Quick installation
Introduction
This is a quick installation guide for Proxmox VE.
- For installing from scratch see the Downloads wiki
- For upgrading 6.x to 7.0, see Upgrade from Proxmox VE 6.x to 7.x
- For upgrading 5.x to 6.0, see Upgrade from 5.x to 6.0
- For upgrading older releases, see Upgrade Guides for older Releases
Additionally, we also provide a "how-to" for installation on Debian 10 Buster or Debian 11 Bullseye.
Get the ISO
Download the ISO image and move it to a USB media, see Install from USB Stick. Or just burn a CD.
Minimum requirements, for evaluation
- CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64), Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard (for KVM Full Virtualization support)
- RAM: 1 GB RAM
- Hard drive
- One NIC
- CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64)
- Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM full virtualization support
- RAM: 1 GB RAM, plus additional RAM needed for guests
- Hard drive with at least 16 GiB of space, plus additional space needed for guests
- One network card (NIC)
For more details and recommendations see System Requirements.
Start the installation
- See Debugging Installation#Boot options for custom partition settings.The installer supports partitions greater 2 TB (using GUID Partition Table, GPT).
The Gui installer supports mouse and keyboard. The tab key as well as hot keys can be used. Click->I Agree is a button press. IP address:< your host Ip> is a label with an option.
# Comments Click->I Agree # Pick an open address on your network. Ipaddress: 192.168.0.100
#Boot loader is Keyboard only. Just press 'Enter' to start the installation Enter
End user license Agreement ( EULA)
Click -> I agree
Target disk
# Local disks are fine for demo and small systems. # Shared storage is a best practice for a Cluster. Click -> Next
Location and Time Zone selection
# It's best to have all systems set to the same time zone. Country :< Your Country > Time zone :< Your time zone > Keyboard :< Your Keyboard > Click -> Next
Administration Password and Email Address
With a basic install like this, the Web GUI will face the Internet. A Firewall and strong passwords are recommended.
# The email address is used to report the recovery of High Availability services, important package update news, backup notifications (configurable) and other important events. Password : < Something Strong > Confirm : < Something Strong > E-Mail : < your email address > Click -> Next
Network Configuration
# FQDN is Required for email server and public facing Web GUI. # A plain host name will have issues when clustering. # The clusters use etc hosts for Proxmox host name resolution. # The Installer will pull a dhcp address during install. # Do not put your host in the middle of your pool of address. # Make sure to configure your dhcp server to exclude a block of address used by proxmox. Hostname (FQDN) : <host.domain.TLD> IP Address : < something static > Netmask : < default > Gateway : < default > DNS Server : < default >
Click -> Next
( The installer will will run with a progress bar)
Installation Successful!
Click ->reboot
Web GUI
From another machine, use your browser and accept the self signed cert used for the Web GUI.
https://192.168.0.xx:8006
Update your Proxmox VE Server to latest available version
In order to get new features and all security updates and bugfixes you should always update a new ISO install to the latest available packages via GUI updater or via CLI (apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade)
For more details about our update services, see Package repositories