Install QEMU Guest Agent on Proxmox VM

Unix

su -
apt update
apt -y install qemu-guest-agent
systemctl enable --now qemu-guest-agent
systemctl status qemu-guest-agent

[1]

Windows

  1. Download the latest stable VirtIO ISO
  2. Mount it to the VM
  3. Open the Windows Explorer and navigate to the CD-ROM drive.
  4. Execute virtio-win-guest-tools.exe
  5. Follow its instructions
  6. Reboot the VM

[2]


Relevant Note(s): Proxmox Setup


  1. https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Qemu-guest-agent#Linux ↩︎

  2. https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_VirtIO_Drivers#Using_the_ISO ↩︎