Software:Proxmox Virtual Environment
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 Proxmox VE 8.0 administration interface screenshot | |
| Developer | Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH |
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| Written in | Perl,[1] Rust[2] |
| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Free and open source software |
| Initial release | 15 April 2008 |
| |Final preview|Latest preview}} | 8.0 beta1[3] / 9 June 2023 |
| Available in | 25 languages[4] |
| Update method | APT |
| Package manager | dpkg |
| Platforms | AMD64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | Web-based |
| License | Affero General Public License[5] |
| Official website | {{{1}}} |
Proxmox Virtual Environment (Proxmox VE or PVE) is a hyper-converged infrastructure open-source software. It is a hosted hypervisor that can run operating systems including Linux and Windows on x64 hardware. It is a Debian-based Linux distribution with a modified Ubuntu LTS kernel[6] and allows deployment and management of virtual machines and containers.[7][8] Two types of virtualization are supported: container-based with LXC (starting from version 4.0 replacing OpenVZ used in version up to 3.4, included[9]), and full virtualization with KVM.[10] It includes a web-based management interface.[11][12] There is also a mobile application available for controlling PVE environments.[13]
History
Development of Proxmox VE started when Dietmar Maurer and Martin Maurer, two Linux developers, found out OpenVZ had no backup tool and no management GUI. KVM was appearing at the same time in Linux, and was added shortly afterwards.[14]
The first public release took place in April 2008. It supported container and full virtualization, managed with a web-based user interface similar to other commercial offerings.[15]
Features
Proxmox VE is an open-source server virtualization platform to manage two virtualization technologies: Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) for virtual machines and LXC for containers - with a single web-based interface.[10] It also integrates out-of-the-box-tools for configuring high availability between servers, software-defined storage, networking, and disaster recovery.[16]
Proxmox VE supports live migration for guest machines between nodes in the scope of a single cluster, which allows smooth migration without interrupting their services.[17] Since PVE 7.3 there is experimental feature for migration between unrelated nodes in different clusters.[18]
PVE can be integrated with LDAP and Active Directory servers.[19]
Since PVE 8.1 there is a full Software-Defined Network (SDN) stack implemented and is compatible with Secure Boot.[20]
Guest machines backup can be done using the included standalone vzdump tool.[21] PVE can be also integrated with separate machine Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) using web GUI[22] or with text based Proxmox Backup Client application.[23]
Since PVE 8 along with standard GUI installer there's a semi-graphic (TUI) installer integrated into the ISO image.[19]
High-availability cluster
Proxmox VE (PVE) can be clustered across multiple server nodes.[24]
Since version 2.0, Proxmox VE offers a high availability option for clusters based on the Corosync communication stack. Starting from the PVE v.6.0 Corosync v.3.x is in use (not compatible with the earlier PVE versions). Individual virtual servers can be configured for high availability, using the built-in ha-manager.[25][26] If a Proxmox node becomes unavailable or fails, the virtual servers can be automatically moved to another node and restarted.[27] The database and FUSE-based Proxmox Cluster filesystem (pmxcfs[28]) makes it possible to perform the configuration of each cluster node via the Corosync communication stack with SQLite engine.[12]
Another HA-related element in PVE is distributed filesystem Ceph, which can be used as a shared storage for guest machines.[29]
Virtual appliances
Proxmox VE has pre-packaged server software appliances which can be downloaded[30] via the GUI.
See also
References
- ↑ "Proxmox Manager Git Tree". https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-manager.git;a=tree.
- ↑ "Proxmox VE Rust Git Tree". https://git.proxmox.com/?p=proxmox-perl-rs.git;a=tree.
- ↑ "Roadmap". Proxmox. http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Roadmap#Roadmap.
- ↑ "projects / proxmox-i18n.git / tree". https://git.proxmox.com/?p=proxmox-i18n.git;a=tree.
- ↑ "Open Source – Proxmox VE". Proxmox Server Solutions. http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Open_Source.
- ↑ "Proxmox VE Kernel - Proxmox VE" (in en). https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Proxmox_VE_Kernel.
- ↑ Simon M.C. Cheng (31 October 2014). Proxmox High Availability. Packt Publishing Ltd. pp. 41–. ISBN 978-1-78398-089-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=PtskBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT41.
- ↑ Plura, Michael (July 2013). "Aus dem Nähkästchen". IX Magazin (Heise Zeitschriften Verlag) 2013 (7): 74–77. http://www.heise.de/ix/inhalt/2013/07/74/. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Proxmox VE 4.0 with Linux Containers (LXC) and new HA Manager released". Proxmox. 11 December 2015. http://proxmox.com/en/news/press-releases/proxmox-ve-4-0-released.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Ken Hess (July 11, 2011). "Proxmox: The Ultimate Hypervisor". ZDNet. http://www.zdnet.com/article/proxmox-the-ultimate-hypervisor/.
- ↑ Vervloesem, Koen. "Proxmox VE 2.0 review – A virtualisation server for any situation", Linux User & Developer, 11 April 2012. Retrieved on 16 July 2015.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Drilling, Thomas (May 2013). "Virtualization Control Room". Linux Pro Magazine (Linux New Media USA). http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2013/150/Proxmox-VE. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
- ↑ "Proxmox Virtual Environment". Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.proxmox.app.pve_flutter_frontend.
- ↑ "Proxmox VE 1.5: combining KVM and OpenVZ". Linux Weekly News. https://lwn.net/Articles/375930/.
- ↑ Ken Hess (April 15, 2013). "Happy 5th birthday, Proxmox". ZDNet. http://www.zdnet.com/article/happy-5th-birthday-proxmox/.
- ↑ "Features". https://www.proxmox.com/en/proxmox-ve/features.
- ↑ Rajvanshi, Akash. "Proxmox 101". https://medium.com/devops-dudes/proxmox-101-8204eb154cd5.
- ↑ "How to migrate VM from one PVE cluster to another". https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/how-to-migrate-vm-from-one-pve-cluster-to-another.68762/#post-516726.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Lee, Brandon. "Proxmox 8: New Features and Home Lab Upgrade Instructions". https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2023/06/proxmox-8-new-features-and-home-lab-upgrade-instructions/.
- ↑ Borisov, Bobby. "Proxmox VE 8.1 Introduces Secure Boot Compatibility". https://linuxiac.com/proxmox-ve-8-1-introduces-secure-boot-compatibility/.
- ↑ "Backup of a running container with vzdump". https://wiki.openvz.org/Backup_of_a_running_container_with_vzdump.
- ↑ "Getting Started With Proxmox Backup Server". https://ostechnix.com/getting-started-with-proxmox-backup-server/.
- ↑ "How To Use Proxmox Backup Client To Backup Files In Linux". https://ostechnix.com/use-proxmox-backup-client-to-backup-files/.
- ↑ Wasim Ahmedi (2014-07-14). Mastering Proxmox. Packt Publishing Ltd. pp. 99–. ISBN 978-1-78398-083-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=6VEFBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT99.
- ↑ "PVE HA Manager Source repository". https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-ha-manager.git;a=summary.
- ↑ "Proxmox VE documentation: High Availability". https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/chapter-ha-manager.html#_how_it_works.
- ↑ "High Availability Virtualization using Proxmox VE and Ceph". Jacksonville Linux Users' Group. http://www.jaxlug.net/index.php/2014/07/16.
- ↑ "Proxmox Cluster File System (pmxcfs)". https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#chapter_pmxcfs.
- ↑ Ladyzhenskyi, Pavel. "Setting up a Proxmox VE cluster with Ceph shared storage". https://medium.com/@qwonkiwow/setting-up-a-proxmox-ve-cluster-with-ceph-shared-storage-e7a4f652f321.
- ↑ "The next server operating system you buy will be a virtual machine". 15 October 2013. http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-next-server-operating-system-you-buy-will-be-a-virtual-machine/.
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