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Step 0: The Proxmox-NUT HomeLab HowTo: Introduction The series includes this article, a 7-part video series, and a VMWare archive. In this HowTo, I cover the following steps: Configure a VM on VMWare Workstation Pro to install Proxmox on it; Install a Windows Server 2022 VM as a VM in Proxmox; Install the NUT (Network UPS Tools) UPS Software. I also configure Proxmox, Windows Server 2022, and NUT to use a Gmail SMTP relay. This will be used by Proxmox and Windows server to send emails when they start and stop. Proxmox and NUT will provide additional status information. Windows Server is configured to start automatically when Proxmox starts and will shut down cleanly without manual intervention when Proxmox is shutdown or rebooted. Every stage is tested out to verify that everything is working as expected. Any limitations are highlighted. A snapshot of the VM state after every Step is taken. You can download the entire archive and run it on your own hardware. If you decide yo...

Step 4: sendEmail / STunnel / Windows Notification / Test Download and extract sendEmail Download sendEmail zip file from http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/ and extract it to a folder. Extract the zip file to the folder c:\sendEmail . Download and install Stunnel and review Gmail SMTP settings Download STunnel and install it. Accept defaults. STunnel comes preconfigured to connect to Gmail. The STunnel service will listen on port 25. Install the STunnel service, by clicking on the option stunnel Service Install in the stunnel menu. Run the STunnel service, by clicking on the option stunnel Service Start in the stunnel menu. Create a command file calling it cmd with the following: C:\sendEmail\sendEmail.exe -s 127.0.0.1:25 -f <your gmail email> -xu <your gmail email> -xp <your gmail app password> -t <recipient_email_addr> -u “Proxmox-NUT VM 100 has %1" -m "For Information Purposes" -o tls=auto Test out the so...

Step 3: Install Windows Server 2022 and Configure Shutdown from Proxmox/QEMU Guest Agent We will install Windows Server 2022 and configure it to shut down from Proxmox without human intervention. Downloading the ISOs You will need the Windows Server ISO from Microsoft and the VirtIO from Fedora. Go to the Windows Server Download page from Microsoft. Right-click on the hyperlink representing the ISO you want and choose Copy Link In Proxmox, head over to the local (pve1) Click on ISO images and paste the URL you copied in step 1. Click the QueryURL This should resolve to the Win2K22 ISO. Click Download . The download should commence. Close the Download window. Head over to the VirtIO driver page from Fedora. Click on the latest driver (this HowTo uses driver version 0.1.248 -- https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/archive-virtio/virtio-win-0.1.248-1/ ). Right click on the ISO file and copy the URL. Repeat steps 2 – 5 for this ISO. Wait unt...