home-docs/docs/labdocs/ArchLXC.md

Install Arch LXC on Proxmox

Install

1. Download the lxc image
2. During the install set a password, the network and ssh are not enabled by default
3. After install set a special feature
4. SSH to proxmox host
5. Edit /etc/pve/nodes/proxmox/lxc/<id>.conf
6. Add features: nesting=1
7. Reboot the container

Arch Setup

1. Log into the console
2. Set pacman mirror
3. Edit /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
4. Uncomment the mirror closest to you
5. Initialize pacman

pacman-key --init
pacman-key --populate archlinux 
pacman-key --refresh-keys

4. Run the updater and install some packages

pacman -Syu
pacman -S openssh vim sudo

5. Setup a new user, sudo, and ssh access

useradd -m -shell /bin/bash <username>
passwd <username>
usermod -aG sudo <username>
systemctl restart sshd
systemctl enable sshd

6. Copy over ssh keys
7. Setup sudo access

visudo
<username> ALL=(ALL) ALL

8. Set .vimrc

set mouse=
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set expandtab
syntax on