Downloading templates

Templates are available directly through the Proxmox VE management interface, which offers both OS templates and virtual appliance templates.

In this section, we'll login to the web-based management interface, navigate to storage in the server view, and then browse the list of available templates.

Note

To follow along, your Proxmox VE host must be capable of accessing the Internet.

Logging in to Proxmox VE's web interface

To get started, login to Proxmox VE from a workstation on the same LAN; point a browser to port 8006 of the IP address of your Proxmox VE instance using SSL/TLS. The machine configured in this chapter has an address of 192.168.1.80; to access this machine, for example, one can simply navigate to https://192.168.1.80:8006 in a (JavaScript enabled) browser.

Because PVE has a self-signed certificate, the browser will warn that the connection can't be trusted. Firefox, for example, will present a window like this:

The Insecure Connection...