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 see: Prepare Installation Media.
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, 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 Installation for more details about the options of the installation wizard.
- See Debugging Installation#Boot options for custom partition settings. The installer supports partitions greater 2 TB (using GUID Partition Table, GPT).
The installer supports mouse and keyboard. The tab key as well as hot keys can be used.
Tutorial legend: Click->I Agree would be pressing a button. IP address:< your host IP> describes an input field's label to enter.
# Boot loader is Keyboard only. Just press 'Enter' to start the installation or use arrow keys for menu navigation. Enter
End user license Agreement ( EULA)
Click -> I agree
Target disk
# For the base system # you can add other disks or shared storages after the installation 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 installation 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 or your DNS for Proxmox host name resolution. # The Installer will try to use DHCP for automatic address configuration during install. # Make sure to configure your DHCP server to exclude a block of address used by Proxmox VE. # or reserve the address for the PVE host statically (via MAC) Hostname (FQDN) : <host.domain.TLD> IP Address CIDR : < something static >/<netmask> Gateway : < default > DNS Server : < default >
Click -> Next
Confirm
You'll see an overview of the settings you choose, verify them to ensure all is OK.
# Once you click the system will start the installation Click -> Install
(The installer 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