Chapter 5.3: Configure ClearOS public IP address

Do not insert the password as requested, instead hit the keys ALT + F2

You will be prompted with a standard linux login. Now enter the username root and use the [ClearOS root password]

Type the following command and hit enter

Edit and add the following lines with these settings

Edit:

Add:

If you followed this tutorial from the beginning, you can find the IP addresses that you need in your OVH server control panel:

This is how it should look:

Save your edits by pressing CONTROL + O (the letter O, not zero) and hit enter, then press CONTROL + X to exit

Type the following command and hit enter

Add the following lines with these settings:

This is how it should look:

Save your edits by pressing CONTROL + O (the letter O, not zero) and hit enter, then press CONTROL + X to exit

Poweroff the ClearOS virtual machine in Proxmox

Go back to the OVH IP control panel and click on Add a virtual MAC. Be sure to do so on the same line of the additional IP address you set up before (the one in the file ifcfg-ens18)

Create the new [OVH MAC address] using the name ClearOS (this name is not very important, just avoid duplicates in the future), and use OVH as the type of virtual MAC and click on Confirm

Go back to Proxmox, select the ClearOS VM in the left sidebar and click on Hardware. Then double click on the network device vmbr0

Now in the OVH control panel you should be able to see the [OVH MAC address] you just generated, copy it

Paste the [OVH MAC address] in the correct field in Proxmox (substitute the old one with the new one) and press OK

Start the ClearOS VM

Wait for the VM to boot completely, then point your browser to the address:

https://[OVH first additional IP address]:81

After confirming the certificate security exeption, you should see the ClearOS login page