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 **| [Knowledge Base](https://ji-podhead.github.io/RHEL_9_Foreman_Guide/knowledge%20base)|[Install](https://ji-podhead.github.io/RHEL_9_Foreman_Guide/installation%20(katello%2Cdiscovery%2Cdhcp%2Ctftp)) | [Discovery and Provisioning](https://ji-podhead.github.io/RHEL_9_Foreman_Guide/discovery%20and%20provisioning) | [libvirt](https://ji-podhead.github.io/RHEL_9_Foreman_Guide/libvirt) | [proxmox](https://ji-podhead.github.io/RHEL_9_Foreman_Guide/proxmox) |** 
 
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-# proxmox
+# proxmox & zfs
+## install
+> - download the iso
+> - create a new vm
+> - install proxmox inside the vm
+> 
+> ![create_proxmox_vm](https://github.com/ji-podhead/RHEL_9_Foreman_Guide/blob/main/img/libvirt_create_proxmox_vm.png?raw=true)
+> ![promox_install](https://github.com/ji-podhead/RHEL_9_Foreman_Guide/blob/main/img/libvirt_initial_proxmox_boot.png?raw=true)
+> ![proxmox_finish](https://github.com/ji-podhead/RHEL_9_Foreman_Guide/blob/main/img/libvirt_proxmox_complete.png?raw=true)
+> login via your local browser using "root" along with the password you set in installation-process
+---
+## configure foreman
+***configure firewall:***
+```Bash
+# firewall-cmd --add-port=5900-5930/tcp
+# firewall-cmd --add-port=5900-5930/tcp --permanent
+```
+***install [foreman_fog_proxmox](https://github.com/theforeman/foreman_fog_proxmox):***
+```Bash
+# sudo dnf install rubygem-foreman_fog_proxmox
+```
+
+***restart foreman service:***
+```Bash
+# sudo systemctl restart foreman.service
+```
+> - if you get error in foreman-ui after that try this:
+> ```Bash
+> # foreman-rake db:migrate
+> # systemctl restart foreman.service 
+>```
+
+
+## proxmox ZFS tank
+***add the disk’s wee need for the tank to our wm***
+![add_disk](https://github.com/ji-podhead/RHEL_9_Foreman_Guide/blob/main/img/zfs1_kvm_add_disk.png?raw=true)
+***create zfs called tank***
+![create_tank](https://github.com/ji-podhead/RHEL_9_Foreman_Guide/blob/main/img/zfs2_creating_zfs.png?raw=true)
+***create datasets for our zfs tank in proxmox shell:***
+```Bash
+# zfs create tank/backups
+# zfs create tank/isos
+# zfs create tank/diskstorage
+```
+***check it out:***
+```Bash
+# zfs list
+# zpool list
+```
+***
+***create the zfs storage directories***
+![create_storage](https://github.com/ji-podhead/RHEL_9_Foreman_Guide/blob/main/img/zfs3_create_storage.png?raw=true)***upload a iso (optional)***
+![upload_iso](https://github.com/ji-podhead/RHEL_9_Foreman_Guide/blob/main/img/zfs4_upload_iso.png?raw=true)***move the wm storage to zfs (optional):***
+![move_storage](https://github.com/ji-podhead/RHEL_9_Foreman_Guide/blob/main/img/zfs5_move_wm_storage.png?raw=true)***create a backup for our wm using our zfs_back storage directory(optional)***
+![backup](https://github.com/ji-podhead/RHEL_9_Foreman_Guide/blob/main/img/zfs6_wm_backup.png?raw=true)
+## nfs
+***in proxmox shell:***
+```
+# apt install nfs-common
+# apt install nfs-kernel-server
+# mkdir -p /mnt/shared_folder_on_nfs
+# chmod -R 777 /tank/diskstorage
+# chown -R nobody:nogroup /tank/diskstorage
+```
+***create zfs shared folder:***
+```Bash
+# zfs create tank/nfs_shared_folder
+# zfs set sharenfs=on tank/nfs_shared_folder
+```
+***edit the exports file:***
+```Bash
+# nano /etc/exports
+```
+>```
+>...
+># /srv/nfs4/homes  gss/krb5i(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
+>#
+>/proxmox.local:/tank/nfs_shared_folder *(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
+>```
+***edit the fstab:***
+```Bash
+# nano /etc/fstab
+```
+>```
+>...
+>proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
+>
+>proxmox.local:/tank/diskstorage /mnt/shared_folder_on_nfs nfs auto 0 0
+>```
+***update Grub:***
+```Bash
+#sudo apt-get install --reinstall dracut
+#dracut -f
+```
+***edit the wm-config:***
+- this needs to be done in the machine that runs libvirt not inside proxmox
+```Bash
+# virsh edit <your_proxmox_wm>
+```
+
+> - add `<shareable/>` to the disk we added to create the zfs tank
+> ```
+>      <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+>      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' io='native' discard='unmap'/>
+>      <source dev='/dev/sdc'/>
+>      <target dev='sdc' bus='sata'/>
+>      <shareable/>
+>      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='2'/>
+>      </disk>
+>```
 
 
+***we can mount the zfs tank thats is shared via nfs like this:***
+```
+# mount -t nfs 192.168.122.166:/<mountpoint> /mnt/shared_folder_on_nfs
+```
 ---
 **| [Knowledge Base](https://ji-podhead.github.io/RHEL_9_Foreman_Guide/knowledge%20base)|[Install](https://ji-podhead.github.io/RHEL_9_Foreman_Guide/installation%20(katello%2Cdiscovery%2Cdhcp%2Ctftp)) | [Discovery and Provisioning](https://ji-podhead.github.io/RHEL_9_Foreman_Guide/discovery%20and%20provisioning) | [libvirt](https://ji-podhead.github.io/RHEL_9_Foreman_Guide/libvirt) | [proxmox](https://ji-podhead.github.io/RHEL_9_Foreman_Guide/proxmox) |**