Proxmox VE will be your bare-metal hypervisor. You’ll manage VMs (TrueNAS, Home Assistant, Debian) from its web UI.

1) Prepare install media

1. Download the latest Proxmox VE ISO
2. Write the ISO to a USB drive (Rufus/Balena Etcher)
3. Boot your server from the USB drive

2) Install Proxmox

1. Choose Install Proxmox VE
2. Select the target disk (SSD/NVMe recommended)
3. Set timezone/keyboard
4. Set a strong root password + email
5. Network:
   • Prefer a static IP or DHCP reservation
   • Set a hostname like pve

3) First login

From another computer on your LAN:

• Open: https://<proxmox-ip>:8006
• Login as root

4) Post-install basics

Update packages

In UI: Node → Updates → Refresh → Upgrade

Or in shell:

apt update && apt -y full-upgrade

Create a non-root admin user (recommended)

• Datacenter → Permissions → Users → Add
• Assign an Administrator role

Upload ISOs

• local → ISO Images → Upload

Next

Proceed to: TrueNAS SCALE VM

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