¶ MultiPortal Data Centers
¶ Overview
Data Centers in MultiPortal represent the Proxmox environments you connect to. To use MultiPortal, you must configure at least one Data Center. If you are not on a community license, you can create additional Data Centers to integrate multiple Proxmox environments within MultiPortal.
¶ Data Center Page Breakdown
Once a Data Center has been added, it is managed through two primary sections: Overview and Settings.
¶ Overview Page
The Overview page provides key information about the Data Center and allows you to manage its core settings. It includes:
- Edit & Delete Controls – Modify or remove the Data Center configuration.
- Host Address & API Version – Displays connection details.
- Node Information – Lists all attached nodes with:
- Node ID
- Bridge
- IP Address
- Status
¶ Storage Overview
Below the node list, the Overview page also displays available storage volumes returned by Proxmox. Storage is broken down into:
- Name – The identifier for the storage volume.
- Content Type – What the storage is used for (e.g., VM images, ISOs, backups).
- Type – The storage backend type.
- Unique ID – A system-generated identifier for the storage.
- Shared Status – Whether the storage is shared between nodes.
- Usage – Displays current and total capacity.
¶ Settings Page
The Settings page provides more in-depth configuration options for the Data Center. These are broken down into multiple sections:
¶ 1. General Settings
Allows configuration of key storage and availability settings:
- TPM Storage – Defines where Trusted Platform Module (TPM) data is stored.
- ISO Storage – Specifies the default storage location for ISO images.
- Enable High Availability – While this can be enabled on a single node, it only functions when multiple nodes are available.
¶ 2. Storage Policies
Storage Policies allow users to group multiple Proxmox storage volumes under a single policy, making it easier to manage resource allocation within a Virtual Data Center (VDC) and ultimately within virtual machines.
- A Storage Policy can have multiple Proxmox storage volumes assigned to it.
- When creating a VDC, storage quotas can be allocated from these policies.
¶ Example Storage Policies:
- Bronze – Slow Performance (SATA)
- Silver – Standard Performance (SAS)
- Gold – High Performance (SSD)
When a Tenant creates a virtual machine disk, they select a Storage Policy to assign to the disk. The virtual disk is then created on the least-used storage volume within that policy, ensuring optimal resource distribution.
Storage Policies can not be deleted if they have Virtual Machines assigned to them.
¶ 3. Backup Storage
Backup Storage functions similarly to Storage Policies but is specifically used for backups.
- You can configure backup storage using:
- Standard Proxmox storage.
- A Proxmox Backup Server.
¶ 4. Windows Drivers
To deploy Windows virtual machines within MultiPortal, you must first:
- Configure ISO Storage – Define where Windows ISOs and drivers will be stored.
- Upload Windows Drivers – Import necessary VirtIO drivers.
- Assign Windows Drivers – Before creating Windows VMs, drivers must be assigned.
- These drivers ensure that essential hardware components are detected within Windows.
- They are automatically added to new Windows VMs.
- This process does not prevent importing existing Windows virtual machines or templates.
¶ Summary
- The Overview page provides insight into the Data Center’s nodes and storage.
- The Settings page allows advanced configuration of storage, backups, and Windows support.
- Storage Policies help organize Proxmox storage for structured allocation.
- Backup Storage ensures a dedicated location for VM backups.
- Windows Drivers setup ensures smooth provisioning of Windows virtual machines.
By implementing these structured configurations, MultiPortal ensures efficient resource management across multiple Proxmox environments.