From Proxmox GUI: - expand node - choose the "local" drive - choose CT TEMPLATE - click TEMPLATES - select the latest DEBIAN (ie: debian 13 standard) and download - still in "local" drive, click CREATE CT - put a hostname (ie: samba-lxc) - put password - under TEMPLATE, choose the DEBIAN that was downloaded - under DISKS, select "local-lvm" as storage drive - give disk size (if possible 10GB or more) - under CPU, give 1 cores - under MEMORY give 256 / 256 - under NETWORK, select DHCP or specify STATIC IP Once the container show up, select it and change features (under OPTIONS): * Nesting: checked * START AT BOOT: checked Start the container Once started, do the following from console: apt update apt install samba -y ** after install, no shared setup yet, have to do **nano /etc/samba/smb.conf** Enable SSH: # 1. Ensure the SSH server is installed apt update && apt install openssh-server -y sed -i 's/#PermitRootLogin prohibit-password/PermitRootLogin yes/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config systemctl restart ssh The DHCP IP address, check the IP from the NETWORK of the node