Download & Install
General Setups
Port Forwarding
Access web interface on port 443.
1 | iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 443 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8006 |
Startup Scripts
There is no rc.local file in PVE, but you can use crontab.
Edit file /etc/crontab, add a line:
1 | @reboot root iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 443 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8006 |
Remove Subscription Notice
Edit /usr/share/javascript/proxmox-widget-toolkit/proxmoxlib.js (line 513 at PVE v7.2).
1 | // change if (res === null || res === undefined || !res || res .data.status.toLowerCase() !== 'active') { |
Disable Enterprise Repository
In /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list, comment out
1 | # deb https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/pve bullseye pve-enterprise |
Add a no-subscription repository Node - Updates - Repositories - Add.
Limit ZFS Memory Usage
ZFS uses 50% of the host memory for the Adaptive Replacement Cache by default. Allocating enough memory for the ARC is crucial for IO performance, so reduce it with caution.
As a general rule of thumb, allocate at least 2 GiB Base + 1 GiB/TiB-Storage. To permanently change the ARC limits, add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/zfs.conf
1 | # limits the usage to 8 GiB (8*1024*1024*1024) |
If your root file system is ZFS, you must update your initramfs every time this value changes:
1 | update-initramfs -u |
You must reboot to activate these changes.
Managing VMs
Uploading Disks
Upload the image file to local storage, and the target file should be at /var/lib/vz/template/iso/[IMAGE].img. Import the disk image using this command:
1 | qm importdisk [VMID] /var/lib/vz/template/iso/[IMAGE].img local-lvm |
Managing Backups
All backups are stored at /var/lib/vz/dump/ folder.
Custom storage folders are listed at Datacenter - Storage - Path/Target.