Step 3. Configure Network Settings

At the Networks step of the wizard, do the following:

Click Add to configure worker network interfaces:

From the Network drop-down list, select a network to which the worker network interface will be connected.

For a network to be displayed in the list of available networks, it must be configured in the virtual environment as described in Proxmox VE documentation.

In the Description filed, provide a network interface description for future reference.
If DHCP is enabled in the selected network, the IP address of the worker can be obtained automatically.

If DHCP is disabled in the selected network, or you want to specify an IP address, select the Use the following IP address option and enter the worker IP address, subnet mask and default gateway.

To add more network interfaces, repeat the step and specify the network order using the Up and Down buttons. For more information on multi-network configuration, see section Appendix. Configuring Multiple Networks.

If DHCP is enabled in any network to which the worker will be connected, DNS settings of the worker can be obtained automatically. To configure DNS settings manually, click Obtain automatically and do the following in the DNS Server Settings window:

Select the Use the following DNS server address option.
Enter the IP addresses of the preferred and alternate DNS servers.
Click OK.

Note

Since workers are Linux-based VMs, they have the same limitations that apply to machines running the Rocky Linux operating system. Therefore, DNS settings cannot be configured separately for each network added to the worker.

To check for available package updates for the worker, Veeam Backup for Proxmox VE automatically connects to Veeam repositories over the internet. If the worker is not connected to the internet, you can instruct Veeam Backup for Proxmox VE to use an HTTP proxy that will provide access to the necessary repositories. To specify HTTP proxy settings, click Advanced and do the following in the Advanced Settings window:

Select the Obtain Updates check box.
Select the Use the following internet proxy settings check box.
In the Host field, enter the IP address or FQDN of the web proxy.
In the Port field, enter the port used on the web proxy for HTTP or HTTPS connections.
[Applies only if the HTTP proxy requires authentication] Select the Use authentication check box and enter credentials of the account configured on the HTTP proxy to access the internet.