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Building a 2-Node Proxmox VE Cluster

Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

From VMware to Proxmox #

Initially I had started out with a single vSphere node running vSphere 6.7.I had a few Ubuntu server VMs running docker containers and samba shares for additional storage. After the Broadcom acquisition I discovered Proxmox which eventually led me to me migrating over.

I built out a virtual environment comprised of two PVE nodes running a raspberry pi acting as the QDevice to keep the cluster in quorum and to act as the Tang server. I’ll cover Tang in more detail in a different post, but essentially my encrypted Linux VMs leverage Clevis to phone into the Tang server which unlocks them, this provides a secure convenience. I also have an LXC container running Twingate on one of the PVE nodes that allows for seamless zero trust access into my environment remotely.

Local Virtual Environment

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Overview #

Multi-node Proxmox VE lab environment including a node migrated from VMware ESXi, used to test configurations and validate automation before production use.

Infrastructure #

VMs are provisioned via Terraform and managed through Ansible playbooks for automated deployment and hardening. OPNsense handles firewall, VLAN, DNS, and DHCP across the environment.

Infrastructure for CS Dept | Our Lady of the Lake University

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Infrastructure #

Deployed and maintained a 4-node VMware vCenter cluster on Dell PowerEdge servers that hosted the NETLAB+ modules.
Designed high-availability network topology using dual Dell switches with LACP link aggregation for redundant connectivity and failover.

Project Management #

Managed stakeholder expectations across IT leadership, CS faculty, and department chair during a third-party ISP installation dependency that delayed the original launch timeline.
Proposed and led a partial rollout as a structured user experience testing phase, enabling targeted improvements before the full Spring 2024 launch.