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# Proxmox Stream deployment

Deploy Stream on Proxmox using an OVA.

## Requirements

* Administrative access to your Proxmox UI
* To configure your Stream instance, you will need access to the Stream Command Line Interface (CLI) either via the console in your hypervisor or via SSH).
  * DHCP is enabled by default upon Stream initial boot.

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**Please Note:**

* For production monitoring, ensure that the Stream VM is kept running 24x7, and ensure that the hypervisor does not overcommit resources or otherwise misrepresent the resources it is providing to Stream.
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## Downloading the latest KVM (Proxmox) Stream OVA

Follow the instructions in [Downloading Image for Traditional Hypervisors](/deployment/stream/preparing-to-deploy-stream.md#downloading-image-for-traditional-hypervisors) to download the OVA Stream image.

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Note: the same OVA image is compatible with both VMWare and KVM hypervisors.
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## Proxmox Deployment

#### Prepare Proxmox storage

1. Sign in to the Proxmox web interface.
2. In the left navigation pane, select **Datacenter**.
3. Select **Storage**, choose the storage location that will hold the OVA, and click **Edit**.

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4. In **Content**, enable **Import**, **Disk image**, and **ISO image**, then save the change.

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5. Ensure there is sufficient temporary space on the import working storage. Proxmox extracts disks from the OVA during import.

#### Import and create the Stream VM

1. In the left navigation pane, select the storage location prepared above.
2. Select **Import**.
3. Use **Upload** to select your locally available OVA
4. Wait for the import task to finish and report **TASK OK**.

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5. Double-click the imported OVA to open **Import Guest**.

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6. Set a VM name.
7. Set **CPU Type** to **host**.
8. Set the total core count and memory to one of the supported Stream configurations in [Stream sizing](/deployment/stream/stream-sizing.md).
9. Select thin-provisioned (`lvmthin`) storage for **Default Storage**.
10. Select the management bridge for **Default Bridge**.
11. Click **Import** and wait for the VM creation task to report **TASK OK**.

#### Configure the imported VM

Before starting the VM, select the newly created VM and make these changes:

1. Open **Hardware**, double-click **SCSI Controller**, select **VirtIO SCSI single**, and click **OK**.
2. Open **Hardware.** Double-click to edit the management **Network Device:**
   * Select **VirtIO (paravirtualized)** as the model.
   * Set **Multiqueue** to the number of CPU cores of the vSensor. (If this is not visible, click on the **Advanced** checkbox.)
   * Click **OK**.
3. Open **Options**, double-click **QEMU Guest Agent**, enable **Use QEMU Guest Agent**, select **Advanced**, then **VirtIO** as the type, and click **OK**.

#### Start the VM

* In the sidebar, select the newly created VM.
* At the top of the screen, click **Start.**


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