Open terminal in pve node
Create a mount point. I placed my mount point in mnt folder. To do this
type: mkdir /mnt/nameofmountpoint. eg. mkdir /mnt/usbdrive
Now figure out the hard drive partition by getting the uuid. Follow the command below
- this is the best command I used to figure out uuid
type ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid - Alternative
lsblk
or
blkid
eg. /dev/sdb1
Edit fstab by
typing nano /etc/fstab
In my case I have a ntfs partition. You must install ntfs-3g prior to this point.
/dev/disk/by-uuid/youruuid /mnt/mountpoint ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
In proxmox UI, Select Datacenter, click Add, select Directory. Give ID: Whatever name you want, Directory: /mnt/usbdrive. Contents: Select all in the drop down list. Then select Add button. You should be able to see the hard drive under the first node.
Now create your container in proxmox UI
On the Disk tab, when creating the container, select your usb drive
General Tab:
Remember your CT ID
Hostname: TurnkeyFS
Password: whateverpasswordyouwant
Select Next button
Template:
Storage: local
Template: turnkey
If you don’t see any templates in the dropdown list. Then go local(pve), CT Templates (its between iso images and permissions). Click on Templates button (between Download from URL and Remove buttons). Another window will popup, type in the search field (upper right corner) fileserver. Select turnkey-fileserver by highlighting it. Then press Download button (bottom right corner).
Disks:
Bottom left click Add button. Then select the new mountpoint. Disk size: 1GiB, Path: /mnt/root
Please remember the mountpoint number. eg. mp0 or mp1
Now open the shell of the node on the left side (in my case its labeled as pve )and select _Shell.
nano /etc/pve/lxc/Your CT ID of Turnkey Fileserver.conf
eg. nano /etc/pve/lxc/100.conf
At the bottom of the file. Type: mp0: /mnt/usbdrive,mp=/mnt/root