Can anyone recommend a VPS to run Proxmox VE on?

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This may be a question with not such a straightforward answer but anyway, here goes…

I’m looking for a VPS provider that offers unmetered bandwidth, like FastHosts or IONOS. I just don’t know if their VPS offerings could support Proxmox.

I’m reading that it is possible to install Proxmox over the top of a Debian distro. That would be my plan.

I currently have a Proxmox environment locally at home. It’s an Intel NUC so nothing too great, and with only 8GB RAM. It has the following:

Ubuntu Server VPN Gateway
Ubuntu Server for Cloudflare WARP
Ubuntu Desktop.

I’m not that fussed about having an actual desktop in the cloud as I’m more for SSH access anyway, but I would want to put a tailscale exit node in there on its own box as well.

The idea being is Proxmox would give me Private IP’s for each VM running inside and I would use Tailscale to get at them. The VPN gateway connects to wherever, say a server in Miami on ExpressVPN, then WARP looks for this location and swaps IP for a WARP one. Then the exit node provides users with access on that WARP IP address.

I wouldn’t want to spend more than £15 a month in any case. Preference would be for a server in the UK as well.

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Nested virtualisation usually comes with a hefty premium (if it is offered at all), and even with the latest generation of CPUs there is still a significant performance penalty. It would not be advisable to install a hypervisor on a virtual private server.

If you want to run your own Proxmox VE as a hypervisor, you should look for a dedicated physical server. Common providers in the EU are Hetzner and OVH.

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For this setup is better to use docker + portainer. You will not get any benefits from proxmox on so low end hardware, also nested virtualization will eat resources.

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People will do anything to use Proxmox in the most wrong Way possible.

WHY?

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Hetzner is great. You can buy a server on auction and lives in data centre

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the v in vps general means virtual, you might want to look baremetal like ovh, but that will be over your budget anyway.

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I’ve done this on IONOS a couple times as a POC. You need to pay for the medium tier to get access to EPT to enable nested page support to do this, else PVE will install but only Some LXC’s work. However, if you can find a hosting provider that gives you a VPS on AMD Epyc 7002/7003 or newer EPT is enabled by default in the bios and its a non issue. But on Intel hosts its mostly disabled by most VPS’s as they dont want you sub-leasing your VPS out.

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I have installed proxmox on a Debian VPS from Hetzner (CX). It works but to be honest for my use case I could have just managed the LXCs containers myself. So no recommendation but it is possible.

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I’m using proxmox in vps on skillhost.pl. works decently.

Edit. 2 cores of epyc 9654, 5gb RAM, 25 GB nvme, 1 public IP (I think there was no limit on transfer) is for around 6 £ per month. 3 CPU, 10gb tam 80gb disk is twice as much. Nested virtualization works out of the box.

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You can run proxmox on old Dell/hp desktops. Running mine on a pair of micro form factor PCs with 10th Gen cpu and an SSD.

You can find lots of machines cheap. Anything with a 8th Gen or better should be good and will give you better performance than a vps.

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Yo, check out Cloudzy! It’s a sick platform for running Proxmox VMs and containers. Super easy to use, tons of features, and used by all kinds of businesses. The coolest thing about Cloudzy is that it supports nested virtualization. That means you can run Proxmox on a VPS. Cloudzy has servers everywhere, and they’re super cheap, starting at just $4.95.

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You won’t find ANYTHING within your budget that will run any type of nested virtualization. If you’re strapped for cash, buying a used desktop will always work out cheaper in the long run. If you have the space, power, connectivity, etc - I recommend going this route.

If you are dead set on finding a provider, just run VMs or containers on a provider that supports it. No need to make things complex with Proxmox as it will cost way more than what you want to spend.

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What’s wrong with your current solution? You want to host web services that are publicly accessible?

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For $15/mo you’re basically scraping the bottom of the barrel for garbage that won’t even be worth your time or anyone else’s time trying to explain.

How about you go back to work. Save up some more and when you have a real budget to work with then you buy a bare metal server and host Proxmox on it.

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Get you a NUC or somn similar newer gen install Pmox and unleash the powers of a tech god.

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If you give me your expected performance I can give you a figure for that. I offer VMs or servers in data centers

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there is still a significant performance penalty.

Some users here report, that there isn’t that much of a performance penalty. On modern cpus it’s usually ~5%. I don’t know if that’s the case in bigger hosting providers and I also don’t know if that’s the truth, because I haven’t tested it myself. So take it with a grain of salt.

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One provider has dedicated server I think most you can install Proxmox on

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I’d only be attempting to do this on the cheap so will have a look at dedicated machine though doubtful I’ll find anything in budget.

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Too hyped. Legions of wannabeIT-morons flooded youtube and others with bloat videos of install proxmox for every useless shit and nail it with needles k3s cluster for nothing.