Debian Package Repositories

All Debian based systems use APT as a package management tool. The lists of repositories are defined in /etc/apt/sources.list and the .list files found in the /etc/apt/sources.d/ directory. Updates can be installed directly with the apt command line tool, or via the GUI.

APT sources.list files list one package repository per line, with the most preferred source listed first. Empty lines are ignored and a # character anywhere on a line marks the remainder of that line as a comment. The information available from the configured sources is acquired by apt update.

File: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib

# security updates
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib

In addition, you need a package repository from Proxmox to get Proxmox Backup updates.

SecureApt

The Release files in the repositories are signed with GnuPG. APT is using these signatures to verify that all packages are from a trusted source.

If you install Proxmox Backup Server from an official ISO image, the verification key is already installed.

If you install Proxmox Backup Server on top of Debian, download and install the key with the following commands:

# wget https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/proxmox-release-bullseye.gpg -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/proxmox-release-bullseye.gpg

Verify the SHA512 checksum afterwards with the expected output below:

# sha512sum /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/proxmox-release-bullseye.gpg
7fb03ec8a1675723d2853b84aa4fdb49a46a3bb72b9951361488bfd19b29aab0a789a4f8c7406e71a69aabbc727c936d3549731c4659ffa1a08f44db8fdcebfa  /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/proxmox-release-bullseye.gpg

and the md5sum, with the expected output below:

# md5sum /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/proxmox-release-bullseye.gpg
bcc35c7173e0845c0d6ad6470b70f50e /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/proxmox-release-bullseye.gpg

Proxmox Backup Enterprise Repository

This is the stable, recommended repository. It is available for all Proxmox Backup subscription users. It contains the most stable packages, and is suitable for production use. The pbs-enterprise repository is enabled by default:

File: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pbs-enterprise.list
deb https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/pbs bullseye pbs-enterprise

To never miss important security fixes, the superuser (root@pam user) is notified via email about new packages as soon as they are available. The change-log and details of each package can be viewed in the GUI (if available).

Please note that you need a valid subscription key to access this repository. More information regarding subscription levels and pricing can be found at https://www.proxmox.com/en/proxmox-backup-server/pricing

Note

You can disable this repository by commenting out the above line using a # (at the start of the line). This prevents error messages if you do not have a subscription key. Please configure the pbs-no-subscription repository in that case.

Proxmox Backup No-Subscription Repository

As the name suggests, you do not need a subscription key to access this repository. It can be used for testing and non-production use. It is not recommended to use it on production servers, because these packages are not always heavily tested and validated.

We recommend to configure this repository in /etc/apt/sources.list.

File: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib

# PBS pbs-no-subscription repository provided by proxmox.com,
# NOT recommended for production use
deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pbs bullseye pbs-no-subscription

# security updates
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib

Proxmox Backup Test Repository

This repository contains the latest packages and is heavily used by developers to test new features.

You can access this repository by adding the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list:

sources.list entry for pbstest
deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pbs bullseye pbstest

Proxmox Backup Client-only Repository

If you want to use the the Proxmox Backup Client on systems using a Linux distribution not based on Proxmox projects, you can use the client-only repository.

Currently there's only a client-repository for APT based systems.

APT-based Proxmox Backup Client Repository

For modern Linux distributions using apt as package manager, like all Debian and Ubuntu Derivative do, you may be able to use the APT-based repository.

In order to configure this repository you need to first setup the Proxmox release key. After that, add the repository URL to the APT sources lists.

Repositories for Debian 11 (Bullseye) based releases

This repository is tested with:

  • Debian Bullseye

Edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pbs-client.list and add the following snipped

File: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pbs-client bullseye main

Repositories for Debian 10 (Buster) based releases

This repository is tested with:

  • Debian Buster

  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

It may work with older, and should work with more recent released versions.

Edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pbs-client.list and add the following snipped

File: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pbs-client buster main

Repository Access Behind HTTP Proxy

Some setups have restricted access to the internet, sometimes only through a central proxy. You can setup a HTTP proxy through the Proxmox Backup Server's web-interface in the Configuration -> Authentication tab.

Once configured this proxy will be used for apt network requests and for checking a Proxmox Backup Server support subscription.

Standard HTTP proxy configurations are accepted, [http://]<host>[:port] where the <host> part may include an authorization, for example: http://user:pass@proxy.example.org:12345