Users can already categorize their virtual guests using custom tags.

Proxmox VE 8.3
Released 21. November 2024: See Downloads

• Based on Debian Bookworm (12.8)
• Latest 6.8.12-4 Kernel as new stable default
• Newer 6.11 Kernel as opt-in
• QEMU 9.0.2
• LXC: 6.0.0
• ZFS: 2.2.6 (with compatibility patches for Kernel 6.11)
• Ceph Reef 18.2.4
• Ceph Quincy 17.2.7
• New Ceph Squid 19.2.0 available as technology preview

Highlights

• New "Tag View" for a quick and customizable overview of virtual guests.
• Users can already categorize their virtual guests using custom tags.
• The new "Tag View" view type for the resource tree shows virtual guests grouped according to their tags.
• This allows for a quick overview of the categories of virtual guests in the cluster.
• Tighter integration of the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) stack with the firewall.
• Proxmox VE SDN now generates IP sets for VNets and virtual guests managed by the PVE IP address management plugin.
• These IP sets can be referenced in firewall rules, making the rules simpler and easier to maintain.
• In addition, the opt-in firewall based on nftables now allows to filter forwarded traffic, both on the host and VNet level.
• For example, this can be used for restricting SNAT traffic or traffic flowing from one Simple Zone to another.
• More streamlined guest import from files in Open Virtualization Format (OVF) and Open Virtualization Appliances (OVA).
• OVF and OVA files can be directly imported from file-based storages in the GUI.
• This makes it easier to import virtual appliances and simplifies migration from hypervisors supporting OVF/OVA export.
• Users can upload OVA files from their local machine or download them from a URL.
• The improved OVF/OVA importer now also recognizes the guest OS type, NICs, boot order, and boot type.
• Webhook target for the notification system.
• The new webhook notification target allows notification events to trigger HTTP requests.
• Request headers and body can be customized and can contain notification metadata.
• This allows users to push notifications to any target that supports webhooks.
• New change detection modes for speeding up container backups to Proxmox Backup Server.
• Metadata and data of backup snapshots are now stored in two separate archives.
• Optionally, files that have not changed since the previous backup snapshot can be identified using the previous backup snapshot's metadata archive.
• Processing of unchanged files is avoided when possible, which can lead to significant reduction in backup runtime.
• Ceph Squid 19.2.0 is available as a technology preview.
• Seamless upgrade from Proxmox VE 7.4, see Upgrade from 7 to 8