Post-Installation Setup
Root password
Upon accessing the web interface at http://your-pve-fqdn:8006,
it is highly recommended to ensure that the root user has a strong password.
Given the interface it accessed from a browser, the use of a password manager is
a convenient solution.
Apt repositories
By default, Proxmox VE comes with enterprise-ready package repository configurations.
A casual user may want to change them for the community edition.
Here are the relevant files to be added to /etc/apt/sources.list.d
(in place of the already present ones):
Debian sources
Types: deb deb-src
URIs: http://deb.debian.org/debian/
Suites: trixie trixie-updates
Components: main non-free-firmware
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg
Types: deb deb-src
URIs: http://security.debian.org/debian-security/
Suites: trixie-security
Components: main non-free-firmware
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpgProxmox sources
Types: deb
URIs: http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve
Suites: trixie
Components: pve-no-subscription
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/proxmox-archive-keyring.gpgCeph sources
Types: deb
URIs: http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-squid
Suites: trixie
Components: no-subscription
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/proxmox-archive-keyring.gpgOnce the old .sources files have been replaced by the above, running
apt update should not display any error message (Ign [...]).
Updating the system
If you need to, you can update your system:
apt update && apt upgradeUpdating the firmware
In case you have not already done so, it is a good idea to install fwupd,
and perform a firmware update.
To do so, begin by installing the required package and dependencies with apt:
apt install udisks2 fwupdThen, use the following commands to fetch hardware, get updates, and apply them:
fwupdmgr get-devices
fwupdmgr refresh
fwupdmgr get-updates
fwupdmgr get-upgrades