Installation

Swap to free repositories

Switching to the free Proxmox repository requires editing several source repository files. Comment out the enterprise repository and add a non-subscription repo. The configuration should look like this:

For Proxmox 8.3+:

vi /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list

#deb https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm pve-enterprise
deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm pve-no-subscription

vi /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ceph.list

#deb https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-quincy bookworm enterprise
deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-quincy bookworm no-subscription
deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-reef bookworm no-subscription

Now you can update the packages from the free repositories

apt update && apt upgrade -y

Once this is done, Proxmox VE will continue to display a notification in the web interface that a valid subscription is missing:

To disable this notification, run the following command in the console (for Proxmox versions from 6.2.15 to 8.1.10 and higher):

No way I found seems to work as of 8.3.3

Reinstall the proxmox-widget-toolkit package to get this notification back:

$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall proxmox-widget-toolkit
Author admin
Posted on April 6, 2024
Categories Proxmox

References

https://poweradm.com/enable-pve-no-subscription-proxmox/

Add Storage to a blank disk

1. Select server on left panel
2. Under Disks tab select type you want to add:
   • LVM-This allows creatioon of LXCs and VMs
   • Directory is just regular storage
3. Click on Create Directory or Create Thinpool as appropriate
4. It will ask for the disk partition, e.g. /dev/sdb
5. Click OK