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Proxmox Virtual Environment

AT A GLANCE OVERVIEW
• Complete, open-source platform for Proxmox Virtual Environment is a complete, open-source solution for
enterprise virtualization enterprise virtualization, that integrates the KVM hypervisor and Linux
containers (LXC), software-defined storage and networking functionality,
• Control via web-based
on a single platform. From the central user interface, you can manage
management interface
VMs and containers, storage resources, network configuration, and high
• 100% software-defined architecture availability for clusters. The interface also provides access to multiple out-
• Two virtualization technologies of-the-box tools for tasks such as backup/restore, live-migration, storage
supported: KVM hypervisor & Linux replication, and firewall configuration.
Container (LXC) Proxmox VE is designed to scale to cluster-level and enables you to
• Easy management with web-based virtualize even the most demanding of Linux and Windows application
user interface & CLI workloads. By combining two virtualization technologies on a single
platform, Proxmox VE provides maximum flexibility to your data center. It
• High-Availability (HA) Cluster includes strong high-availability (HA) support and—thanks to the unique
Manager multi-master design—you don’t need any additional management server,
• Live/Online Migration thus saving resources and allowing HA without a single point of failure
(SPOF).
• Integration of Proxmox Backup
Server ENTERPRISE-READY
• Built-in services: firewall,
Enterprises use the powerful Proxmox VE platform to easily install,
backup/restore, storage replication,
manage, and monitor their hyper-converged (HCI) data centers. Multiple
etc.
authentication sources, combined with role-based user and permission
• Open-source license (GNU Affero management enable flexible control of HA clusters. The REST API enables
GPL, v3) easy integration of third-party management tools, such as custom hosting
• Enterprise support available environments.

The future-proof and open-source development model of Proxmox VE

guarantees full access to the product’s source code as well as maximum
flexibility and security.

Datasheet for Proxmox Virtual Environment 1/5

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KEY FEATURES
INDUSTRY-LEADING SELF-FENCING
ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION • The Proxmox VE HA Manager uses self fencing,
• Linux and Windows servers, 32- and 64-bit provided by hardware watchdog or kernel softdog
operating systems. timers.
• Support for the latest Intel and AMD server chip • No simultaneous data access or corruption.
sets – for great VM performance. • Works „out-of-the-box“.
• Near bare-metal performance for real-world • Includes Proxmox VE HA Simulator for testing.
enterprise workloads.
UNIFIED VIRTUAL GUESTS OPERATION
• Management layer containing all the capabilities to
manage and monitor an open-source, software- • Create and maintain VMs and containers on a single
defined data center. platform.
• Set hard and soft limits for CPU and Memory.
FREE & OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE • Pin virtual guests to a set of CPU cores.
• Licensed under the GNU AGPL, v3. • Migrate to any cluster node.
• Debian-based, using the Proxmox kernel with
VIRTUAL MACHINES WITH QEMU/KVM
OpenZFS support.
• Designed for community cooperation. • Independent from OS: Run unmodified Windows,
• Public code repository (Git). Linux, BSD, or others.
• Open development on transparent mailing list. • QEMU/KVM for low overhead.
• Bug tracker for issue tracking. • Snapshot a full VM; optionally with memory (live).
• Community support forum. • Hot-plug network devices, USB devices, disks, CPUs,
• Documentation, project page, video tutorials, how- and memory to a running VM.
to guides, ... • PCI(e) pass-through using the GUI.
• Import VMs from other hypervisors (via OVF).
ENTERPRISE SUPPORT AGREEMENT • Setup UEFI with secure boot and a Trusted Platform
• Avoid hidden costs with clear subscription model. Module (TPM) to run modern guest OS.
• Flexible support options that grow with your needs. • View guest display from anywhere with noVNC
• Access to the stable and extensively tested HTML5 web console or SPICE client (virt-viewer).
Enterprise Repositories for Proxmox VE and Ceph.
CONTAINERS WITH LXC
• Updates and version upgrades via GUI.
• Proxmox Offline Mirror tool to keep air-gapped • Proxmox Container Toolkit (pct) provides easy and
systems up-to-date. flexible management of Linux Container (LXC).
• Premium technical support from the highly-skilled • Ready-to use images of most common Linux
Proxmox support team. distributions and TurnKey Linux templates available.
• Fine-grained memory and CPU resource control.
HIGHLY AVAILABLE (HA) CLUSTER • Shares the host kernel: Almost zero overhead.
• No single point of failure (no SPOF). • Security features like AppArmor, seccomp, Cgroups,
• Multi-master cluster. and kernel namespaces.
• Manage the HA settings for KVM and LXC via GUI. • Snapshot and rollback the full container state at any
• Cluster Resource Scheduling (CRS). time.
• pmxcfs—unique Proxmox VE Cluster File System: • Quick maintenance with web console (xterm.js).
database-driven file system for storing configuration
VM HARDWARE PASSTHROUGH
files, replicated in real-time across all nodes using
Corosync. • Assign PCI(e) or USB devices to VMs via the GUI.
• Based on proven Linux HA technologies, providing • Hot-plug USB devices and ports into running VMs.
stable and reliable HA service. • Use virtual functions to share a single device with
• Resource agents for KVM and containers (LXC). multiple guests.
• Watchdog-based fencing. • Pass through whole disks using the CLI.

Datasheet for Proxmox Virtual Environment 2/5

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KEY FEATURES
• Resource mappings for VMs, with hardware
passthrough/cluster-wide mapping of PCI/USB VIRTUALIZED NETWORKING
devices. • Flexible network configuration options.
• Each host with up to 4094 Linux bridges.
LIVE/ONLINE MIGRATION • Simple configuration via the GUI.
• Move QEMU VMs from one physical host to another • IPv4 and IPv6 support.
with zero downtime. • Support for Linux bridges and VLANs.
• Local storage live-migration. • Integrates Open vSwitch (opt-in).

FLEXIBLE STORAGE OPTIONS BACKUP AND RESTORE

• Local storage such as ZFS, Btrfs, LVM, and LVMthin. • Full backups of VMs and containers.
• Shared storage such as CIFS, iSCSI or NFS. • Live snapshot backups.
• Distributed storage such as Ceph RBD and CephFS. • Define flexible backup job schedules with the
• Encryption support for Ceph OSD and ZFS. calendar event format.
• Unlimited number of storage definitions (cluster- • Configure multiple backup storages.
wide). • GUI and CLI integration.
• Backup and restore via GUI.
STORAGE REPLICATION STACK (ZFS) • Set up backup retention policies via GUI.
• Built-in, open-source storage replication framework. • Run scheduled backup jobs manually in the GUI.
• Redundancy for guests using local storage. • Monitor backup jobs via the GUI’s tab “Tasks”.
• Data availability without using shared storage. • Automatically add notes to backups using a
• Asynchronous replication. template.
• Minimize data loss in the case of a failure.
• Improve reliability, fault-tolerance, and accessibility INTEGRATION OF
of your data. PROXMOX BACKUP SERVER
• Enables fast, live migration (sync only delta since last • Full support for the open-source, enterprise backup
replication). solution from Proxmox.
• Flexible scheduling options with the calendar events • Incremental, fully deduplicated backups of VMs,
format. containers, and physical hosts.
• QEMU dirty-bitmaps for extremely fast VM backup.
SOFTWARE-DEFINED STORAGE (SDS)
• Strong encryption on the client-side, with easy
WITH CEPH encryption key management.
• Integrated Ceph, a distributed object store and file • Single-file and directory restore.
system. • With live-restore, guests start as soon as the restore
• Management via GUI or CLI. does.
• Easy-to-use installation wizard.
• Run Ceph RBD and CephFS directly on the Proxmox TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION
VE cluster nodes. • Providing high security.
• Proxmox delivers its own Ceph packages. • Support for multiple 2nd factors for a single account.
• Ceph support is included in the support agreement. • Ability to use a hardware token (Webauthn, TOTP,
• Add external Ceph clusters as storage via GUI. Yubikey-OTP).
• Generate single-use recovery codes.
DISK MANAGEMENT • TFA/TOTP lockout to protect against brute-force
• View all disks and their partitions. attacks.
• Check S.M.A.R.T health status of disks.
• Wipe all data from a partition or disk via the GUI.
• Create ZFS (RAID-Z, dRAID, RAID 0/1/10), LVM(-thin)
and file based (ext4, XFS) storages.

Datasheet for Proxmox Virtual Environment 3/5

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KEY FEATURES
MULTIPLE AUTHENTICATION SOURCES WEB-BASED MANAGEMENT INTERFACE
• Proxmox VE supports multiple authentication • Integrated - no need to install a separate
realms. management tool nor any additional management
• Linux PAM standard authentication (e.g., 'root' and node.
other local users). • Fast and easy creation of VMs and containers.
• Built-in Proxmox VE authentication server. • Seamless integration and easy management of an
• Microsoft Active Directory (MS ADS). entire cluster.
• LDAP • Fast, search-driven interface able to handle
• Single Sign-On (SSO) with OpenID Connect. thousands of VMs and containers.
• Regular and automated user synchronization for • Based on the Ext JS JavaScript framework.
LDAP/AD realms • Secure HTML5 console, supporting SSL.
• Let's Encrypt TLS certificates via the ACME-based
FLEXIBLE ACCESS CONTROL DNS or HTTP challenge mechanism.
• User and permission management for all objects • Subscription management via GUI.
(VMs, storage systems, nodes, hardware resources, • Simple management of APT package repositories,
networking zones, etc.) . and upgrades via GUI.
• Proxmox VE comes with a number of predefined • Integrated documentation.
roles (groups of privileges) which cover common • Available in multiple languages.
use cases. The contained privileges can be seen in
the GUI. COMMAND LINE (CLI)
• Permissions to control access to objects (access • Manage all components of your virtual environment.
control lists). Each permission specifies a subject • CLI with intelligent tab completion.
(user or group) and a role (set of privileges) on a • Full UNIX man page documentation.
specific path.
• Create API Tokens and lock them further down for REST API
secure, and easily revocable access. • Easy integration for third-party management tools.
• Restricted by default: new users or API tokens do • REST API (JSON as primary data format).
not have any permissions. • Alternative human-readable API format with
interactive browser, as built-in documentation.
VM TEMPLATES AND CLONES • Full support for API tokens.
• Deploying VMs from templates is blazing fast, very • Automatic JSON Schema powered parameter
convenient, and if you use linked clones, highly verification.
storage efficient. • Easy means of creating command line tools (use the
• Linked and full clones. same API).
• Resource Oriented Architecture (ROA).
PROXMOX VE FIREWALL • Declarative API definition using JSON Schema.
• Supporting IPv4 and IPv6.
• Linux-based netfilter technology. Stateful firewall for ANDROID APP
easy, dynamic filtering. • Connect to Proxmox VE instances.
• Distributed: configurations in Proxmox VE cluster • Manage clusters, nodes, VMs, and containers.
file system, with iptables rules applied on each • Access SPICE and HTML5 consoles.
node. • Based on the Flutter framework.
• Cluster-wide IP sets, aliases, and security groups.
• 3 levels of configuration (data center, host, VM/CT).
• Support for custom 'raw' tables; enable SYN flood
attack protection.

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