We open the
Proxmox web interface and click on the blue "Create VM" button
at the top.
Creating a Virtual Machine
General Tab:
- Node: proxmox (it is the only one we have).
- VM ID: 100 (an ID is generated to differentiate each virtual machine; you can use another number if you prefer).
- Name: Windows10 (the chosen name does not accept spaces or certain symbols).
-
Resource Pool: blank (we don't have one).
OS Tab:
- Storage: local (where we have the ISOs stored).
- ISO Image: Win10_22H2_x64_Spanish.iso (previously uploaded).
- Type: Microsoft Windows.
- Version: 11/2022 (we are using the latest published version of Windows 10).
System Tab:
- Graphics Card: Default.
- Machine: Default (i440fx). We could choose q35 if we want to assign a physical GPU to a virtual machine.
- Firmware: OVMF (UEFI).
- Add EFI Disk: Check the box.
- EFI Storage: local-hdd (this is the 240 GB hard drive we have).
- Format: QEMU disk image (qcow2).
- Pre-Enroll keys: Check the box.
- SCSI Controller: VirtIO SCSI Single.
- Qemu Agent: Check the box.
- Add TPM: Check the box.
- TPM Storage: local-hdd.
- Version: v2.0.
Disks Tab:
- Bus/Device: SATA | 0 (if we had more drives, we would change the number).
- Storage: local-hdd.
- Disk Size (GiB): 60.
- Format: QEMU disk image.
- Cache: Default (None).
- Discard: Do check.
CPU Tab:
- Sockets: 1 (depends on the physical sockets of your real computer).
- Cores: 4 (also depends on available resources).
- Type: Default (KVM64).
Memory Tab:
- Memory (MiB): 4096 (the amount depends on the free RAM in your physical computer).
Network Tab:
- Bridge: vmbr1 (the second network card in our computer).
- VLAN Tag: no VLAN.
- Firewall: Checked.
- Model: Intel E1000.
- MAC Address: auto.
Confirm Tab:
A summary of everything selected is displayed.
- Start after created: Do not check.
Finish.
After a few seconds, the 100 (Windows10) option will appear in the left menu.