pve-webgui.adoc

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