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Proxmox Docker Workstation

Linux Server Technology

Install Linux Mint Debian Edition 6

I am assuming, that you want to use a Debian based Operating System (not Ubuntu based) and you want Proxmox, Docker and GPT4All installed on your Laptop. Here I am using Linux Mint Debian Edition 6

let’s get started:

Go trough installation process

mintinstall

Install Proxmox VE

Upgrade the system and install some basic tools

sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade -y
sudo apt install vim git curl wget htop ssh netcat-traditional openvpn

Cerate a Interface used for LXC Containers: edit /etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto enp2s0
iface enp2s0 inet static
        address 10.10.20.254/24

        post-up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
        post-up iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s '10.10.20.0/24' -o enp0s3 -j MASQUERADE
        post-down iptables -t nat -D POSTROUTING -s '10.10.20.0/24' -o enp0s3 -j MASQUERADE

source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

Edit hosts file, needed to install proxmox successfully vim /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1       localhost
10.10.20.254   devstation.proxmox.local devstation

hostname --ip-address
127.0.0.1 10.10.20.254 # should return your IP address here

Add Proxmox Repos and gpg key

echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm pve-no-subscription" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-install-repo.list
wget https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/proxmox-release-bookworm.gpg -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/proxmox-release-bookworm.gpg

Upgrade Packagebase, Install Proxmox Kernel and reboot

apt update && apt full-upgrade
apt install pve-kernel-6.2
systemctl reboot

Install Proxmox, remove Debian Kernel, update Grub bootloader and remove os-prober

apt install proxmox-ve postfix open-iscsi chrony
apt remove linux-image-amd64 'linux-image-6.1*'
update-grub
apt remove os-prober

We log into the webinterface with root user, so it needs to have a password

sudo -i
passwd

Now navigate to your browser with this URL https://127.0.0.1:8006

Accept the security exception and enter your root password

exception

Now you should see this dashboard

dashboard

install Docker and Portainer

sudo apt install docker.io docker-compose
sudo docker volume create portainer_data
sudo docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -p 9443:9443 --name portainer --restart=always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v portainer_data:/data portainer/portainer-ce:latest

Now you can navigate to the Docker Webinterface

https://127.0.0.1:9443

you should see something like this

portainer

Install GPT4All

comes in very hand for basic questions

wget https://gpt4all.io/installers/gpt4all-installer-linux.run
sudo chmod +x gpt4all-installer-linux.run
mkdir ~/Desktop
./gpt4all-installer-linux.run
mv ~/Desktop/GPT4All.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/

Now download a Language Model via GUI:

models

GPT4All is now ready to answer your questions

gpt4all