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

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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

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Relevant Note(s): Proxmox Setup

Footnotes

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

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