'''Proxmox Virtual Environment''' ('''Proxmox VE''' or '''PVE''') is a [[virtualization]] platform designed for the provisioning of [[hyper-converged infrastructure]].
Proxmox allowsiallows 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= https://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-virtualization-server-for-any-situation "Proxmox VE 2.0 review – A virtualization 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>
