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'''Proxmox Virtual Environment''' ('''Proxmox VE''' or '''PVE''') is a [[virtualisation]] platform designed for the provisioning of [[hyper-converged infrastructure]].

Proxmox allows deployment and management of [[virtual machine]]s and [[OS-level virtualization|containers]].<ref>{{ cite book | author = Simon M.C. Cheng | title = Proxmox High Availability | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PtskBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT41 | date = 31 October 2014 | publisher = Packt Publishing Ltd | isbn = 978-1-78398-089-5 | pages = 41– }}</ref><ref>{{ cite journal | last = Plura | first = Michael | date = July 2013 | title = Aus dem Nähkästchen | url = http://www.heise.de/ix/inhalt/2013/07/74/ | journal = IX Magazin | volume = 2013 | issue = 7 | pages = 74–77 | publisher = Heise Zeitschriften Verlag | access-date = July 20, 2015 }}</ref> It is based on a modified [[Ubuntu]] LTS kernel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Proxmox_VE_Kernel|title=Proxmox VE Kernel - Proxmox VE|website=pve.proxmox.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-26}}</ref> 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<ref>{{cite web |url=http://proxmox.com/en/news/press-releases/proxmox-ve-4-0-released |title=Proxmox VE 4.0 with Linux Containers (LXC) and new HA Manager released|date=11 December 2015 |work=Proxmox |access-date=12 December 2015}}</ref>), and full virtualization with [[Kernel-based Virtual Machine|KVM]].<ref name="zd2011">{{cite web |url= httphttps://www.zdnet.com/article/proxmox-the-ultimate-hypervisor/ |title=Proxmox: The Ultimate Hypervisor |date= July 11, 2011 |work= ZDNet |author=Ken Hess |access-date= September 29, 2021 }}</ref>

It includes a web-based management interface.<ref>Vervloesem, Koen. [http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/reviews/proxmox-ve-2-0-review-a-virtualisation-server-for-any-situation "Proxmox VE 2.0 review – A virtualisation server for any situation"], ''[[Linux User & Developer]]'', 11 April 2012. Retrieved on 16 July 2015.</ref><ref name="drilling">{{cite journal |last=Drilling |first=Thomas |date=May 2013 |title=Virtualization Control Room |url=http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2013/150/Proxmox-VE |journal=Linux Pro Magazine |publisher=Linux New Media USA |access-date=July 17, 2015}}</ref> There is also a mobile application available for controlling PVE environments.<ref>{{cite web |title=Proxmox Virtual Environment |url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.proxmox.app.pve_flutter_frontend |website=Google Play |publisher=Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH |access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref>

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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.<ref name="lwn">{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/375930/|title=Proxmox VE 1.5: combining KVM and OpenVZ|publisher=Linux Weekly News|access-date=2015-04-10}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.zdnet.com/article/happy-5th-birthday-proxmox/|title=Happy 5th birthday, Proxmox |work=ZDNet |author=Ken Hess |date= April 15, 2013 |access-date= October 4, 2021 }}</ref>

==Features==

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===Virtual appliances===

Proxmox VE has pre-packaged server [[software appliances]] which can be downloaded via the GUI.<ref>{{cite web |url=httphttps://www.zdnet.com/article/the-next-server-operating-system-you-buy-will-be-a-virtual-machine/ |title=The next server operating system you buy will be a virtual machine|date=15 October 2013 |website=ZDNET |access-date=20 July 2015}}</ref>

==See also==