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.
  97
  98
  99 Node level
 100 ^^^^^^^^^^
 101
 102 image::pve_gui_node.png[]
 103
 104 All belongs of a node can be managed at this level.
 105
 106 * *Search:* it is possible to search anything on the node,
 107  this can be a VM, Container, Storage or a pool.
 108
 109 * *Summery:* gives a brief overview over the resource usage.
 110
 111 * *Shell:* log you in the shell of the node.
 112
 113 * *System:* is for configuration like network, time and shows your syslog.
 114
 115 * *Updates:* will upgrade the system and inform you about new packets.
 116
 117 * *Firewall:* on this level is only for this node.
 118
 119 * *Disk:* gives you an brief overview about you physical hard drives and
 120    how do you use them.
 121
 122 * *Ceph:* is only used if you have installed a Ceph sever on you
 123    host. Then you can here manage your Ceph cluster and see the status
 124    of it.
 125
 126 * *Task History:* here all past task are shown.
 127
 128 * *Subscription:* here you can upload you subscription key and get a
 129    system overview in case of a support case.
 130
 131 ifdef::wiki[]
 132
 133 See Also
 134 ~~~~~~~~
 135
 136 * link:/wiki/Central_Web-based_Management
 137
 138 endif::wiki[]
 139 ////
 140 TODO:
 141
 142 VM, CT, Storage section
 143
 144 ////