How to Configure TPM for VMs - Complete Guide

Question: How do I add TPM to my VM?

Answer: Virtual TPM configuration

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What is TPM?

Purpose

TPM (Trusted Platform Module) provides:

• Hardware-level security
• Key storage
• Platform integrity
• BitLocker support

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How to Add TPM

Step 1: Check Requirements

• OVMF BIOS required
• TPM 2.0 supported

Step 2: Add TPM to VM

# Add TPM device
qm set 100 --tpmstate0 local:1M

Step 3: Enable TPM

# Enable TPM
qm set 100 --tpm state=present

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How to Use TPM for BitLocker

Enable in Windows

1. Install Windows with UEFI
2. Add TPM to VM
3. Enable BitLocker in Windows
4. Recovery key stored in VM

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How to Verify TPM

Check TPM Status

qm config 100 | grep tpm

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Keywords

tpm security bitlocker how-to hardware

Related Articles

• BIOS-Configuration
• EFI-Configuration
• Security
• Proxmox-VE

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