Proxmox Backup Server offers an integrated, web-based interface to manage the
server. This means that you can carry out all administration tasks through your
web browser, and that you don't have to worry about installing extra management
-tools. The web interface also provides a built in console, so if you prefer the
+tools. The web interface also provides a built-in console, so if you prefer the
command line or need some extra control, you have this option.
The web interface can be accessed via https://youripaddress:8007. The default
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- :width: 250
:align: right
:alt: PBS login window
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.. image:: images/screenshots/pbs-gui-dashboard.png
- :width: 250
:align: right
:alt: PBS GUI Dashboard
The Configuration section contains some system configuration options, such as
time and network configuration. It also contains the following subsections:
-* **User Management**: Add users and manage accounts
-* **Permissions**: Manage permissions for various users
+* **Access Control**: Add and manage users, API tokens, and the permissions
+ associated with these items
* **Remotes**: Add, edit and remove remotes (see :term:`Remote`)
-* **Sync Jobs**: Manage and run sync jobs to remotes
-* **Subscription**: Upload a subscription key and view subscription status
+* **Subscription**: Upload a subscription key, view subscription status and
+ access a text-based system report.
Administration
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. image:: images/screenshots/pbs-gui-administration-serverstatus.png
- :width: 250
:align: right
:alt: Administration: Server Status overview
* **Tasks**: Task history with multiple filter options
.. image:: images/screenshots/pbs-gui-disks.png
- :width: 250
:align: right
:alt: Administration: Disks
.. include:: package-repositories.rst
-Server installation
+Server Installation
-------------------
The backup server stores the actual backed up data and provides a web based GUI
is used by default and all existing data is removed.
-Install `Proxmox Backup`_ server on Debian
+Install `Proxmox Backup`_ Server on Debian
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Proxmox ships as a set of Debian packages which can be installed on top of a
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``
+.. 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`_
+Install Proxmox Backup Server on `Proxmox VE`_
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After configuring the
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``
+.. 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
+Client Installation
-------------------
-Install `Proxmox Backup`_ client on Debian
+Install `Proxmox Backup`_ Client on Debian
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Proxmox ships as a set of Debian packages to be installed on