Installation
============
+`Proxmox Backup`_ is split into a server and client part. The server part
+can either be installed with a graphical installer or on top of
+Debian_ from the provided package repository.
+
+.. include:: system-requirements.rst
+
.. include:: package-repositories.rst
+Server installation
+-------------------
+
+The backup server stores the actual backed up data and provides a web based GUI
+for various management tasks such as disk management.
+
+.. note:: You always need a backup server. It is not possible to use
+ `Proxmox Backup`_ without the server part.
+
+The disk image (ISO file) provided by Proxmox includes a complete Debian system
+("buster" for version 1.x) as well as all necessary packages for the `Proxmox Backup`_ server.
+
+The installer will guide you through the setup process and allow
+you to partition the local disk(s), apply basic system configurations
+(e.g. timezone, language, network), and install all required packages.
+The provided ISO will get you started in just a few minutes, and is the
+recommended method for new and existing users.
+
+Alternatively, `Proxmox Backup`_ server can be installed on top of an
+existing Debian system.
+
+Install `Proxmox Backup`_ with the Installer
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Download the ISO from |DOWNLOADS|.
+It includes the following:
+
+* The `Proxmox Backup`_ server installer, which partitions the local
+ disk(s) with ext4, ext3, xfs or ZFS, and installs the operating
+ system
+
+* Complete operating system (Debian Linux, 64-bit)
+
+* Our Linux kernel with ZFS support
+
+* Complete tool-set to administer backups and all necessary resources
+
+* Web based GUI management interface
+
+.. note:: During the installation process, the complete server
+ is used by default and all existing data is removed.
+
+
+Install `Proxmox Backup`_ server on Debian
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Proxmox ships as a set of Debian packages which can be installed on top of a
+standard Debian installation. After configuring the
+:ref:`sysadmin_package_repositories`, you need to run:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ # apt-get update
+ # apt-get install proxmox-backup-server
+
+The commands above keep the current (Debian) kernel and install a minimal
+set of required packages.
+
+If you want to install the same set of packages as the installer
+does, please use the following:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ # apt-get update
+ # apt-get install proxmox-backup
+
+This will install all required packages, the Proxmox kernel with ZFS_
+support, and a set of common and useful packages.
+
+.. caution:: Installing `Proxmox Backup`_ on top of an existing Debian_
+ installation looks easy, but it assumes that the base system and local
+ storage have been set up correctly. In general this is not trivial, especially
+ when LVM_ or ZFS_ is used. The network configuration is completely up to you
+ as well.
+
+.. note:: You can access the web interface of the Proxmox Backup Server with
+ your web browser, using HTTPS on port 8007. For example at
+ ``https://<ip-or-dns-name>:8007``
+
+Install Proxmox Backup server on `Proxmox VE`_
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+After configuring the
+:ref:`sysadmin_package_repositories`, you need to run:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ # apt-get update
+ # apt-get install proxmox-backup-server
+
+.. caution:: Installing the backup server directly on the hypervisor
+ is not recommended. It is safer to use a separate physical
+ server to store backups. Should the hypervisor server fail, you can
+ still access the backups.
+
+.. note::
+ You can access the web interface of the Proxmox Backup Server with your web
+ browser, using HTTPS on port 8007. For example at ``https://<ip-or-dns-name>:8007``
+
+Client installation
+-------------------
+
+Install `Proxmox Backup`_ client on Debian
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Proxmox ships as a set of Debian packages to be installed on
+top of a standard Debian installation. After configuring the
+:ref:`sysadmin_package_repositories`, you need to run:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ # apt-get update
+ # apt-get install proxmox-backup-client
+
+
+Installing from source
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. todo:: Add section "Installing from source"
-This aasd safd
---------------
+Installing statically linked binary
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.. todo:: Add section "Installing statically linked binary"
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