pve-webgui.adoc

   1 Proxmox WebGUI
   2 --------------
   3
   4 {pve} is simple. There is no need to install a separate
   5 management tool, everything can be done via your web browser (Latest
   6 Firefox and Google Chrome is preferred). To access
   7 VM/CT console, a built in HTML5 console is used. As alternative, SPICE
   8 can be used.
   9
  10 As we use Proxmox Cluster file system (pmxcfs),you can connect to any
  11 node to manage the whole cluster.
  12
  13 To use the Central Web-based Management, you need a modern browser,
  14 this includes:
  15
  16 * Firefox, a release from the current year, or the latest Enterprise
  17 * Support Release Chrome, a release from the current year
  18 * Microsoft currently supported versions of Edge Browser
  19 * Apple currently supported versions of Safari
  20
  21 If {pve} detect you're connecting from a mobile device, you will
  22 redirected to a light weight touch based UI.
  23
  24 The web interface can be reached via https://youripaddress:8006
  25 (default login is: root, the password is specified during the
  26 installation).
  27
  28
  29 Features:
  30 ^^^^^^^^^
  31
  32 * Seamless integration and management of Proxmox VE 4.x Cluster
  33 * AJAX technologies for dynamic updates of resources
  34 * Secure access to all Virtual Machines and Containers via SSL encryption (https)
  35 * Fast search-driven interface, capable of handling hundreds and probably thousands of VMs
  36 * Secure HTML5 console or SPICE
  37 * Role based permission management for all objects (VMs, storages, nodes, etc.)
  38 * Support for multiple authentication sources (e.g. local, MS ADS, LDAP, ...)
  39 * Two-Factor Authentication
  40 * Proxmox VE Firewall
  41 * Based on Ext JS 6.x JavaScript framework
  42
  43
  44 Web Gui overview:
  45 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  46
  47 image::pve_gui.png[]
  48
  49 The GUI has 3 sectors:
  50
  51 * On the left side is the navigation bar. The navigation bar is
  52   structured into 4 different types. It has 4 different views,
  53   which can be selected on the top.
  54 ** Datacenter: contains all the settings belonging to all machines.
  55 ** Nodes: represent the host where the VM/CT runs on. It is named like
  56    the hostname. Normally the name was set by the installation.
  57 ** Entity: can be a VM, container or a storage.
  58 ** Logical pools: it is possible to group entities to a group for easy management.
  59 * On the right side is the main management center, where all content
  60   of the selected entity form the navigation bar is shown.
  61 * On the bottom is the task log section, where all tasks are shown.
  62
  63
  64 Dataceter level
  65 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  66
  67 image::pve_gui_datacenter.png[]
  68
  69 On the datacenter level you can manage cluster wide settings and get
  70 information about this cluster.
  71
  72 * *Search:* it is possible to search anything in cluster
  73 ,this can be a node, VM, Container, Storage or a pool.
  74
  75 * *Summery:* gives a brief overview over the cluster health.
  76
  77 * *Options:* can show and set defaults, which apply cluster wide.
  78
  79 * *Storage:* is the place where a storage will add/managed/removed.
  80
  81 * *Backup:* has the capability to schedule Backups. This is
  82    cluster wide, so you do not care about where the VM/Container are on
  83    your cluster at schedule time.
  84
  85 * *Permissions:* will manage user and group permission, LDAP,
  86    MS-AD and Two-Factor authentication can be setup here.
  87
  88 * *HA:* will manage the {pve} High-Availability
  89
  90 * *Firewall:* on this level the Proxmox Firewall works cluster wide and
  91    makes templates which are cluster wide available.
  92
  93 * *Support:* here you get all information about your support subscription.
  94
  95 If you like to have more information about this see the corresponding chapter.
  96
  97
  98 Node level
  99 ^^^^^^^^^^
 100
 101 image::pve_gui_node.png[]
 102
 103 All belongs of a node can be managed at this level.
 104
 105 * *Search:* it is possible to search anything on the node,
 106  this can be a VM, Container, Storage or a pool.
 107
 108 * *Summery:* gives a brief overview over the resource usage.
 109
 110 * *Shell:* log you in the shell of the node.
 111
 112 * *System:* is for configuration like network, time and shows your syslog.
 113
 114 * *Updates:* will upgrade the system and inform you about new packets.
 115
 116 * *Firewall:* on this level is only for this node.
 117
 118 * *Disk:* gives you an brief overview about you physical hard drives and
 119    how do you use them.
 120
 121 * *Ceph:* is only used if you have installed a Ceph sever on you
 122    host. Then you can here manage your Ceph cluster and see the status
 123    of it.
 124
 125 * *Task History:* here all past task are shown.
 126
 127 * *Subscription:* here you can upload you subscription key and get a
 128    system overview in case of a support case.
 129
 130 ifdef::wiki[]
 131
 132 See Also
 133 ~~~~~~~~
 134
 135 * link:/wiki/Central_Web-based_Management
 136
 137 endif::wiki[]
 138 ////
 139 TODO:
 140
 141 VM, CT, Storage section
 142
 143 ////