Note: if you get a message saying “The unit files have no installation config” you can safely ignore it. Login to your Ubuntu VM via SSH and issue the following commands: sudo apt -y install qemu-guest-agent Install QEMU guest agent package on Ubuntu VM Check the “Use QEMU Guest Agent” checkbox.ģ.Select the VM in the Proxmox interface, and then click on the “options” tab.If the VM is currently running, shut it down now. In Proxmox VE you can do this as follows.įirstly, connect to your Proxmox server web interface (by default this is Important: Make sure the VM is shutdown before continuing. The first step is to enable the qemu-guest-agent option for your VM. Enable qemu-guest-agent in Proxmox for VM It is a good practice to install the qemu-guest-agent on all VM’s for the above reasons but also for various other stability tweaks and features. To freeze the guest file system when making a backup (on windows, use the volume shadow copy service VSS).To properly shutdown the guest, instead of relying on ACPI commands or windows policies.It is used to exchange information between the host and guest, and to execute commands in the guest machine.įor example, when using Proxmox VE, the qemu-guest-agent is used for the following major features: The qemu-guest-agent is a helper daemon, which is installed in a guest VM. In this tutorial I will show you how to install the qemu-guest-agent package on Ubuntu 20.04.
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