# [secret] backblaze windows vm setup This is a WIP guide on how to setup a proxmox virtual machine with windows 10 or 11 to be used as backblaze backup client. ## Create Windows 10/11 Proxmox VM Guide - [kayomo](https://kayomo.de/blog/windows-11-unter-proxmox-installieren/) **Notes** - Use the english installer since the german does have issues with the virtuo drivers - Us QEMU version 6.0 if you have troubles rebooting the VM ## Install clients and software * [vscode](https://code.visualstudio.com/Download) * [ceph](https://cloudbase.it/ceph-for-windows/) * [dokany](https://github.com/dokan-dev/dokany/releases) * [backblaze](https://secure.backblaze.com/download.htm) ### `C:/Program Files/Ceph/ceph.client.admin.keyring` ``` [client.admin] key = [redacted] caps mds = "allow *" caps mgr = "allow *" caps mon = "allow *" caps osd = "allow *" ``` ### `C:/Program Files/Ceph/ceph.conf` ``` [global] log to stderr = true run dir = C:/ProgrammData/ceph/out crash dir = C:/ProgrammData/ceph/out admin socket = C:/ProgrammData/ceph/out/$name.$pid.asok mon_host = 192.168.2.134 [client] keyring = C:/ProgrammData/ceph/ceph.client.admin.keyring ``` ## Mount CephFS ``` ceph-dokan -l x ``` ## Backblaze Ignore File Types ``` wab~,vmc,vhd,vhdx,vdi,vo1,vo2,vsv,vud,sys,cab,msi,dll,dl_,wim,ost,o,qtch,log,ithmb,vmdk,vmem,vmsd,vmsn,vmss,vmx,vmxf,menudata,appicon,appinfo,pva,pvs,pvi,pvm,fdd,hds,drk,mem,nvram,hdd ```