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Proxmox Remote Development Server Setup

Setup a remote VM hosted on Proxmox that you can develop on from your local machine using Neovim or VSCode (next to no setup)

Prerequisites​

  • Setup a Ubuntu VM (Preferrably Server) on Proxmox. Straight forward process of filling in the forms and continuing.

  • After first install, enable qemu-guest-agent in VM settings on Proxmox side.

  • Install qemu-guest-agent in the VM via apt.

  • SSH into the server.

Setup Dev Tools​

Neovim (weapon of choice):

sudo apt install neovim

In some cases you may get an older version of Neovim than the current stable version. Head to Neovim Docs to get instructions to proceed.

Setup your Config:

cd ~/.config/
mkdir nvim
cd nvim/

Add VimPlug (Used for Vim Plugins)

sh -c 'curl -fLo "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
       https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'

Populate your init.lua/init.vim and other config files here.

Setup Node Development Environment​

Install NVM:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash

Reopen terminal.

Test Install:

nvim -v

For upgrades:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash

Install Node via NVM:

Specify the version with:

nvm install x.x.x

Or Use LTS

nvm install --lts

Install Yarn (I like Yarn)

npm i -g yarn

For VSCode Users​

You're basically done, just setup remote session and point to your new VM. Enjoy the painfree experience 🙂.