2 Graphical User Interface
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8 {pve} is simple. There is no need to install a separate management
9 tool, everything can be done via your web browser (Latest Firefox and
10 Google Chrome is preferred). To access VM/CT console, a built in HTML5
11 console is used. As alternative, SPICE can be used.
13 As we use Proxmox Cluster file system (pmxcfs),you can connect to any
14 node to manage the whole cluster.
16 To use the Central Web-based Management, you need a modern browser,
19 * Firefox, a release from the current year, or the latest Enterprise
20 * Support Release Chrome, a release from the current year
21 * Microsoft currently supported versions of Edge Browser
22 * Apple currently supported versions of Safari
24 If {pve} detect you're connecting from a mobile device, you will
25 redirected to a light weight touch based UI.
27 The web interface can be reached via https://youripaddress:8006
28 (default login is: root, the password is specified during the
35 * Seamless integration and management of Proxmox VE 4.x Cluster
36 * AJAX technologies for dynamic updates of resources
37 * Secure access to all Virtual Machines and Containers via SSL encryption (https)
38 * Fast search-driven interface, capable of handling hundreds and probably thousands of VMs
39 * Secure HTML5 console or SPICE
40 * Role based permission management for all objects (VMs, storages, nodes, etc.)
41 * Support for multiple authentication sources (e.g. local, MS ADS, LDAP, ...)
42 * Two-Factor Authentication
44 * Based on Ext JS 6.x JavaScript framework
50 [thumbnail="gui-datacenter-summary.png"]
52 The GUI has 3 sections:
54 * On the left side is the navigation bar. On the top, you can select one of 4
55 views. Those views change the structure of the tree below. The default
56 selection is *Server View* and it has the following 4 types of elements.
57 ** Datacenter: contains all the settings belonging to all machines.
58 ** Nodes: represent the host where the VM/CT runs on. It is named like
59 the hostname. Normally the name was set by the installation.
60 ** Entity: can be a VM, container, a template or a storage.
61 ** Logical pools: it is possible to group entities to a group for easy management.
62 * On the right side is the main management center, where all content
63 of the selected entity form the navigation bar is shown.
64 * On the bottom is the task log section, where all tasks are shown.
70 [thumbnail="gui-datacenter-search.png"]
72 On the datacenter level you can access cluster wide settings and information.
74 * *Search:* it is possible to search anything in cluster
75 ,this can be a node, VM, Container, Storage or a pool.
77 * *Summary:* gives a brief overview over the cluster health.
79 * *Options:* can show and set defaults, which apply cluster wide.
81 * *Storage:* is the place where a storage will add/managed/removed.
83 * *Backup:* has the capability to schedule Backups. This is
84 cluster wide, so you do not care about where the VM/Container are on
85 your cluster at schedule time.
87 * *Permissions:* will manage user and group permission, LDAP,
88 MS-AD and Two-Factor authentication can be setup here.
90 * *HA:* will manage the {pve} High-Availability
92 * *Firewall:* on this level the Proxmox Firewall works cluster wide and
93 makes templates which are cluster wide available.
95 * *Support:* here you get all information about your support subscription.
97 If you like to have more information about this see the corresponding chapter.
103 [thumbnail="gui-node-summary.png"]
105 All belongs of a node can be managed at this level.
107 * *Search:* it is possible to search anything on the node,
108 this can be a VM, Container, Storage or a pool.
110 * *Summary:* gives a brief overview over the resource usage.
112 * *Shell:* log you in the shell of the node.
114 * *System:* is for configuring the network, dns and time, and also shows your syslog.
116 * *Updates:* will upgrade the system and informs you about new packets.
118 * *Firewall:* on this level is only for this node.
120 * *Disk:* gives you an brief overview about you physical hard drives and
123 * *Ceph:* is only used if you have installed a Ceph sever on you
124 host. Then you can manage your Ceph cluster and see the status
127 * *Task History:* here all past task are shown.
129 * *Subscription:* here you can upload you subscription key and get a
130 system overview in case of a support case.
135 [thumbnail="gui-qemu-summary.png"]
137 There are two differed kinds of VM types and both types can be converted to a template.
138 One of them are Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) and the other one are Linux Containers (LXC).
139 General the navigation are the same only some option are different.
141 In the main management center the VM navigation begin if a VM is selected in the left tree.
143 The top header contains important VM operation commands like 'Start', 'Shutdown', 'Rest',
144 'Remove', 'Migrate', 'Console' and 'Help'.
145 Two of them have hidden buttons like 'Shutdown' has 'Stop' and
146 'Console' contains the different consolen typs 'SPICE' or 'noVNC'.
148 On the right side the content switch white the focus of the option.
151 All available options are listed one below the other.
153 * *Summary:* gives a brief overview over the VM activity.
155 * *Console:* an interactive console to your VM.
157 * *(KVM)Hardware:* shows and set the Hardware of the KVM VM.
159 * *(LXC)Resources:* defines the LXC Hardware opportunities.
161 * *(LXC)Network:* the LXC Network settings.
163 * *(LXC)DNS:* the LXC DNS settings.
165 * *Options:* all VM options can be set here, this distinguishes between KVM and LXC.
167 * *Task History:* here all previous task from this VM will be shown.
169 * *(KVM) Monitor:* is the interactive communication interface to the KVM process.
171 * *Backup:* shows the available backups from this VM and also create a backupset.
173 * *Snapshots:* manage VM snapshots.
175 * *Firewall:* manage the firewall on VM level.
177 * *Permissions:* manage the user permission for this VM.
184 * link:/wiki/Central_Web-based_Management
191 VM, CT, Storage, Pool section