Published release Proxmox Virtual Environment 8.2, a specialized Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux, aimed at deploying and maintaining virtual servers using LXC and KVM, and can act as a replacement for products such as VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V and Citrix Hypervisor. Installation size iso image 1.3 GB.
Proxmox VE provides the means to deploy a turnkey, web-based, industrial-grade virtual server system designed to manage hundreds or even thousands of virtual machines. The distribution has built-in tools for organizing backups of virtual environments and clustering support available out of the box, including the ability to migrate virtual environments from one node to another without stopping work. Among the features of the web interface: support for a secure VNC console; control access to all available objects (VM, storage, nodes, etc.) based on roles; support for various authentication mechanisms (MS ADS, LDAP, Linux PAM, Proxmox VE authentication).
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- Synchronization with the Debian 12.5 package database has been completed. The Linux kernel has been updated to release 6.8. New releases of QEMU 8.1.5, LXC 6.0.0 and OpenZFS 2.2.3 are involved. Support for creating repositories based on Ceph 18.2.2 “Reef” and Ceph 17.2.7 “Quincy” releases is available
- A new import wizard has been proposed that allows you to transfer guest systems directly from other hypervisors, accessing them through their API. Migrated guests can start in Proxmox VE without waiting for data migration to complete, which happens in the background. The first to provide support for migration from the VMware ESXi hypervisor.
- Added support for automated installation of Proxmox VE without administrator participation. An ISO image for automatic deployment is generated using the new proxmox-auto-install-assistant utility. Installation parameters can be specified through a special configuration file, which can be either built into an ISO image, placed on a separate USB drive, or downloaded over the network.
- Added Backup fleecing mode to minimize the performance degradation of the guest system when backing it up to external storage. Before transferring to external storage, blocks can be stored on a separate local partition, which can significantly reduce I/O performance degradation in the guest system when the network connection is slow or when there is high I/O activity in the guest system.
- Added experimental support for a new implementation of the firewall, transferred from iptables to the nftables packet filter, which eliminated many of the problems of the old implementation and increased reliability. The new implementation is written in Rust and is almost equivalent in functionality to the old firewall.
- A tool for forwarding devices to containers using a graphical configurator has been added to the web interface. Switching to option editing mode when double-clicking the mouse is disabled, which prevents accidental launch of the editor when performing text selection and copying operations. On the edit screen, the reset button has been moved to a new location to reduce the risk of accidental pressing.
- Added advanced backup settings such as performance options and bandwidth limits.
- Added support for your own certification authorities using the ACME protocol.
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