Proxmox Backup Server: Installation and Initial Setup

Proxmox VE · 19.04.2026
Proxmox Backup Server: Installation and Initial Setup

PBS is a dedicated backup solution for VMs and LXC containers with incremental backups, block-level deduplication, and end-to-end encryption.

proxmox-backup-manager datastore create backup-store /mnt/backup

proxmox-backup-manager user create backup@pbs --password BackupPass123
proxmox-backup-manager acl update /datastore/backup-store   --auth-id backup@pbs --role DatastoreBackup
Store the encryption key separately from PBS. Without it, restoring encrypted backups is impossible.
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