
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This setting enables and configures <strong>KSM</strong> to optimize memory usage by sharing identical
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memory pages across multiple virtual machines.
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</p>
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<p className="mb-4">
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<strong className="block">Why it's beneficial:</strong>
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Reduces RAM consumption in environments with similar VMs,
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allowing for higher VM density on a single host. This is particularly useful for systems
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running multiple instances of the same OS or application, improving memory efficiency and overall performance.
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</p>
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<p className="text-lg mb-2">This adjustment automates the following commands:</p>
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<CopyableCode
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code={`
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sudo apt-get install -y ksm-control-daemon
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echo "KSM_ENABLED=1" | sudo tee -a /etc/default/ksm
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echo "KSM_SLEEP_MSEC=100" | sudo tee -a /etc/default/ksm
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sudo systemctl enable ksm
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sudo systemctl start ksm
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`}
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/>
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<section className="mt-12 p-4 bg-blue-100 rounded-md">
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<h2 className="text-xl font-semibold mb-2">Automatic Application</h2>
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<p>
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All of these optimizations are automatically applied when selected in the Virtualization section. This
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automation ensures that these beneficial settings are applied consistently and correctly, saving time and
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reducing the potential for human error during manual configuration.
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</p>
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</section>
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</div>
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)
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}
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