Software update: Proxmox VE 7.1

Proxmox VE is an open source virtualization platform based on kvm and lxc containers. It can be managed via a web interface, and a commandline and a rest API are also available. For more information, please refer to this page and various video tutorials can be found on this page being watched. The whole is published under the agpl. Version 7.1 has been released and the main improvements made to it are listed below:

Proxmox VE 7.1 released!

we’re excited to announce the release of Proxmox Virtual Environment 7.1. It’s based on Debian 11.1 “Bullseye” but using a newer Linux kernel 5.13, QEMU 6.1, LXC 4.0, Ceph 16.2.6, and OpenZFS 2.1. and countless enhancements and bug fixes.

Proxmox Virtual Environment brings several new functionalities and many improvements for management tasks in the web interface: support for Windows 11 including TPM, enhanced creation wizard for VM/container, ability to set backup retention policies per backup job in the GUI, and a new scheduler daemon supporting more flexible schedules.

Here is a selection of the highlights

• Debian 11.1 “Bullseye”, but using a newer Linux kernel 5.13
• LXC 4.0, Ceph 16.2.6, QEMU 6.1, and OpenZFS 2.1
• VM wizard with defaults for Windows 11 (q35, OVMF, TPM)
• New backup scheduler daemon for flexible scheduling options
• Backup retention
• Protection flag for backups
• Two-factor Authentication: WebAuthn, recovery keys, multiple factors for a single account
• New container templates: Fedora, Ubuntu, Alma Linux, Rocky Linux
• and many more enhancements, bug fixes, etc.

As always, we have included countless bug fixes and improvements on many places; see the release notes for all details.