Proxmox VE News: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 09:06, 20 January 2009

'dab' Debian/Ubuntu Appliance Builder released!

We just published our Debian/Ubuntu appliance builder for OpenVZ (of course perfectly usable on Proxmox VE).

Anybody is talking about the economic and financial crisis – a good chance to bring powerful open source software to the enterprise customer – start now using OpenVZ for virtual appliances!

All details: Debian_Appliance_Builder

--Martin 10:06, 20 January 2009 (CET)

New Proxmox VE 1.1 (build 3664) released

We just released a Proxmox VE 1.1. Main feature is an improved Kernel including the latest version of KVM (KVM-83).

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

Howto get the lastest version: see Downloads

--Martin 11:06, 15 January 2009 (CET)

Zimbra on Proxmox VE

Just created a wiki page describing how to install Zimbra on Proxmox VE. Zimbra is a client and server platform for next-generation messaging and collaboration - a very interesting alternative to MS Exchange.

Link to the wiki page: Zimbra

--Martin 10:55, 2 December 2008 (CET)

Commercial support for Proxmox VE

Proxmox VE is used in many productive environments. In order to get guaranteed direct support from the developers support ticket subscription can be purchased.

All support details: Get_support

--Martin 11:29, 28 November 2008 (CET)

New Proxmox VE 1.0 (build 3451) released

We just released a few new Proxmox VE 1.0 packages, containing small bug fixes.

Installer fixes (including the ability to install if the motherboard BIOS has an old time)
pve-manager update
added ability to add 'Notes' for VMs
fix shutdown problem
fix RFB protocol problem
fix SOAP serializer bug
fix url redirect bug
fix utf8 problem for error messages
updated translations (hu, ro)
vzctl template fix
qemu-server (fix status problem)

HowTo upgrade a running Proxmox VE 1.0 to 3451

Just run:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

--Martin 14:12, 14 November 2008 (CET)

New Joomla! (1.5.8) and Zenoss (2.3) Appliances

We just released two new Appliances for Proxmox VE.

Joomla! and Zenoss

You can download all appliances directly to your Proxmox VE via "VM Manager/Appliance Templates - Download".

About Joomla!:

Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems on the planet. It is used all over the world for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. Joomla! is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable.

About Zenoss:

Zenoss Core is an award-winning open source IT monitoring product that delivers the functionality to effectively manage the configuration, health and performance of networks, servers and applications through a single, integrated software package.

--Martin 12:31, 14 November 2008 (CET)

New Video Tutorials

We just released a bunch of Video Tutorials. This is an easy way to introduce Proxmox VE features to users. If you miss something just make suggestions for new tutorials.

--Martin 12:57, 13 November 2008 (CET)

Backup with vzdump - new GUI

We introduced a new GUI for vzdump. Now its possible to create multiple scheduled backups via web interface.

Including support to store the backups on remote locations (Samba share, NFS)
Support for containers (OpenVZ) and KVM virtual machines

For details see: Backup - Restore - Live Migration

--Martin 15:50, 30 October 2008 (CET)

Certified Appliances

Certified appliances are fully supported from the Proxmox VE team AND the software vendor. They are ready for production use.

Get Certified Virtual Appliances

--Martin 13:57, 30 October 2008 (CET)

Updated Appliances

Release of updated appliances, based on Debian 4.0r5. All Debian based appliances are fully supported from the Proxmox VE team and production ready.

Update OS templates:

--Martin 13:57, 29 October 2008 (CET)

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

--Martin 12:57, 29 October 2008 (CET)

Proxmox VE 0.9beta2 released

Released 22.7.2008, see Proxmox VE 0.9beta2 released!