How to Build Your Own Proxmox Virtual Environment
Replace Proxmox Virtual Environment with a custom build. Open-Source Server Virtualization Platform
Build Difficulty: 4/5
A few focused days to build a solid replacement
Estimated Timeline
Based on 54 features at Few Days difficulty, expect about 3-5 days with AI-assisted development.
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Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 54 features
Management(8 features)
Unix shell compatible command line interface with intelligent tab completion and UNIX man pages documentation for advanced management
Capability to perform actions on multiple resources across the datacenter simultaneously
Flutter-based Android app allowing access to Proxmox VE server and management of cluster, nodes, VMs, and containers on mobile devices
HTML5-based mobile version of web interface enabling management on the go including SPICE and HTML5 console access
Built-in system for sending notifications about cluster events and activities
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Backup(7 features)
Advanced backup settings with fleecing capability for efficient backup operations
Template system for adding notes to backup jobs
Fully integrated backup solution with complete snapshots of running containers and KVM guests including configuration files and all data
Live backup functionality for all storage types including NFS, iSCSI LUN, and Ceph RBD with optimized backup format for quick and effective storage
Ability to restore large backups without full extraction process
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Security(6 features)
Client-side encryption for backed up data to ensure data is inaccessible to attackers
iptables-based firewall running on each cluster node providing full isolation between VMs and higher bandwidth than centralized solutions
Built-in customizable firewall providing protection with support for firewall rules, macros, security groups, IP sets and aliases
Secure Boot support for enhanced virtual machine security
Virtual TPM support for VMs requiring trusted platform module capabilities
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Storage(5 features)
Full integration of Ceph distributed object store for software-defined storage with RBD block storage and CephFS file system capabilities
Management interface for Ceph Object Storage Daemons with detailed monitoring
Block level storage from Ceph for disk images and snapshots with self-healing and scalability to exabyte level
POSIX-compliant filesystem using Ceph storage cluster for data storage with scalability and redundancy characteristics
Support for multiple storage technologies including local devices, NFS, SAN, iSCSI, SMB/CIFS, Ceph, GlusterFS, ZFS, and LVM with unlimited configuration options
Clustering(4 features)
Ability to scale from single node to large set of clustered nodes with fully integrated cluster stack shipping with default installation
Move running virtual machines from one cluster node to another without downtime or user impact, manageable from web interface or CLI
Manage entire cluster from any node without requiring dedicated manager node, simplifying cluster-wide maintenance tasks
Database-driven file system unique to Proxmox that synchronizes configuration files across cluster using Corosync with real-time replication and 30 MB maximum storage size
High Availability(4 features)
Static load balancing for high availability cluster resource scheduling
Built-in simulator allowing testing of 3 node cluster behavior with 6 VMs to learn and understand Proxmox VE HA functionality
Multi-node Proxmox VE cluster configuration enabling creation of highly available virtual servers based on proven Linux HA technologies
Resource manager that monitors all VMs and containers in cluster and automatically acts if one fails, with zero configuration needed and watchdog-based fencing
Networking(4 features)
Full support for both IPv4 and IPv6 with transparent IPv6 support and unified firewall rules for both protocols
Flexible network configuration with bridged network model for seamless connectivity, supporting VLANs, bond interfaces, and basic network routing
Advanced networking management supporting multitenancy setups across clusters from simple NAT networks to complex overlay networks with VXLAN tunneling and BGP-based EVPN
Access control lists for virtual networks
Virtualization(4 features)
Industry-leading Linux virtualization technology for full virtualization supporting both Windows and Linux virtual machines with near-native performance
Operating-system-level virtualization environment for running multiple isolated Linux systems on a single Linux control host as lightweight containers
Support for live migration of VMs with NVIDIA GPU acceleration
Capability to map NVIDIA devices to virtual machines
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