Roadmap

Roadmap

• Ceph GUI improvements
• Container on ZFS over iSCSI
• btrfs storage plugin
• ifupdown2 support
• VM/CT Encryption
• HA Improvements
• ExtJS framework update

Release History

See also Announcement forum

Proxmox VE 5.3

Released 4.12.2018: See Downloads, updated ISO image with installer and apt bug fixes and updated packages on 23.1.2019

• Based on Debian Stretch 9.6
• Kernel 4.15.18
• QEMU 2.12.1
• LXC 3.0.2
• ZFS 0.7.12
• Ceph 12.2.8 (Luminous LTS, stable), packaged by Proxmox
• Installer with ZFS: no swap space is created by default, instead an optional limit of the used space in the advanced options can be defined, thus leaving unpartitioned space at the end for a swap partition.
• Disk Management on GUI (ZFS, LVM, LVMthin, xfs, ext4)
• Create CephFS via GUI (MDS)
• CephFS Storage plugin (supports backups, templates and ISO images)
• LIO support for ZFS over iSCSI storage plugin
• ifupdown2 package and partial GUI support
• Delete unused disk images on the storage view
• Enable/disable the local cursor in noVNC
• Enable/disable autoresize in noVNC
• Edit /etc/hosts/ via GUI, which is necessary whenever the IP or hostname is changed
• Editable VGA Memory for VM, enables higher resolutions (UHD) for e.g. SPICE
• VM Generation ID: Users can set a 'vmgenid' device, which enables safe snapshots, backup and clone for various software inside the VM, like Microsoft Active Directory. This vmgenid will be added to all newly created VMs automatically. Users have to manually add it to older VMs.
• qemu-server: add ability to fstrim a guest filesystem after moving a disk (during move_disk or migrate with local disks)
• Emulating ARM virtual machines (experimental, mostly useful for development purposes)
• vGPU/MDev and PCI passthrough. GUI for configuring PCI passthrough and also enables the use of vGPUs (aka mediated devices) like Intel KVMGT (aka GVT-g) or Nvidias vGPUS.
• pvesh rewrite to use the new CLI Formatter framework - providing a configurable output format for all API calls (formats include: json, yaml and a pleasant table output with borders). Provides unified support for json output for the PVE CLI Tools.
• Nesting for Containers (privileged & unprivileged containers): Allows running lxc, lxd or docker inside containers, also supports using AppArmor inside containers
• Mounting CIFS/NFS inside containers (privileged): Allows using samba or nfs shares directly from within containers
• Improved reference documentation
• Countless bug fixes and package updates (for all details see bugtracker and GIT)

Proxmox VE 5.2

Released 16.05.2018: See Downloads

• Based on Debian Stretch 9.4
• Kernel 4.15.17
• QEMU 2.11.1
• LXC 3.0.0
• Ceph 12.2.5 (Luminous LTS, stable), packaged by Proxmox
• ZFS 0.7.8
• Cloudinit GUI support
• Cluster create/join nodes via GUI
• Certificate management including Let´s Encrypt GUI
• SMB/CIFS Storage plugin (supports backups, images, templates, iso and containers)
• Display IP for VM (using qemu-guest-agent)
• LXC: templates and clones, move volume/disk
• Create and edit new roles via GUI
• I/O bandwith limits for restore operations (globally, per storage or per restore job)
• new and improved xterm.js integration including reconnect logic (on container reboots or restart migrations)
• Basic/Advanced GUI
• ebtables support
• Improved reference documentation
• Countless bug fixes and package updates (for all details see bugtracker and GIT)

Proxmox VE 5.1

Released 24.10.2017: See Downloads, updated ISO image with installer bug fixes and updated packages on 18.12.2017

• Based on Debian Stretch 9.2
• Kernel 4.13.3
• QEMU 2.9.1
• LXC: update to 2.1
• Ceph 12.2.1 (Luminous LTS, stable), packaged by Proxmox
• ZFS 0.7.2
• Improved reference documentation with screenshots
• Countless bug fixes and package updates (for all details see bugtracker and GIT)

Proxmox VE 5.0

Released 04.07.2017: See Downloads, updated ISO image with installer bug fixes and updated packages on 09.08.2017

• Based on Debian Stretch 9.0
• Kernel 4.10.15
• QEMU 2.9
• LXC: update to 2.0.8
• New asynchronous Storage Replication feature (needs ZFS, technology preview)
• New/updated LXC templates (Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Arch Linux, Gentoo and Alpine)
• Updated/improved noVNC console]
• Ceph v12.1.0 Luminous (technology preview), packaged by Proxmox
• live migration with local storage
• GUI improvements
  • USB und Host PCI address visibility
  • improved bulk and filtering options
• Improved installation ISO
• Importing Qemu/KVM_Virtual_Machines#_importing_virtual_machines_from_foreign_hypervisors
• improved reference documentation with screenshots
• countless bug fixes and package updates (for all details see bugtracker and GIT)

Proxmox VE 5.0 beta2

Released 23.05.2017: See Downloads

• Based on Debian Stretch
• Kernel 4.10
• Update to QEMU 2.9
• Improved handling of re-used disks in installer
• Improved handling of network devices in installer
• Many small improvements and bug fixes

Proxmox VE 5.0 beta1

Released 22.03.2017: See Downloads

• Based on Debian Stretch
• Kernel 4.10
• Many small improvements and bug fixes

Proxmox VE 4.4

Released 13.12.2016: See Downloads

• update kernel to 4.4.35
• KVM: update to qemu 2.7.0
• LXC improvements
  • update to LXC 2.0.6
  • implement new restart migration
  • unprivileged containers (now the GUI)
  • updated template repository (Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch and Alpine)
• GUI improvements
  • new ceph dashboard
  • new cluster dashboard
  • improved disk management, smart status supporting more SSD types
  • HA improved GUI
• ISO installer supports advanced ZFS settings
• dedicated network for VM/CT migrations (CLI only)
• improved reference documentation, e.g. contains now also screenshots
• DRBD9 (removed from core, now maintained directly by Linbit, due to license change)
• countless bug fixes and package updates (for all details see bugtracker and GIT)

Proxmox VE 4.3

Released 27.09.2016: See Downloads

• GUI improvements
  • new search (“ctrl-shift-f”)
  • vertical menus with groups and icons
  • double click to open VM/CT console
  • new status overview for host, VM and containers, signal colors for overloaded CPU, etc.
  • Task log window remembers its size
• VM wizard proposes now optimal settings dependent to the selected operating system (for Linux the default is “virtio scsi disk” and "virtio net")
• comprehensive reference documentation in html, pdf and epub format, including contextual help function on several places - based on asciiDoc
• new disk management, including SMART monitoring and SSD wearout level display (for Intel, Sandisk and Samsung SSD).
• based on Debian Jessie 8.6.0
• Linux kernel 4.4.19
• KVM/qemu 2.6.1
• LXC: update to 2.0.4
• many new and improved manual/help pages
• countless bug fixes and package updates (for all details see bugtracker and GIT)

Proxmox VE 4.2

Released 27.04.2016: See Downloads

• GUI update to Sencha Ext JS 6, including new icon set and dynamic performance charts
• based on Debian Jessie 8.4.0
• Linux kernel 4.4.6
• KVM/qemu 2.5.1
• installer: LVM thin or ZFS plugin pre-configured
• LVM thin support
• Let´s Encrypt support
• DRBD9: drbd 9.0.2 kernel module and drbdmanage 0.95
• LXC: improved container setup
• LXC: network rate limits
• LXC: adding mount-points via GUI
• LXC: pct can mount rootfs for read/write access of stopped or running containers
• LXC: backup/snapshot improvements, including proper backup and restore of ACL
• LXC: add support for Alpine Linux, Ubuntu 16.04
• HA manager improvements
• new confirmation dialog to prevent accidentally removal of a virtual machine or container
• updated GUI translation (especially French, Italian and German)
• many new and improved manual pages
• countless bug fixes and package updates (for all details see bugtracker and GIT)

Proxmox VE 4.1

Released 11.12.2015: See Downloads

• based on Debian Jessie 8.2.0
• Linux kernel 4.2.6
• improved startup/shutdown behavior (systemd)
• enable NTP by default
• installer: allow up to 8 disks for ZFS
• KVM: add qemu agent GUI option
• KVM: update network boot ROMs
• Improve HA GUI for users with restricted permissions
• add Galician language to GUI
• LXC: add rootfs resize to GUI
• LXC: add support for Fedora 22 and Debian stretch/sid, Ubuntu 15.10
• LXC: support unpriviledged containers (technology preview)
• storage: added LVM thin support (technology preview)
• Support for Turnkey Linux LXC appliances
• added new pvereport command
• countless bug fixes and package updates (for all details see bugtracker and GIT)

Proxmox VE 4.0

Released 05.10.2015: See Downloads

• based on Debian Jessie 8.2.0
• Linux kernel 4.2
• QEMU 2.4
• new high availability manager
• bash completion support
• full IPv6 support
• include LXC (and removed OpenVZ) - see Convert OpenVZ to LXC
• added DRBD9 with drbdmanage (technology preview)
• countless bug fixes and package updates (for all details see bugtracker and GIT)

Proxmox VE 4.0 beta2

Released 10.09.2015: See Downloads

• based on Debian Jessie 8.2.0
• Linux kernel 4.2
• QEMU 2.4
• LXC improvements Linux Container
  • Containers can be created on local storage, NFS, Ceph RBD, DRBD9, ...
  • Migration (offline)
• IPv6 support
• DRBD9
• Ceph Server packages
• countless bug fixes and package updates (for all details see bugtracker and GIT)

Proxmox VE 4.0 beta1

Released 22.06.2015: See Downloads

• based on Debian Jessie 8.1
• use kernel 3.19.8
• new HA manager, see High_Availability_Cluster_4.x
• QEMU 2.3
• include LXC (and removed openvz), see Linux Container
• DRBD9
• countless bug fixes and package updates (for all details see bugtracker and GIT)

Proxmox VE 3.4

Released 19.02.2015: See Downloads - updated ISO image with ZFS 0.6.4.1 on 27.05.2015

• add ZFS support
  • installer supports all ZFS RAID levels.
• pve-manager (GUI) updates
  • openvz: implement suspend/resume
  • qemu GUI: support new pending changes API
  • new 'disconnect' button on the network edit panel
  • vzdump: new option --stop to abort running backup job
  • add NUMA option to processor form
  • add GUI for local ZFS storage
  • add startall/stopall/migrateall menu buttons
  • add multiqueues field to NIC form

• update to qemu 2.1.3

• qemu-server updates
  • shutdown by Qemu Guest Agent if the agent flag is set
  • snapshot_create: call fsfreeze if agent flag is set
  • vzdump: use qga freeze in vzdump in snapshot mode
  • add custom NUMA topology support
  • serial: allow to pass arbitrary device names
  • add link_down flag to network config
  • support additional e1000 variants for VM machines
  • enable hotplug by default
  • hotplug config: allow to enable specific features
  • include memory hotplug patch (experimental)

• improved hotplug support

• based on Debian Wheezy 7.8

• kernel updates

• countless bug fixes and package updates, for all details see bugtracker and GIT

Proxmox VE 3.3

Released 15.09.2014: See Downloads

• improved security features
  • Firewall support (new package pve-firewall)
  • Two-Factor Authentication (Yubico and OATH)

• pve-manager (GUI) updates
  • new Proxmox VE Firewall
  • noVNC console
  • openvz: add bridge vlan && firewall options to gui
  • new Proxmox VE Mobile, GUI for mobile devices
  • add new 'Pool View'
  • ZFS storage can now be configured on GUI
  • glusterfs: new option to specify backup volfile server
  • add new email_from option to datacenter.cfg
  • add Persian (Farsi) translation.
  • improved Spanish translation
  • update Chinese translation
  • Countless updates and fixes

• update to qemu 2.1.0
  • pci passthrough improvements
  • hotplug improvements
  • migration : enable auto-converge capability
  • add cpu_hotplug (and maxcpus config)
  • add virtio-net multiqueue support
  • new option smbios1 to specify SMBIOS type 1 fields
  • set uuid for newly created machines
  • support new q35 machine type
  • add Broadwell cpu model
  • compile with new libiscsi (1.12.0)
  • use glusterfs 3.5.2 libraries
  • support drive option 'discard'
  • add support for new qemu throttling burst max parameters
  • add 'vmxnet3', 'lsi53c810', and 'pvscsi' to the list of available network card models

• improved Console support
  • HTML5 Console for shell, VM and container console (noVNC)
  • noVNC console is now the default
  • vncterm: new option -notls (for novnc, which use 'wss')
  • vncterm: updated signature for java applet to avoid warnings

• pve-kernel-2.6.32-32-pve: 2.6.32-136
  • update aacraid, arcmsr, netxtreme2, ixgbe, igb, megaraid_sas and e1000e drivers
  • update to vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab093.4.src.rpm
  • allow to use grub-efi-ia32 boot loader

• pve-kernel-3.10.0-4-pve: 3.10.0-17
  • enable vfio xfga
  • update arcmsr, netxtreme2, ixgbe, igb, e1000e drivers
  • update to kernel-3.10.0-123.6.3.el7.src.rpm
  • allow to use grub-efi-ia32 boot loader
  • Note: there is still no OpenVZ support with this kernel

• update ceph packages to 'firefly' (0.80.5)
  • Note: Please upgrade ceph packages first if you run ceph server on proxmox nodes (see ceph upgrade instructions).

• update gluster packages to 3.5.2

• fence-agents-pve: 4.0.10
  • update to 4.0.10
  • add fence_ovh and fence_amt
  • remove baytech, bullpap, cpint, egenera, mcdata, nss_wrapper,rackswitch, vixel, xcat. Those agents are no longer included in upstream package.
  • removed fence_scsi
  • Note: This includes updates for fence_ipmilan (fence_ilo3, fence_ilo4, fence_imm, and fence_idrac), and some parameter names changed (see 'man fence_ipmilan'). Please verify that your fence device still works if you use HA.

• based on Debian Wheezy 7.6
• countless bug fixes and package updates, for all details see bugtracker and GIT

Proxmox VE 3.2

Released 10.03.2014: See Downloads

• improved SPICE support
  • spiceterm: console for OpenVZ and host
  • add new console option to datacenter.cfg (java applet vs. spice)
  • add multi-monitor support
  • GUI: use split-button to easily select SPICE or VNC
  • more details on http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/SPICE
• update qemu to 1.7.0
  • add 'pvscsi' to the list of scsi controllers (emulate the VMware PVSCSI device)
  • add 'lsi53c810' to the list of scsi controllers (supported on some very old Windows NT versions)
  • add 'vmxnet3' to the list of available network card models (emulate VMware paravirtualized network card)
  • add drive option 'discard'
  • add support for new qemu throttling burst max parameters
  • improved live backup
• pve-kernel-2.6.32-27-pve: 2.6.32-121
  • update to vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab084.20.src.rpm
  • update e1000, igb, ixgbe, netxtreme2, megaraid_sas
  • include latest ARECA RAID drivers
  • update Broadcom bnx2/bnx2x drivers to 7.6.62
  • update aacraid to aacraid-1.2.1-30300.src.rpm
• Ceph Server (Technology Preview)
  • new GUI to manage Ceph server running on PVE nodes
  • more details on http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Ceph_Server
• added Open vSwitch support (Technology Preview)
• Optional 3.10 Kernel (based on RHEL7 beta, currently without OpenVZ support, for testing only)
• storage: new ZFS plugin (Technology Preview), see http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Storage:_ZFS
• storage: remove nexenta plugin (ZFS plugin is faster)
• updated GlusterFS to 3.4.2
• ISO installer uses now always GPT partition table
  • added 'gdisk' to manage and view partitions via CLI
• based on Debian Wheezy 7.4
• countless bug fixes and package updates (for all details see bugtracker and GIT

Proxmox VE 3.1

Released 21.08.2013: See Downloads

• pve-kernel-2.6.32-23-pve (2.6.32-109)
  • update to vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab079.5.src.rpm
  • remove fix-ipoib-add-missing-lock.patch (now upstream)
  • include Highpoint 2710 RAID driver
  • update megaraid_sas to 6.600.18.00
• pve-cluster (3.0-7)
  • suppress another warning about uninitialized value at boot time
  • avoid warning when adding a new node (can't create shared ssh key database...)
  • avoid warning if /etc/pve/priv/ already exists
  • add migration_unsecure param to datacenter.cfg
• pve-firmware (1.0-23)
  • update for RHEL6.4 based kernels
• pve-manager (3.1-3)
  • add new favicon.ico
  • fix perl dependencies
  • display subscription status after login
  • add GUI for GlusterFS storage
  • vzdump: wait one second before unmounting the snapshot (avoid device busy error)
  • apt: try to detect new packages
  • tell apt to use http_proxy settings
  • support to view changelogs for available pve packages
  • allow to configure cipher list for pveproxy
  • automatically add pve repository to apt sources list
  • allow to use serial terminal as display
  • avoid apt autoremoval for pve-kernel packages
  • pveproxy: use same cipher list as debian apache ssl.conf
  • avoid apt autoremoval for pve-kernel packages
  • avoid and fix several proxy loops
  • correctly initialize $rpcenv in spiceproxy
  • fix bug #437: include pve-libspice-server1 in package list
  • improved spice proxy code
  • add button to start SPICE console
  • add spiceproxy server
  • fix upgrade shell (quoting bug)
  • new pveupgrade script, used to display additional information to the user (reboot required? database up to date? ...)
  • add button to display package versions, to provide same info as 'pveversion -v' on GUI.
  • fix bug #408: reset ENV before starting shell
  • fix bug #379: allow to overwrite existing CTs if user has VM.Backup permissions
  • Allow to send notification mail about new packages.
  • package manager: run system upgrade inside VNC shell, group packages by 'Origin', remove apt/upgrade API completely.
  • package manager: improve changelog viewer, bug fixes
  • add package update manager to GUI
  • update Norwegian translations
  • rrd display : avoid 2 refresh
  • avoid gzip http response for png & gif & jar
• pve-qemu-kvm (1.4-17)
  • enable glusterfs backend
  • add patch to use pce certs for spice by default
  • disable spice-socket.patch
  • Allow to query spice ticket
  • add usbredir support to spice
  • add experimental code to support spice
• qemu-server (3.1-1)
  • allow pass through of usb parallel devices (--parallel0 /dev/usb/lp0)
  • fix bugs in migration code (wrong qw() usage)
  • vncproxy: load config from correct node
  • allow to use a socket for serial devices
  • implement 'qm terminal' to open terminal via serial device
  • add ability to run without graphic card ('vga: serial[n]')
  • add support for unsecure/fast migration (setting in datacenter.cfg)
  • remove spice cert paths (depend on pve-qemu-kvm >= 1.4-16)
  • implement spice seamless migration
  • support usb redirection devices for spice (usb[n]: spice)
  • disable tablet device by default for spice
  • spiceproxy API: allow client to choose proxy address
  • spiceproxy API: read cert subject name directly using Net::SSLeay
  • spice: use TLS (encrypt whole traffic)
  • allow to pass SCSI generic devices to guests, for example "scsi0: /dev/sg5"
  • cpu flags optimization
  • add support for SPICE
• vncterm (1.1-4)
  • Allow to add intermediate certificates to /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.pem (users previously used apache option SSLCertificateChainFile for that).
• pve-libspice-server1 (0.12.4-1)
  • initial release and update to 0.12.4
• ceph (0.67.1-1~bpo70+1)
  • New upstream release
• libpve-access-control (3.0-6)
  • use shorter spiceproxy tickets
  • add code to generate tickets for SPICE
• libpve-common-perl (3.0-6)
  • auth.conf: avoid warning if file does not exist, fix file permissions
  • add parser for "/etc/apt/auth.conf"
• libpve-storage-perl (3.0-10)
  • add Glusterfs Plugin
  • API: add scan method for glusterfs
  • sheepdog: fixes for storeid != 'sheepdog'
• lvm2 (2.02.98-pve4)
  • New upstream release (fix for udev rules)
• glusterfs
  • support for glusterfs (technology preview, http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Storage:_GlusterFS)
• SPICE
  • support for Spice protocol (technology preview, http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/SPICE)
• based on Debian 7.1 (Wheezy)
• Countless bug fixes (for all details see bugtracker and GIT

Proxmox VE 3.0

Released 24.05.2013: See Downloads

• pve-kernel-2.6.32 2.6.32-100
  • fix CVE-2013-2094
• update ceph packages to 0.61.2
• libpve-common-perl 3.0-4:
  • fix bug #381: use persistent reservation file for ports
  • new function PVE::Tools::next_migrate_port()
• libpve-storage-perl 3.0-6
  • rbd : clone volume to same pool that base volume
  • extend storage list API with useful parameters for clone
  • fix iscsi session scan bug
• pve-cluster 3.0-4
  • depend on fuse (seems most utilities moved from fuse-utils to fuse)
  • remove depencency on fuse-utils (this package is no longer required)
  • fix warning about uninitialize value
  • fix bug 383: restart pveproxy instead of apache2
• pve-manager 3.0-20
  • fix login problem when http_proxy is set
  • updated Chinese, German and French translation
  • allow to upload files with spaces in filename (replace with '_')
  • allow to delete pools with non-existent VMs/Storage
  • use correct icons for templates
  • sort templates after regular VMs
  • StorageSelector: allow to use new target option, used by Clone
  • fix bug #385: correctly handle Accept-Encoding
  • fix bug #374: correctly remove destroyed container from pool
• pve-qemu-kvm 1.4-12
  • vma create: only store basename of config file.
• qemu-server 3.0-15
  • clone disk : keep source volume params
  • clone: check is we can clone to target storage
  • fix bug #381: use PVE::Tools::next_migrate_port()
  • restore: do not restore template flag
• vncterm 1.1-3
  • re-enable javascript-events.patch (needed by migrate)
• based on Debian 7.0 (Wheezy)
• new VM clone feature
• new event driven API server (pveproxy)
  • completely replace apache2
  • efficient support for HTTP keep-alive
• support bootlogd (boot log can be viewed on the GUI)
• update pve-qemu-kvm to 1.4.1
• update kernel to vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab076.7.src.rpm
  • changed default IO Scheduler to 'deadline'
  • updated Intel network drivers for e1000e, igb and ixgbe
• Countless bug fixes (for all details see bugtracker and GIT

Proxmox VE 2.3

Released 04.03.2013: See Downloads

• update qemu-kvm to 1.4.0
• new kvm backup implementation, see Backup and Restore
• added RBD (ceph) support on GUI
• update kernel to vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab072.10.src.rpm
• include latest Broadcom bnx2/bnx2x drivers
• include latest Adaptec aacraid driver 1.2-1[29900]
• update e1000e to 2.2.14
• update igb to 4.1.2
• update ixgbe to 3.12.6
• enable CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED (also update corosync if you install this kernel)
• extend memory GUI to support ballooning
• implement auto-ballooning
• add HD resize feature to expand disks
• updated network drivers (bnx2/bnx2x/e1000e/igb/ixgbe)
• added omping binaries (for testing multicast between nodes)
• update to latest Debian version 6.0.7
• qcow2 as default storage format, cache=none (previously raw)
• KVM64 as default CPU type (previously qemu64)
• e1000 as default NIC (previously rtl8139)
• task history per VM
• Node Summary: added "KSM sharing" and "CPU Socket count"
• enable/disable tablet for VM on GUI without stop/start of VM (you can use vmmouse instead, for lower CPU usage, works on modern Linux and on all Windows VMs as long as you install the vmmouse drivers)
• bug fixes (for all details see bugtracker and GIT

Proxmox VE 2.2

Released 24.10.2012: See Downloads

• update kernel to vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab062.2.src.rpm
• update Intel nics drivers (e1000e to 2.1.4, ixgbe to 3.11.33, igb to 4.0.17)
• update qemu-kvm to 1.2.0
• openvz: update vzctl to 4.0
• openvz: use real console instead of 'vzctl enter'
• add Live Snapshots support (qcow2)
• added Slovenian translation
• kvm: new option to select SCSI controller hardware
• kvm: support up to 32 network devices
• kvm: support up to 16 virtio devices
• kvm: add SATA to GUI
• updated cluster packages
• update to latest Debian version 6.0.6
• bug fixes (for all details see bugtracker and GIT

Proxmox VE 2.1

Released 27.04.2012: See Downloads

• simplify GUI for users without permissions
• implemented startup/shutdown ordering
• improved task logs on node startup/shutdown
• added Russian, Italian and Turkish translation
• updated corosync cluster stack to 1.4.3
• update LVM to 2.02.95 (fixes snapshot problems)
• bug fixes

Proxmox VE 2.0

Updated ISO 5.4.2012: See Downloads

• pve-kernel-2.6.32-11-pve (2.6.32-65)
  • rebase on vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab053.5.src.rpm
• fix for windows timing issues ("args: -no-hpet -no-kvm-pit-reinjection" are now defaults for newer Windows guests)
• subscription key management (commercial subscribers)
• vzdump fixes (qmrestore)

Released 30.03.2012: See Downloads

(First public beta released on 30.09.2011, rc1 on 16.02.2012, final release on 30.03.2012)

Proxmox VE 2.0 Documentation

• Complete new GUI
  • based on Ext JS 4 JavaScript framework
  • fast search-driven interface, capable of handling hundreds and probably thousands of VM´s
  • secure VNC console, supporting external VNC viewer with SSL support
  • role based user- and permission management for all objects (VM´s, storages, nodes, etc.)
  • Support for multiple authentication sources (MS ADS, LDAP, Linux PAM, Proxmox VE authentication)
• High Availability Cluster support for KVM guests and OpenVZ containers
  • resource agents for KVM and OpenVZ
  • GUI for managing KVM and OpenVZ HA settings
• Based on Debian 6.0 Squeeze
  • long-term 2.6.32 Kernel (based on RHEL6.x) with KVM and OpenVZ as default
• New cluster communication based on corosync, including:
  • Proxmox Cluster file system (pmxcfs): Database-driven file system for storing configuration files, replicated in realtime on all nodes using corosync
  • creates multi-master clusters (no single master anymore!)
  • cluster-wide logging
  • basis for HA setup´s with KVM guests and OpenVZ containers config files
• RESTful web API Proxmox_VE_API
  • Resource Oriented Architecture (ROA)
  • declarative API definition using JSON Schema
  • enable easy integration for third party management tools
• Backup/Restore via GUI
  • GUI and CLI, works for OpenVZ containers and KVM VM´s
  • "Backup Now" via GUI
  • Restore via GUI
  • All jobs can be monitored as “Recent tasks”
• OpenVZ
  • Appliance Downloader, including TurnKey Linux channel
  • Multiple storages for OpenVZ container, no limit to /var/lib/vz anymore!!!
  • vswap support
  • Improved init.log (shows start-up logs of a OpenVZ container)
• Commitment to Free Software (FOSS): public code repository and bug tracker for the 2.x code base.
• Licensed under GNU Affero General Public License, version 3 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html.

Proxmox VE 1.9

Updated ISO 27.9.2011, including the following, see Downloads

Release Notes:

• pve-kernel-2.6.32-6-pve (2.6.32-47)
  • update to vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab037.1.src.rpm
  • use bnx from upstream
  • update igb driver to 3.2.9
  • update e1000e driver to 1.6.2
  • enable GDTH driver
  • update ata_generic to support intel IDE-R
  • use BIOS default settings for ASPM (fix-aspm-policy.patch)
• pve-firmware (1.0-14)
  • include firmware for new bnx2 drivers
• vzctl (3.0.29-2pve1)
  • update to 3.0.29.2
• vzdump (1.2-16) unstable; urgency=low
  • use rsync option '--sparse' on first pass (take less disk space - as suggested by John Stevens)

Original 1.9 ISO, released 13.09.2011: See Downloads

Release Notes:

• pve-kernel-2.6.32 (2.6.32-43)
  • rebase on vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab036.1.src.rpm (new stable Openvz kernel branch), updates for drivers including e1000e to 1.5.1, ARECA RAID driver, megaraid_sas, bnx2, igb to 3.1.16, ixgbe to 3.5.14-NAPI, drbd 8.3.10, ...
• vzctl (3.0.28-1pve5)
  • update to latest upstream
  • set defaull template to debian-6.0-standard
  • set CONFIGFILE="pve.auto" in /etc/vz/vz.conf
  • merge some fixes from upstream
• pve-manager (1.9-24)
  • fix uptime display for 2.6.32 kernel with 1000HZ
  • support newer vzctl versions.
  • support 'maxfiles' backup option.
• pve-qemu-kvm (0.15.0-1)
  • update to upstream 0.15.0
  • use pxe roms from upstream qemu-kvm
• qemu-server (1.1-32)
  • small fixes for new qemu-kvm 0.15.0
• libpve-storage-perl (1.0-19)
  • set LC_ALL instead of LANG (avoid bug when user sets LC_ environment variables)
  • iscsi: tolerate errors when not all portals are online.
• vzdump (1.2-15)
  • run pre-restart hook after snapshot

Proxmox VE 1.8

Updated ISO 16.6.2011, includes current stable packages Downloads

• pve-kernel-2.6.32 (2.6.32-33)
• aacraid with support for Adaptec 6 series (e.g. 6805)
• KVM 0.14.1
• vzctl 3.0.27
• vzdump 1.2-13
• bug fixes

Released 30.03.2011: See Downloads

Release Notes:

• update to Debian Lenny 5.0.8
• update to kvm 0.14.0
• updated kernels with many fixes
• protect against Cross Site Request Forgery (added anti-CSRF tokens)
• bug fixes

Detailed change log:

• qemu-server (1.1-30)
  • use 'cache=none' for raw images and devices to improve performance

• pve-qemu-kvm (0.14.0-2)
  • also install vgabios-qxl.bin vgabios-stdvga.bin vgabios-vmware.bin
  • update to 0.14.0
  • add fix for eventfd support (msix-eventfd-fix.patch)
  • removed kvmtrace (removed from upstream?)
  • add vnc keyboard fixes for fr-ca (reported by Pierre-Yves)

• pve-kernel-2.6.32 (2.6.32-32)
  • update to Debian Squeeze kernel 2.6.32-32
  • remove patch use-init-task-credential.patch (fixed in upstream)
  • enable CONFIG_SENSORS_K10TEMP=m

• pve-kernel-2.6.18 (2.6.18-14)
  • update to ovzkernel-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.028stab085.3.src.rpm
  • increased kernel API version to '5-pve'
  • update to SCST 2.0.0.1
  • update to OCFS2 1.4.7

• pve-qemu-kvm-2.6.18 (0.9.1-12)
  • update to kvm-83-224.el5.src.rpm

• pve-kernel-2.6.35 (2.6.35-10)
  • update to Ubuntu-2.6.35-27.48

• pve-manager (1.8-15)
  • protect against Cross Site Request Forgery (added anti-CSRF tokens)
  • correctly encode html entities inside notes (avoid persistant XSS vulnerabilities)
  • use http_proxy in cron APL download if configured

Proxmox VE 1.7

Released 30.11.2010: See Downloads

Change log:

• libpve-storage-perl (1.0-16)
  • several fixes for multipath

• pve-kernel-2.6.18 (2.6.18-10)
  • update to ovzkernel-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.028stab070.14.src.rpm

• pve-kernel-2.6.32 (2.6.32-28)
  • update to Debian Squeeze kernel 2.6.32-28 (openvz 2.6.32-dzhanibekov)
  • update igb driver to version 2.4.8
  • update ixgbe driver to version 3.0.14

• pve-manager (1.7-10)

• • we only display the warning about missing openvz if we have no kvm.
  • fix config change detection in pvectl
  • on the create VM page, query capabilities of remote host (kvm/openvz enabled?) and select resonable defaults.

• pve-qemu-kvm (0.13.0-2)
  • do not install unnecessary blobs (manually install blobs, use --disable-blobs)
  • update migration and vnc keymap patches for 0.13.0

• vzdump (1.2-9)
  • fix veth numbers when restoring openvz containers (vzrestore)

• qemu-server (1.1-25)
  • new --repeat option for qmrestore
  • use new -netdev syntax for network devices. This enables tcp offload settings, and we can use 'vhost=on' for virtio-net

• Small bug fixes

Proxmox VE 1.6 (updated) - ISO Installer with 2.6.32 Kernel with OpenVZ including KVM 0.12.5

Released 18.10.2010: See Downloads

Change log:

• pve-kernel-2.6.32 (2.6.32-24)
  • include fix for OpenVZ bug #1603
  • ixgbe driver update (3.0.12)
  • upgrade to Debian Squeeze kernel 2.6.32-24 (OpenVZ 2.6.32-dyomin)
  • strip debug info
  • remove default initrd image (no longer needed)
  • do not set CONFIG_DMAR_DEFAULT_ON
  • enable CAPIDRV module

• pve-qemu-kvm (0.12.5-2)
  • enable up to 32 NICs (up to 29 are usable)

• pve-manager (1.6-5)
  • updated Japanese translations
  • minor fixes in bin/pveversion (adjust for proxmox-ve-2.6.35)
  • update Czech translations.

• iscsi-scst (1.0.1.1-4)
  • create /var/lib/scst/pr (required by the kernel module)

• qemu-server (1.1-22)
  • use larger block size for dd (bs=256k) to speed up restore.
  • new backup=yes|no option for drives. VZDump ignores drives with option backup=no (many thanks to draguz)
  • new qmrestore option '--unique': create unique MAC address on restore (many thanks to Seth)

• vzdump (1.2-8)
  • correctly escape output from 'find' (escape backslash using sed). It is now possible to backup files which contain a backslash character.
  • added new hook 'log-end' (see hook-script.pl example)

• dab (1.1-9)
  • correct update-rc.d invocation (add '.' after runlevel)
  • fix postgres startup script for squeeze
  • support dependency based startup (squeeze)
  • use postgresql 8.4 for squeeze

• pve-kernel-2.6.35 (2.6.35-6)
  • first public release (KVM only, KSM enabled)

• pve-kernel-2.6.18 (2.6.18-8)
  • update to ovzkernel-2.6.18-194.17.1.el5.028stab070.7.src.rpm
  • remove initrd code (no longer needed)
  • strip debug symbols (reduce kernel package size)

• pve-qemu-kvm-2.6.18 (0.9.1-8)
  • update to kvm-83-164.el5_5.23.src.rpm
  • enable all (previously disabled) kvm features (scsi, usb, ...)

• pve-firmware (1.0-9)
  • include firmware for new 2.6.35 kernels

• Small bug fixes

Proxmox VE 1.6 - ISO Installer with 2.6.32 Kernel with OpenVZ including KVM 0.12.5

Released 30.08.2010: See Downloads

Change log:

• New 2.6.32 kernel including OpenVZ support, based on latest Debian Squeeze Kernel
• Removed KSM (OpenVZ does not support KSM)
• DRBD tools: update to drbd 8.3.7
• New KVM user-space tools (0.12.5)
• New OpenVZ user-space tools (vzctl 3.0.24)
• vzdump: use ionice to set io priority. By default, we now set "ionice -c2 -n7" to limit io (instead of using a default bwlimit)
• vzrestore: new --force option to overwrite existing data
• dab bug fix: only print a warning for packages installed directly with 'dpkg' (when there is no information in 'available' list)
• dab: only mount /proc/ if not already mounted (avoid problems with vzctl 3.0.24)
• Bug fixes

Update 20.9.2010:

2.6.32 Kernel:

• pve-kernel-2.6.32 (2.6.32-19)
• include latest Broadcom bnx2, bnx2x drivers
• update to Debian kernel 2.6.32-22
• fix CVE-2010-3081 kernel
• include latest ixgbe driver

2.6.24 Kernel:

• pve-kernel-2.6.24 (2.6.24-25)
• update to Ubuntu-2.6.24-28.7 (fix CVE-2010-3081)

2.6.18 Kernel:

• pve-kernel-2.6.18 (2.6.18-6)
• fix CVE-2010-3081

Proxmox VE 1.5 - New Kernel 2.6.24 and 2.6.32, including KVM 0.12.4 and gPXE

Released 17.05.2010: See Downloads

Change log 2.6.24 (KVM and OpenVZ):

• update to qemu-kvm-0.12.4
• Seabios
• include gPXE 1.0 network boot (WDS is working now)
• update e1000e to e1000e-1.1.2.tar.gz
• update igb to igb-2.1.9.tar.gz
• update e1000 to e1000-8.0.19.tar.gz
• update bnx2 to netxtreme2-5.2.50.tar.gz
• update tg3 to tg3-3.105h.tar.gz
• include alt1e (Atheros nic)
• kernel update (latest 2.6.24)
• Fixed drive order bug (KVM)
• Allow up to 4094 bridges
• update to the latest vzctl
• Use option –sparse for qmigrate

Change log 2.6.32 (KVM only):

• update to qemu-kvm-0.12.4
• Seabios
• include gPXE 1.0 network boot (WDS is working now)
• kernel update (latest 2.6.32)
• Fixed drive order bug (KVM)
• Allow up to 4094 bridges
• Use option –sparse for qmigrate

Proxmox VE 1.5

Released 20.01.2010: See Downloads

Including:

• many Linux kernel improvements
• support different kernel versions
• new 2.6.18 Linux kernel - default (OpenVZ, KVM)
• new 2.6.24 Linux kernel (OpenVZ, KVM)
• new 2.6.32 Linux kernel (KVM only, KSM support)
• use update-initramfs
• DRBD: update to drbd 8.3.4
• AOE: update to AOE6-73
• SCST: update to latest SCST modules
• new KVM user-space tools
• we now use the qemu-kvm stable branch (0.11.1)
• new virtual packages for better kernel dependency handling - proxmox-ve-2.6.18, proxmox-ve-2.6.24 and proxmox-ve-2.6.32
• updated most appliances
• installation CD now use/install proxmox-ve-2.6.18
• installer uses UUID for /boot partition
• updated vzctl, with improved init-logger patch
• updated Russian and Japanese translation
• many other small improvements and bug fixes

Proxmox VE 1.4

Released 19.10.2009: See Downloads

Including:

• First release with new storage model
• iSCSI support
• NFS support
• LVM (managed storage, shared LVM devices like FC)
• DRBD storage replication with active/active mode
• Multiple ISO storages (NFS)
• Multiple backup locactions (including NFS)
• Zero downtime live migration (KVM); over ssh channel - all traffic is encrypted
• Updated web interface (pve-manager)
• Support new storage model
• Allow to specify MAC address (for KVM and OpenVZ in veth mode)
• Added iSCSI Tape support, see http://scst.sourceforge.net/
• Added SCST modules to the kernel
• Provide SCST userspace package
• Updated kernel; update broadcom bnx2 and tg3 drivers; updated ARCEA RAID (acrmsr) drivers; updated kvm modules (2.6.30.1); update realtek network drivers; update intel igb driver (igb-1.3.28.4.tar.gz); update intel e1000e driver (e1000e-1.0.2.5.tar.gz); cciss driver updates; ich10 updates for Nehalem (corei7) based systems
• Updated kvm modules (2.6.30.1)
• Update DRBD to 8.3.2
• New KVM userspace tools
• New feature: assign Sockets/Cores to KVM guests
• We now use the qemu-kvm stable branch (0.11.0)
• Rename package pve-kvm to pve-qemu-kvm
• Qemu-server updates
• Support up to 1000 vlans
• New migrate_speed and migrate_downtime settings
• New VZDump - complete rewrite to support the new storage architecture; do not waste space in 'stop' mode
• Slightly changed naming of backup files; added date and time to file name; added VM type (Openvz/Qemu) to file name; new plugin architecture; support hook scripts

Proxmox VE 1.4 beta2

Released 29.09.2009: See Downloads

Including:

• Updated vzdump web interface with support new storage model
• Updated kernel: update broadcom bnx2 and tg3 drivers, updated kvm modules (2.6.30.1), updated realtek network drivers, more ich10 updates for Nehalem (corei7) based systems
• New kvm userspace tools
• New feature: assign Sockets/Cores to KVM guests
• We now use the qemu-kvm stable branch (0.11.0)
• Rename package pve-kvm to pve-qemu-kvm
• Qemu-server updates: support up to 1000 vlans
• New migrate_speed and migrate_downtime settings

Note: the sources.list does not point to the pvetest repo, so please adapt this accordingly if you want to update/install packages from pvetest

Proxmox VE 1.4 beta1

Released 11.09.2009: See Downloads

Including:

• First release with new storage model
• iSCSI support
• NFS support
• LVM (managed storage, shared LVM devices)
• DRBD storage replication with active/active mode (DRBD 8.3.2)
• Multiple ISO storages (NFS)
• Zero downtime live migration (KVM) over ssh channel - all traffic is encrypted
• Updated kernel:update Intel igb driver (igb-1.3.28.4.tar.gz), Intel e1000e driver (e1000e-1.0.2.5.tar.gz),cciss, ich10 updates, update DRBD to 8.3.2
• new VZDump: complete rewrite to support the new storage architecture; do not waste space in 'stop' mode; new plugin architecture

Note: the sources.list does not point to the pvetest repo, so please adapt this accordingly if you want to update/install packages from pvetest

Proxmox VE 1.3

Released 4.06.2009: See Downloads

Including:

• Updated Kernel
• Support for Highpoint RR3120
• Removed OpenVZ limit of 50 machines
• Update to kvm-86
• Vzdump: minor bug fixes
• Qemu-server: added new 'tablet' option

Proxmox VE 1.2

Released 12.05.2009: See Downloads

Including:

• Based on new Debian Lenny (Debian 5.0)
• New KVM with many improvements (kvm-85)
• New Kernel (still 2.6.24 based but with a lot of backported drivers)
• Update to aoe6-71
• Update to drbd-8.3.1
• Include HighPoint RocketRAID 3xxx/4xxx Controller Driver
• Update to busybox 1.14.0
• Use busybox mdev as firmware loader
• Compiled with gcc 4.3.2 (default on Debian Lenny)
• Load virtio_blk (if you run Proxmox VE inside Proxmox VE as a KVM guest)
• New OpenVZ vzctl (mainly bug fixes)
• Vncterm: better terminal emulation
• Everything updated to Debian Lenny
• Many bug fixes

Proxmox VE 1.1

Released 15.01.2009: See Downloads

Including:

• Updated Kernel - new e1000/e1000e drivers
• New KVM with many improvements (KVM-83)
• New Chinese translations
• Minor pve-manager updates and bug fixes

Proxmox VE 1.0 - First stable release

Released 29.10.2008: See Downloads

Including:

• KVM and OpenVZ live migration
• Web interface for vzdump backups
• Improved vzdump, now support KVM guests
• New templates available
• Support multiple languages (see Translations for details)
• Improved installer (use grub as boot loader, automatic country/keyboard detection)
• Support up to 16 CPUs
• Based on Debian 4.0r5
• KVM updates (kvm-75)
• OpenVZ updates, Fedora support added
• Improved Kernel (includes drivers for ISCSI, AoE 6-64, DRBD 8.2.6, qlogic firmware for ISCSI/FC HBAs)
• Many bugfixes

Proxmox VE 0.9beta2

Released 22.7.2008, see Proxmox VE 0.9beta2 released!

Including:

• Extend pre-built Virtual Appliances downloads
• Multi-bridge support
• Bonding
• VLAN support
• Extend web interface for KVM guests (add hard drives, network cards, etc.)
• Many bug fixes

Proxmox VE 0.9

First public release: 15.4.2008