Installing Proxmox VE 9 takes about 20 minutes. Download the official ISO from proxmox.com, write it to a USB drive, and boot from it.
Installation Steps
- Download Proxmox VE 9.0 ISO from proxmox.com
- Write to USB using
dd(Linux) or Rufus (Windows) - Boot from USB, select target disk and filesystem (ZFS recommended)
- Configure network: IP, gateway, DNS, hostname
- Reboot and open
https://IP:8006
Warning: Proxmox formats the entire disk during installation. All existing data will be erased.
Post-Installation
# Add no-subscription repository
echo "deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve trixie pve-no-subscription" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-no-subscription.list
apt update && apt dist-upgrade -y
Access the web interface at https://YOUR-IP:8006 using root credentials set during installation.