proxmox-backup/docs/installation.rst

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Installation
============
`Proxmox Backup`_ is split into a server and client part. The server part
can either be installed with a graphical installer or on top of
Debian_ from the provided package repository.
.. include:: package-repositories.rst
Server installation
-------------------
The backup server stores the actual backed up data and provides a web based GUI
for various management tasks such as disk management.
.. note:: You always need a backup server. It is not possible to use
`Proxmox Backup`_ without the server part.
The disk image (ISO file) provided by Proxmox includes a complete Debian system
("buster" for version 1.x) as well as all necessary packages for the `Proxmox Backup`_ server.
The installer will guide you through the setup process and allow
you to partition the local disk(s), apply basic system configurations
(e.g. timezone, language, network), and install all required packages.
The provided ISO will get you started in just a few minutes, and is the
recommended method for new and existing users.
Alternatively, `Proxmox Backup`_ server can be installed on top of an
existing Debian system.
Install `Proxmox Backup`_ with the Installer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Download the ISO from |DOWNLOADS|.
It includes the following:
* The `Proxmox Backup`_ server installer, which partitions the local
disk(s) with ext4, ext3, xfs or ZFS, and installs the operating
system
* Complete operating system (Debian Linux, 64-bit)
* Our Linux kernel with ZFS support
* Complete tool-set to administer backups and all necessary resources
* Web based GUI management interface
.. note:: During the installation process, the complete server
is used by default and all existing data is removed.
Install `Proxmox Backup`_ server on Debian
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Proxmox ships as a set of Debian packages which can be installed on top of a
standard Debian installation. After configuring the
:ref:`sysadmin_package_repositories`, you need to run:
.. code-block:: console
# apt-get update
# apt-get install proxmox-backup-server
The commands above keep the current (Debian) kernel and install a minimal
set of required packages.
If you want to install the same set of packages as the installer
does, please use the following:
.. code-block:: console
# apt-get update
# apt-get install proxmox-backup
This will install all required packages, the Proxmox kernel with ZFS_
support, and a set of common and useful packages.
.. caution:: Installing `Proxmox Backup`_ on top of an existing Debian_
installation looks easy, but it assumes that the base system and local
storage have been set up correctly. In general this is not trivial, especially
when LVM_ or ZFS_ is used. The network configuration is completely up to you
as well.
.. note:: You can access the webinterface of the Proxmox Backup Server with
your web browser, using HTTPS on port 8007. For example at
``https://<ip-or-dns-name>:8007``
Install Proxmox Backup server on `Proxmox VE`_
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After configuring the
:ref:`sysadmin_package_repositories`, you need to run:
.. code-block:: console
# apt-get update
# apt-get install proxmox-backup-server
.. caution:: Installing the backup server directly on the hypervisor
is not recommended. It is safer to use a separate physical
server to store backups. Should the hypervisor server fail, you can
still access the backups.
.. note::
You can access the webinterface of the Proxmox Backup Server with your web
browser, using HTTPS on port 8007. For example at ``https://<ip-or-dns-name>:8007``
Client installation
-------------------
Install `Proxmox Backup`_ client on Debian
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Proxmox ships as a set of Debian packages to be installed on
top of a standard Debian installation. After configuring the
:ref:`sysadmin_package_repositories`, you need to run:
.. code-block:: console
# apt-get update
# apt-get install proxmox-backup-client
Installing from source
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. todo:: Add section "Installing from source"
Installing statically linked binary
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. todo:: Add section "Installing statically linked binary"