# Web Console Tour & Preliminary Setup

This article covers the Proxmox web interface, the primary tool for managing your server, VMs, and containers. Also, best practices for first login.

### Post-Install Configuration (Highly Recommended)

Disable the Enterprise Repository (No Subscription)

1. In the web console, select your node (e.g., 'pve') in the left panel
2. Go to: Updates > Repositories
3. Select the enterprise repository line (pve-enterprise) and click Disable
4. Click Add and select 'No-Subscription' repository
5. Update the System

```bash
apt update && apt dist-upgrade -y
```

6. Reboot after updating

```bash
reboot
```

### Navigating Web Interface

**Left Panel — Server View**  
 • Datacenter — top-level settings (cluster, permissions, storage, etc.)  
 • Your Node (e.g., 'pve') — the physical server  
 • Virtual Machines and Containers appear as children under the node

  
**Node Options (click your node)**  
 • Summary — CPU, memory, disk, and network stats  
 • Notes — add documentation/notes about your server  
 • Shell — opens a terminal session on the Proxmox host  
 • Updates — check and apply system updates  
 • Disks — view physical disks and manage LVM/ZFS  
 • Network — view and configure network interfaces and bridges  
 • DNS — configure DNS settings  
 • Time — configure time zone and NTP  
 • Syslog — view system logs  
 • Task History — see all past tasks and their results

  
**Datacenter Options**  
 • Summary — overall cluster status  
 • Storage — add and manage storage backends  
 • Backup — schedule automatic backups  
 • Replication — configure storage replication  
 • Permissions — manage users, roles, and access controls  
 • HA — high availability configuration  
 • Firewall — datacenter-level firewall rules