Proxmox 5.0 is now available

Today, the Proxmox VE team have released a new version of Proxmox, incrementing the major version to 5.0!

The new version packs in a raft of new features, the headline being the new Replicated Storage feature which enables batch style synchronisation of local storage volumes across servers.

You can download the ISO from https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads/item/proxmox-ve-5-0-iso-installer

Highlights of the 5.0 release:

• Based on Debian Stretch 9.0
• Kernel 4.10.15
• QEMU 2.9
• LXC: update to 2.0.8
• New asynchronous Storage Replication feature (needs ZFS, technology preview)
• New/updated LXC templates (Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Arch Linux, Gentoo and Alpine)
• Updated/improved noVNC console]
• Ceph v12.1.0 Luminous (technology preview), packaged by Proxmox
• Live migration with local storage
• GUI improvements
  • USB und Host PCI address visibility
  • improved bulk and filtering options
• Improved installation ISO
• Importing Qemu/KVM_Virtual_Machines#_importing_virtual_machines_from_foreign_hypervisors
• Improved reference documentation with screenshots
• Countless bug fixes and package updates

Upgrade

Before updating, make sure all your VM’s have been stopped, both LXC and KVM. Ensure you have the required repository entries for apt. You’ll either need a valid license key or to add the less stable pve-no-subscription repository.

Update your apt for Debian, edit /etc/apt/sources.list and replace it with:

deb http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian stretch main contrib

# security updates
deb http://security.debian.org stretch/updates main contrib

And your Proxmox repository source /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list to the below. See Proxmox 3.1 package/ updates manager (this also works for version 5.x) for more information.

deb https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/pve stretch pve-enterprise

Run the below commands on each server in your cluster.

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

Restart all Proxmox servers to complete the installation.

Proxmox 4.2 is now available

A new version of Proxmox has been released building on the solid foundations laid down with the version 4 branch of Proxmox VE. The latest version 4.2 brings a new GUI, integration with Let’s Encrypt, updated packages and countless bug fixes.

You can download the ISO from https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads/category/iso-images-pve

Highlights of the 4.2 release:

• Based on Debian 8.4
• New GUI using Sencha Ext JS 6
• Let’s Encrypt support
• Numerous LXC updates
  • Ability to add network rate limits
  • Add mount points via the GUI
  • Improved backups

Upgrade

Before updating, make sure all your VM’s have been stopped, both LXC and KVM. Ensure you have the required repository entries for apt-get. You’ll either need a valid license key or to add the less stable pve-no-subscription repository. See Proxmox 3.1 package/ updates manager (this also works for version 4.x) for more information.

Run the below commands on each server in your cluster.

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

Restart all Proxmox servers to complete the installation.