To Set Up the AVP Virtual Environment

Setup the virtual environment on a server for the Acuity Virtual Panel.

  • Ensure that your server has been properly configured with the Proxmox® virtual environment 7.0.2 (or higher). Refer to the information provided with your server and virtual environment for initial setup information.
Note: This configuration has only been tested on a Dell™ PowerEdge® R450 server. Installation on a different platform may require additional or different steps.
  1. Open a web browser and navigate to the IP address of the Proxmox® virtual environment you are using to install the Acuity Virtual Panel virtual machine.
  2. Log into Proxmox® VE.
  3. In the Server View list, expand Datacenter and select the local node.


  4. In the Storage 'local' view, click ISO images.


  5. Click Upload and select the Acuity® panel OS (panelOS-####) to be uploaded to the local storage.
  6. Click Create VM and select the following on the General tab. Leave other selections as the default.


    • VM ID: — enter a unique id number if the system has not automatically entered one for you.
    • Name: — enter a name for the VM you want to create.
    • Resource Pool — select Generic.
  7. Click Next and select the following on the OS tab. Leave other selections as the default.


    • Select Use CD/DVD disc image file (iso).
    • Storage: — select local.
    • ISO image: — select the Acuity® panelOS that you uploaded.
    • Type: — select Linux.
    • Version: — select 6.x-2.6 Kernel.
  8. Click Next and select the following on the System tab. Leave other selections as the default.


    • Graphic card: — select Standard VGA.
    • SCSI Controller: — select VMware PVSCSI.
  9. Click Next and select the following on the Disk tab. Leave other selections as the default.


    • Bus/Device: — select SATA and 0.
    • Storage: — select local-lvm.
    • Disk size (GB): — select the size you want to use for the local drive of the VM.
  10. Click Next and select the following on the CPU tab. Leave other selections as the default.


    • Sockets: — select 1.
    • Cores: — select 4.
    • Type: — select x86-64-v2-AES.
    • Total cores: — select 4.
  11. Click Next and select the following on the Memory tab. Leave other selections as the default.


    • Memory (MiB): — select 4096.
    • Minimum memory (MiB): — select 4096.
  12. Click Next and select the following on the Network tab. Leave other selections as the default.


    • Model: — select VMware vmxnet3.
  13. Click Next and then Finish to create the VM.