Listen, we all know that feeling of paranoia when we leave the house and wonder if everything is okay. Did we remember to lock the doors? Did we turn off the stove? And what about that package that's supposed to arrive today - will it still be there when we get back?

Well, if you're anything like me, then you want to do everything in your power to ease those worries and keep your home safe and secure. And that's where Blue Iris comes in.

In this blog post, I want to share with you my experience of installing Blue Iris on my home server. Blue Iris is like a personal bodyguard for your home - it lets you monitor and manage your security cameras from a single location, so you can keep an eye on everything and anything that might be going on.

Now, I know what you're thinking - "installing security camera software? That sounds complicated!" But fear not, my friend - I'm here to guide you through the process step by step. In this post, I'll show you just how easy it is to set up Blue Iris on your home server, and provide some helpful tips along the way.

So, if you're ready to bring some peace of mind to your home security system and maybe even feel a little bit like James Bond in the process, let's get started!

Install Windows 10 onto Proxmox Virtual Machine

1. Download the Windows installation file onto your computer
2. Navigate to: local (proxmox) > ISO Images
3. Click Upload and select the Windows 10 ISO image
4. Let's download the drivers needed for this installation. Go to this Github repository to download the VirtIO drivers

Or

4. Directly download the Latest virtio-win ISO here
5. Click Upload and select the VirtIO ISO image
6. Click Create VM

General

• VM ID: 102
• Name: Windows-10

OS

• Storage: local
• ISO image: Win10_21H2_English_x64.iso
• Type: Microsoft Windows
• Version: 10/2016/2019

System

• Qemu Agent: Checked

Disks

• Bus/Device: SCSI
• Storage: local-lvm
• Disk size (GiB): 60
• Cache: Write back

CPU

• Cores: 4

Memory

• Memory (MiB): 8192
• Minimum memory (MiB): 1024

Network

• Model: VirtIO (paravirtualized)

Confirm

• Finish

7. Navigate to: 102 (Windows-10) > Hardware
8. Click Add and select CD/DVD Drive

Add: CD/DVD Drive

• Bus/Device: IDE 1
• Use CD/DVD disc image file (iso):
• Storage: local
• ISO Image: virtio-win-0.1.217.iso
• Add

9. Right-click 102 (Windows-10) and select Start

10. Begin normal Windows installation until you get to:

    • Select Custom: Install Windows only (advanced)
    • Load driver > Browse > Select CD Drive (D:) virtio-win-0.1.217
      • vioscsi > w10 > amd64 > Next
    • Load driver > Browse > Select CD Drive (D:) virtio-win-0.1.217
      • NetKVM > w10 > amd64 > Next
    • Load driver > Browse > Select CD Drive (D:) virtio-win-0.1.217
      • Balloon > w10 > amd64 > Next

11. After all drivers above are loaded, click Next

12. After logging into Windows:

    • Right-click Start button > Device Manager > Other devices > Click PCI Simple Communications Contoller
    • Update Driver > Browse my computer for driver software
    • Browse > Select CD Drive (D:) virtio-win-0.1.217
      • Click Ok > Next

13. Install Guest Agent

    • Browse to CD Drive (D:) virtio-win-0.1.217
    • guest-agent > qemu-ga-x86_64

14. Search for Remote Desktop settings

    • Enable Remote Desktop