Quick installation

Introduction

This is a quick install guide for Proxmox VE.

• For installing from scratch or updating versions (e.g. 3.0 to 3.1) see Downloads page of wiki
• For upgrading 1.9 to 2.0, see Upgrade_from_1.9_to_2.0
• For upgrading 2.3 to 3.0, see Upgrade_from_2.3_to_3.0

Additionally, we also provide a "howto" for installation on an Debian 6 Squeeze or Debian 7 Wheesy or Debian 8 Jessie

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

Start the installation

• Just press 'Enter' to start the installation (for custom partition settings, see Debugging Installation#Boot options)
• The installer supports partitions greater 2 TB (using GUID Partition Table, GPT)

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

Web-based Management

Central_Web-based_Management

Proxmox VE Cluster

Proxmox_VE_2.0_Cluster

Video Tutorials

• Proxmox VE Youtube channel