Deploy Scanner Instance using Command-Line 

Log in to your Proxmox server and run the following commands to launch a scanner instance.

Create Instance

To create an instance, perform the following steps from the Proxmox server:

1. Use the following command to create an instance.

   Create Instance Command

   qm create <VMID> --name <VM's name> --agent 1  --bootdisk scsi0  --cores <CPU cores>  --memory <RAM memory in MB>  --net0 <network interface>  --ostype l26  --scsihw virtio-scsi-pci  --sockets <number of sockets>
   

   where the following in 'qm create' command needs to be set to the following values:

   • --bootdisk scsi0
   • --ostype l26
   • --scsi0 Disk Fomat to 'qcow2', Disk Size to 56G
   • --scsihw virtio-scsi-pci
2. To create the VMID image directory, use the following command.

   mkdir <value set for --scsi0 which is path to VM storage name:$VMID>
   

3. Copy the qVSA QCOW2 disk image to your VMID's image directory.

   cp <path to uploaded qVSA QCOW2 disk image> <path to $VMID storage image disk>
   

   For more information, see 
   Step 4: Copy the qVSA QCOW2 disk to Proxmox VM Directory

4. Assign the boot disk image to the instance VMID, using the following command.

   qm set <VMID> --boot order=scsi0 -scsi0 local:< $VMID storage image disk > --agent 1

Sample Instance

The following sample shows an example of creating a Proxmox scanner. 

Example

qm create 108  --name qualys-scanner --agent 1   --bootdisk scsi0   --cores 2   --memory 4096   --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0   --ostype l26   --scsihw virtio-scsi-pci   --sockets 1 
mkdir /var/lib/vz/images/108
cp /var/lib/vz/template/cache/qVSA.open.x86_64-4.1.82-1.qcow2 /var/lib/vz/images/108/vm-108-disk-0.qcow2
qm set 108 --boot order=scsi0  --scsi0 local:108/vm-108-disk-0.qcow2 --agent 1
 

Next Step

Know your Scanner Status