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Installation
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`Proxmox Backup`_ is split into a server and client part. The server part
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can either be installed with a graphical installer or on top of
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Debian_ from the provided package repository.
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.. include:: package-repositories.rst
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Server installation
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The backup server stores the actual backed up data and provides a web based GUI
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for various management tasks such as disk management.
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.. note:: You always need a backup server. It is not possible to use
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`Proxmox Backup`_ without the server part.
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The disk image (ISO file) provided by Proxmox includes a complete Debian system
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("buster" for version 1.x) as well as all necessary packages for the `Proxmox Backup`_ server.
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The installer will guide you through the setup process and allows
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you to partition the local disk(s), apply basic system configurations
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(e.g. timezone, language, network), and installs all required packages.
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The provided ISO will get you started in just a few minutes, and is the
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recommended method for new and existing users.
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Alternatively, `Proxmox Backup`_ server can be installed on top of an
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existing Debian system.
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Install `Proxmox Backup`_ with the Installer
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Download the ISO from |DOWNLOADS|.
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It includes the following:
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* The `Proxmox Backup`_ server installer, which partitions the local
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disk(s) with ext4, ext3, xfs or ZFS, and installs the operating
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system.
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* Complete operating system (Debian Linux, 64-bit)
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* Our Linux kernel with ZFS support.
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* Complete tool-set to administer backups and all necessary resources
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* Web based GUI management interface
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.. note:: During the installation process, the complete server
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is used by default and all existing data is removed.
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Install `Proxmox Backup`_ server on Debian
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Proxmox ships as a set of Debian packages which can be installed on top of a
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standard Debian installation. After configuring the
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:ref:`sysadmin_package_repositories`, you need to run:
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.. code-block:: console
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# apt-get update
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# apt-get install proxmox-backup-server
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The commands above keep the current (Debian) kernel and install a minimal
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set of required packages.
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If you want to install the same set of packages as the installer
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does, please use the following:
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.. code-block:: console
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# apt-get update
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# apt-get install proxmox-backup
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This will install all required packages, the Proxmox kernel with ZFS_
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support, and a set of common and useful packages.
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Installing `Proxmox Backup`_ on top of an existing Debian_ installation looks easy, but
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it presumes that the base system and local storage has been set up correctly.
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In general this is not trivial, especially when LVM_ or ZFS_ is used.
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The network configuration is completely up to you as well.
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Install Proxmox Backup server on `Proxmox VE`_
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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After configuring the
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:ref:`sysadmin_package_repositories`, you need to run:
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.. code-block:: console
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# apt-get update
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# apt-get install proxmox-backup-server
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.. caution:: Installing the backup server directly on the hypervisor
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is not recommended. It is safer to use a separate physical
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server to store backups. Should the hypervisor server fail, you can
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still access the backups.
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Client installation
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Install `Proxmox Backup`_ client on Debian
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Proxmox ships as a set of Debian packages to be installed on
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top of a standard Debian installation. After configuring the
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:ref:`sysadmin_package_repositories`, you need to run:
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.. code-block:: console
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# apt-get update
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# apt-get install proxmox-backup-client
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Installing from source
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.. todo:: Add section "Installing from source"
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Installing statically linked binary
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.. todo:: Add section "Installing statically linked binary"
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