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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 AGPL, management enable flexible control of HA clusters. The REST API enables
v3) easy integration of third-party management tools, such as custom hosting
• Enterprise support agreements 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.

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• Watchdog-based fencing.
INDUSTRY-LEADING
ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION COMMAND LINE (CLI)
• Linux and Windows servers, 32 and 64 bit • Manage all components of your virtual environment.
operation systems. • CLI with intelligent tab completion.
• Support for the latest Intel and AMD server chip • Full UNIX man page documentation.
sets – for great VM performance.
FENCING
• Near bare-metal performance for real-world
enterprise workloads. • The Proxmox VE HA Manager uses self fencing
• Management layer containing all the capabilities to provided by hardware Watchdog or kernel Softdog.
manage and monitor an open-source software- • No simultaneous data access or corruption.
defined data center. • Works „out-of-the-box“.
• Included Proxmox VE HA Simulator for testing.
OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE
WEB-BASED MANAGEMENT INTERFACE
• Published under the free and open-source GNU
Affero General Public License, version 3 (AGPL,v3: • Integrated - no need to install a separate
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html). management tool or any additional management
• Designed for community cooperation. node.
• Public code repository (Git). • Fast, search-driven interface, able to handle
• Bug tracker for issue tracking. thousands of VMs.
• Community support forum. • Based on the Ext JS JavaScript framework.
• Documentation, wiki, video tutorials, HOW-TOs ,... • Secure HTML5 console, supporting SSL.
• Let's Encrypt TLS certificates via the DNS-based
ENTERPRISE SUPPORT AGREEMENT challenge mechanism (or http).
• Subscriptions to ensure business continuity. • Fast and easy creation of VMs and containers.
• Exclusive access to the stable Enterprise Repository. • Seamless integration and easy management of an
• Updates and version upgrades via GUI. entire cluster.
• Professional support from the Proxmox developers. • Subscription management via GUI.
• Integrated documentation
HIGHLY AVAILABLE (HA) CLUSTER
FLEXIBLE STORAGE OPTIONS
• No single point of failure (no SPOF).
• Multi-master cluster. • Local storage such as ZFS (encryption possible),
• Manage the HA settings for KVM and LXC via GUI. LVM, and LVMthin.
• pmxcfs—unique Proxmox VE Cluster File System: • Shared storage such as CIFS, , iSCSI or NFS.
database-driven file system for storing configuration • Distributed storage such as Ceph RBD and CephFS.
files replicated in real-time across all nodes using • Encryption support for Ceph OSD and ZFS.
Corosync. • Unlimited number of storage definitions (cluster-
• Based on proven Linux HA technologies, providing wide).
stable and reliable HA service.
• Resource agents for KVM and containers (LXC).

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REST API VIRTUALIZED NETWORKING

• Easy integration for third-party management tools. • Bridged networking model.
• REST like API (JSON as primary data format). • Each host with up to 4094 bridges.
• Easy and human readable data format (native web • TCP/IP configuration.
browser format). • IPv4 and IPv6 support.
• Full support for API tokens • Support for VLANs.
• Automatic parameter verification (verification of • Integrates Open vSwitch.
return values).
• Automatic generation of the API documentation. BACKUP AND RESTORE
• Easy means of creating command line tools (use the • Full backups of VMs and containers.
same API). • Live snapshot backups.
• Resource Oriented Architecture (ROA). • Define multiple schedules and backup storages.
• Declarative API definition using JSON Schema. • GUI and CLI integration.
• Backup and restore via GUI.
LIVE/ONLINE MIGRATION • Run scheduled backup jobs manually in the GUI.
• Moving QEMU virtual servers from one physical host • Monitor backup jobs via the GUI’s “Tasks” tab.
to another with zero downtime. • Back up VMs with IOThreads enabled.

STORAGE REPLICATION STACK (ZFS) INTEGRATION OF PROXMOX BACKUP

• Built-in open-source storage replication framework. SERVER
• Redundancy for guests using local storage. • Full support of the open-source, enterprise backup
• Data availability without using shared storage. solution from Proxmox.
• Asynchronous replication. • Incremental, fully deduplicated backups of VMs,
• Minimize data loss in the case of a failure. containers, and physical hosts.
• Improve reliability, fault-tolerance, and accessibility • QEMU dirty-bitmaps for VM backup.
of your data. • Strong encryption on the client-side with easy
• Supports live migration. encryption key management.
Single-file and directory restore.
SOFTWARE-DEFINED STORAGE (SDS) •
• With live-restore, guests start as soon as the restore
WITH CEPH does.
• Integrated Ceph, a distributed object store and file
system. TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION
• Management via GUI or CLI. • Providing high security.
• Run Ceph RBD and CephFS directly on the Proxmox • 2 types: Time-based One Time Passwords (TOTP)
VE cluster nodes. and YubiKey.
• Easy-to-use installation wizard. • Able to use a hardware-based TOTP key.
• Proxmox delivers its own Ceph packages.
• Ceph support is included in the support agreement.

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MULTIPLE AUTHENTICATION SOURCES PROXMOX VE FIREWALL

• Proxmox VE supports multiple authentication • Supporting IPv4 and IPv6.
sources. • Linux-based netfilter technology. Stateful firewall
• Linux PAM standard authentication (e.g., 'root' and provides high bandwidth.
other local users). • Distributed: main configuration in Proxmox VE
• Built-in Proxmox VE authentication server. cluster file system, with iptable rules stored in
• Microsoft Active Directory (MS ADS). nodes.
• LDAP • Cluster-wide settings.
• 3 levels of configuration (data center, host, VM/CT).
ROLE-BASED ADMINISTRATION • Support for 'raw' tables; enable SYN flood attack
• User and permission management for all objects protection.
(VMs, storage systems, nodes, etc.)
• Proxmox VE comes with a number of predefined
roles (groups of privileges) which cover common
use cases. The contained privileges can be seen in
the GUI.
• Permissions to control access to objects (access
control lists). Each permission specifies a subject
(user or group) and a role (set of privileges) on a
specific path.

VM TEMPLATES AND CLONES

• Deploying VMs from templates is blazing fast, very
convenient, and if you use linked clones, highly
storage efficient.
• Linked and full clones.

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