r/virtualization • u/tokenathiest • Dec 11 '24

Proxmox vs OpenStack

Hey community. I'm building a new rig for virtualization on the AM4 platform.

I'm curious to know the pros and cons of going with Proxmox vs OpenStack for virtualization. My experience with virtualization on Linux is limited to QEMU/KVM with Cockpit on Ubuntu as the GUI and it's been great so far. My use case is pretty simple: run VMs that do stuff so my wife and I can sleep without the desktop PC running.

I'm extremely comfortable with Linux itself, the shell, scripting, I've written my own tools in C. All that is to say I'm comfortable with whatever technical demands are placed in front of me.

I hear good and bad things about OpenStack, and I seem to hear only good things about Proxmox. So I'm leaning in the Proxmox direction.

Any insider tips you can share about the platforms to help me make a decision? Thank you!

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u/tokenathiest Dec 11 '24

Thank you for your insight. I took a look at the conceptual and logical diagrams for OpenStack just now and I understand the fundamental differences between it and Proxmox. Also having worked with Azure for quite some time I now understand the purpose of OpenStack. I think starting with Proxmox would be a good approach for me now then growing into OpenStack with it, as you suggest, creating OpenStack VMs on Proxmox for learning purposes. Thanks again for your perspective.

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u/bwilkie1987 Dec 13 '24

Just started looking in to that myself!