pve-gui.adoc

   1 [[chapter_gui]]
   2 Graphical User Interface
   3 ========================
   4 ifndef::manvolnum[]
   5 :pve-toplevel:
   6 endif::manvolnum[]
   7
   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.
  12
  13 As we use Proxmox Cluster file system (pmxcfs),you can connect to any
  14 node to manage the whole cluster.
  15
  16 To use the Central Web-based Management, you need a modern browser,
  17 this includes:
  18
  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
  23
  24 If {pve} detect you're connecting from a mobile device, you will
  25 redirected to a light weight touch based UI.
  26
  27 The web interface can be reached via https://youripaddress:8006
  28 (default login is: root, the password is specified during the
  29 installation).
  30
  31
  32 Features
  33 --------
  34
  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
  43 * Proxmox VE Firewall
  44 * Based on Ext JS 6.x JavaScript framework
  45
  46
  47 GUI Overview
  48 ------------
  49
  50 [thumbnail="gui-datacenter-summary.png"]
  51
  52 The GUI has 3 sectors:
  53
  54 * On the left side is the navigation bar. The navigation bar is
  55   structured into 4 different types. It has 4 different views,
  56   which can be selected on the top.
  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 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.
  65
  66
  67 Dataceter Level
  68 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  69
  70 [thumbnail="gui-datacenter-search.png"]
  71
  72 On the datacenter level you can manage cluster wide settings and get
  73 information about this cluster.
  74
  75 * *Search:* it is possible to search anything in cluster
  76 ,this can be a node, VM, Container, Storage or a pool.
  77
  78 * *Summery:* gives a brief overview over the cluster health.
  79
  80 * *Options:* can show and set defaults, which apply cluster wide.
  81
  82 * *Storage:* is the place where a storage will add/managed/removed.
  83
  84 * *Backup:* has the capability to schedule Backups. This is
  85    cluster wide, so you do not care about where the VM/Container are on
  86    your cluster at schedule time.
  87
  88 * *Permissions:* will manage user and group permission, LDAP,
  89    MS-AD and Two-Factor authentication can be setup here.
  90
  91 * *HA:* will manage the {pve} High-Availability
  92
  93 * *Firewall:* on this level the Proxmox Firewall works cluster wide and
  94    makes templates which are cluster wide available.
  95
  96 * *Support:* here you get all information about your support subscription.
  97
  98 If you like to have more information about this see the corresponding chapter.
  99
 100
 101 Node Level
 102 ~~~~~~~~~~
 103
 104 [thumbnail="gui-node-summary.png"]
 105
 106 All belongs of a node can be managed at this level.
 107
 108 * *Search:* it is possible to search anything on the node,
 109  this can be a VM, Container, Storage or a pool.
 110
 111 * *Summery:* gives a brief overview over the resource usage.
 112
 113 * *Shell:* log you in the shell of the node.
 114
 115 * *System:* is for configuration like network, time and shows your syslog.
 116
 117 * *Updates:* will upgrade the system and inform you about new packets.
 118
 119 * *Firewall:* on this level is only for this node.
 120
 121 * *Disk:* gives you an brief overview about you physical hard drives and
 122    how do you use them.
 123
 124 * *Ceph:* is only used if you have installed a Ceph sever on you
 125    host. Then you can here manage your Ceph cluster and see the status
 126    of it.
 127
 128 * *Task History:* here all past task are shown.
 129
 130 * *Subscription:* here you can upload you subscription key and get a
 131    system overview in case of a support case.
 132
 133 ifdef::wiki[]
 134
 135 See Also
 136 --------
 137
 138 * link:/wiki/Central_Web-based_Management
 139
 140 endif::wiki[]
 141
 142 ////
 143 TODO:
 144
 145 VM, CT, Storage, Pool section
 146
 147 ////