Description: Some customers require Canaries running on their Proxmox Virtual environment. Whilst we don't officially support Proxmox, the following guide will have a Canary up and running in no-time.

Grabbing the OVA from your Canary Console

Step 1:

Log in to your Console.

Step 2:

1 - Click the + Add icon.

2 - Click Add New Canary.

Step 3:

Click Add VMware Canary.

Step 4:

1 - Click Download.

2 - Click OVA to begin the download.

Step 5:

The OVA file has now been successfully downloaded.

Creating the Canary instance in Proxmox

Step 6:

In Proxmox, select your storage location to upload the OVA to and select Upload

Next chose Select File, browse to your downloaded OVA and select it and hit the Upload button;

Step 7:

Select the OVA we've just imported and click Import:

Rename the instance to match your internal naming scheme and click Import:

Step 8:

Start you Canary instance. Select the instance under Virtual Machine and click Start:

The Canary will start up and reboot twice while it initialises for the first time.

Step 9:

On your Console, you should see a pop up to confirm your new Canary.

Click Add Canary.

You can set up your Virtual Canary from within your Console using the remote management - Guide found here.

You're done! ;-)