Proxmox Updates - Newbie Questions

[spetrillo]

Hello all,

I am coming from the VMware world so apologies for what are probably newbie questions. Now that Broadcom has terminated the free ESXi hypervisor I have built a Proxmox server, so I can migrate my home lab vms over.

My first question deals with the Proxmox subscription service. In the VMware world the free hypervisor still got updates. It seems that if I do not buy a subscription I do not get any Proxmox updates whatsoever. Is this true? Second if I were to buy the community subscription it says its by CPU. Does that mean physical processor or number of cores(in my case my Proxmox server has 6 cores and 2 threads per core)? Is there an offline way to update Proxmox, that does not require a subscription?

I know I will have more questions but wanted to start there. I see the comprehensive documentation that Proxmox provides but I do not see any section for networking. My next questions will be networking related, but before I go there I would like to read some documentation on how to configure networking.

Thanks,
Steve

 

[bbgeek17]

My first question deals with the Proxmox subscription service. In the VMware world the free hypervisor still got updates. It seems that if I do not buy a subscription I do not get any Proxmox updates whatsoever. Is this true?

No, you are incorrect. There are two streams with Proxmox :
- no-subscription. You dont have to pay, you get all the updates for free and the product is free. The updates appear as soon as developers feel its ready.
- subscription. You get all the updates after they have been in the field (through no-subscription stream) for a bit and there have been no major regressions reported. You also get direct support and other benefits listed on subscription page.

Does that mean physical processor or number of cores(in my case my Proxmox server has 6 cores and 2 threads per core)?

physical CPU package

Is there an offline way to update Proxmox, that does not require a subscription?

https://pom.proxmox.com/

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[leesteken]

In the VMware world the free hypervisor still got updates. It seems that if I do not buy a subscription I do not get any Proxmox updates whatsoever. Is this true?

No, just configure the no-subscription repository as per the manual : https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#sysadmin_package_repositories

Second if I were to buy the community subscription it says its by CPU. Does that mean physical processor or number of cores(in my case my Proxmox server has 6 cores and 2 threads per core)?

I think the webpage explains that it is per CPU socket that contains a CPU: https://proxmox.com/en/proxmox-virtual-environment/pricing

Is there an offline way to update Proxmox, that does not require a subscription?

No Proxmox product requires a subscription or money to run, AFAIK. The license is AGPLv3 and you don't need a support subscription (but it is much appreciated when you do).

I know I will have more questions but wanted to start there. I see the comprehensive documentation that Proxmox provides but I do not see any section for networking.

Maybe start here: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#sysadmin_network_configuration

My next questions will be networking related, but before I go there I would like to read some documentation on how to configure networking.

Maybe ask network questions here: https://forum.proxmox.com/forums/proxmox-ve-networking-and-firewall.17/

Please take some time to read the manual, look at the Wiki and search the forums.