## Deploying a ProxmoxVE Cluster
Proxmox Virtual Environment is an open source server virtualization management solution based on QEMU/KVM and LXC. You can manage virtual machines, containers, highly available clusters, storage and networks with an integrated, easy-to-use web interface or via CLI.

!!! note
    This document assumes you have a storage server that hosts both ISO files via CIFS/SMB share, and has the ability to set up an iSCSI LUN (VM & Container storage).  This document assumes that you are using a TrueNAS Core server to host both of these services.

### Create the first Node
You will need to download the [Proxmox VE 8.1 ISO Installer](https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads) from the Official Proxmox Website.  Once it is downloaded, you can use [Balena Etcher](https://etcher.balena.io/#download-etcher) or [Rufus](https://rufus.ie/en/) to deploy Proxmox onto a server.

!!! warning
    If you are virtualizing Proxmox under a Hyper-V environment, you will need to follow the [Official Documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/user-guide/enable-nested-virtualization) to ensure that nested virtualization is enabled.  An example is listed below:
    ```jsx title="Powershell Commands"
    Set-VMProcessor -VMName <VMName> -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $true # (1)
    Get-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName <VMName> | Set-VMNetworkAdapter -MacAddressSpoofing On # (2)
    ```
    
    1.  This tells Hyper-V to allow the GuestVM to behave as a hypervisor, nested under Hyper-V, allowing the virtualization functionality of the Hypervisor's CPU to be passed-through to the GuestVM.
    2.  This tells Hyper-V to allow your GuestVM to have multiple nested virtual machines with their own independant MAC addresses.  This is useful when using nested Virtual Machines, but is also a requirement when you set up a [Docker Network](https://docs.bunny-lab.io/Containers/Docker/Docker%20Networking/) leveraging MACVLAN technology.