Getting Started & Setup

Connecting your environment to PBS

Accessing the Server
Connect Proxmox Virtual Environment to Proxmox Backup Service
Install Proxmox Backup Client (Debian-Based Linux Users)

Accessing the Server

You should have received an email with your login credentials, your client encryption key and the server link from support@untangledtechnology.com. Please make sure to save the encryption key on your server.

To access your PBS server, please make an account through the TAC dashboard here

Once logged in, you can access your server through the home dashboard

Connect Proxmox Virtual Environment to Proxmox Backup Service

Before you start

Onboarding email with your PBS server address, datastore name and credentials
Admin access to your Proxmox VE web interface
(Optional) Installer link received on order confirmation page

Steps

In Proxmox VE, go to Datacenter > Storage > Add > Proxmox Backup Server

Enter the PBS address, username, password, fingerprint and encryption key from your onboarding email. If you are on the shared plan your datastore is the same as your username. For the dedicated plan, the datastore is zpool1.

Once connected, you can create a backup job under Datacenter > Backup > Add. You can choose which VMs/containers to backup and the schedule. If you'd like to receive notifications, enter your email to get notified for job fails/successes.

To retain backups, go to the Retention section and you can set what number of backups are most recently kept and which are let go after a week up to a year.

Install Proxmox Backup Client (Debian-Based Linux Users)

Before You Start

Root access on the Linux server
Onboarding email with PBS hostname, username, password, fingerprint and encryption key.

Steps

To configure the repository, you will need to setup the Proxmox release key first. On your server, get the key from the following site below and replace the [debian version] with your server version (bookworm, bullseye):

https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/proxmox-release-[debian version].gpg

Move the key into /usr/share/keyrings/

In /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ create a file named proxmox.sources to add the repository.

   Types: deb
   URIs: http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pbs
   Suites: [debian version]
   Components: pbs-no-subscription
   Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/proxmox-release-[debian version].gpg

Install the client

apt update
apt-get install proxmox-backup-client

Once the install is completed, run the command proxmox-backup-client and you should see the user manual printed.