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Proxmox Backup Server PBS is design to backup Proxmox Virtual Environment.  Proxmox Backup Server is designed to run bare-metal on dedicated hardware, with dedicated drives for the operating system and backups. The main backup should be on bare metal and NFS S...

This article goes trough setting up NFS connection between Synology and PVE Database. Although using Proxmox Backup Server is better for keeping more backups using deduplication, verification and pruning options, having additional backup job directly from PVE ...

Datastore is where the backups will be saved. This article goes over configuring datastore using a disk on the machine. If not using volume from machine check out this article to use NAS storage via NFS   Creating Datastore Login to PBS Under Storage/Dis...

This guide goes over scheduling backup job with PBS server. Proxmox Virtual Environment can run it's own jobs, but for best optimization, using deducation and verify jobs, having PBS is good idea. Also, it provides redundancy if pve goes down. Using Proxmox B...

This article walks through downloading the Proxmox VE ISO, creating a bootable USB drive, and installing Proxmox on your server hardware. Note: Proxmox VE is a bare-metal installer. The entire target drive will be erased. Back up any important data before proc...

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) In the...

This article covers creating and configuring a full virtual machine in Proxmox. The example uses Ubuntu Server as the guest OS. Ubuntu Server is best lightweight option for running server as virtual machine. Unlike Ubuntu Desktop, this VM is accessed via comma...

LXC containers are a lightweight alternative to full VMs. They are ideal for running Linux services with minimal overhead. However they are running as rootless, so there is little more risk to compromising hypervisor itself as it shares kernel, unlike VM. Best...

Proxmox supports multiple users, roles, groups, and authentication realms. This is essential for any shared or production environment, as well as keeping access limited and secure. Authentication Realms available in Proxmox Linux PAM-  uses the host OS users ...

Protecting your VMs and containers with regular backups is essential. Proxmox includes built-in backup and snapshot tools. Also, it's good idea to connect Proxmox Backup Server if you have an option of running another server. This way backups are stored off si...

This article covers how to create additional network bridges and set up an isolated network for your virtual machines — separating VM traffic from the Proxmox management interface. After installation, Proxmox creates one Linux bridge: vmbr0 — connected to you...

Shared storage allows multiple Proxmox nodes to access the same storage pool, enabling live migration of VMs and centralized backup storage. Also, if you have multiple devices clustered together, this can enable High Availability. Storage Types in Proxmox Dir...

A Proxmox cluster groups multiple Proxmox nodes together, enabling centralized management, live migration (moving VMs between nodes), and high availability. When second node is connected to a cluster, it will assume primary cluster roles and authentication. Pr...

High Availability (HA) ensures that critical VMs are automatically restarted on another node if the node they are running on fails. Prerequisites: A working cluster with at least 3 nodes Shared storage accessible by all nodes (so the VM disk can be accessed a...

Update Proxmox apt update && apt dist-upgrade -y List all VMs qm list List all containers pct list Check storage pvesm status Check cluster status pvecm status Check HA status ha-manager status View running services systemctl list-units --type=se...

Update Proxmox apt update && apt dist-upgrade -y List all VMs qm list List all containers pct list Check storage pvesm status Check cluster status pvecm status Check HA status ha-manager status View running services systemctl list-units --type=se...