• Navigate to pve in the main Proxmox menu on the left.
• In the top right corner of the screen, click on the blue Create VM button.
• On General tab:
  • Name: Enter a name.
  • Click Next.
• On the OS tab:
  • Use CD/DVD disc image file (iso): Checked.
  • Storage: ISO1. Select the ISO storage disk that was created earlier. Alternatively, select local.
  • ISO image: Select your uploaded ISO image.
  • Guest OS: Ensure these are correct.
  • Click Next.
• On the System tab:
  • Click Next.
• On the Hard Disk tab:
  • Storage: VM1. Select the Storage Area created earlier which will hold the VMs.
  • Disk size (GiB): Assign an appropriate virtual disk size. This should not be larger than the size of the physical disk your VM is on.
  • Click Next.
• On the CPU tab:
  • Sockets: Enter the number of sockets required for the VM.
  • Cores: Enter the number of cores required for the VM.
  • Type: host. In most cases, host will result in the maximum performance. For more information about CPU types, see the Proxmox wiki.
  • Click Next.
• On the Memory tab:
  • Memory (MiB): Enter the amount of ram you want to assign to the VM.
  • Click Next.
• On the Network tab:
  • Bridge: vmbr0.
  • VLAN Tag: no VLAN.
  • Firewall: Checked.
  • Model: VirtIO (paravirtualized).
  • MAC address: auto.
  • Click Next.
• On the Confirm tab:
  • Check if everything is set up correctly.
  • Click Finish.

The VM will now be created:

• The creation will be completed when the VM ### - Create task shows Ok.
• The VM will appear on the main Proxmox menu on the left.

• Select the VM in the main Proxmox menu on the left.
• Click Start in the top right.
• Navigate to the Console section of the VM, which should show the VM screen.