Pre-Deployed VM/CT Images

Pre-built Proxmox images are available for quick deployment. Download from pegaprox.com.

Quick Start with Pre-Deployed Image

Download

Download the VM or CT image from the website

Upload

Upload the image to your Proxmox storage

Create

Create the CT from the template / import the VM disk via the Proxmox Web UI or CLI (see below) - these are images, not vzdump backups.

Start

Start the VM/CT

Access

Access PegaProx at https://<ip>:5000

These are images, not vzdump backups

The CT download (pegaprox-latest-lxc-amd64.tar.xz) is a container template, and the VM download (pegaprox-vm-amd64.qcow2) is a disk image. So you create from them - pct restore / qmrestore are only for vzdump backups and will fail with "archive contains no configuration file".

Option A: Web UI

Container (CT) - create from the template

Log in to the Proxmox Web UI.
Pick a storage that holds CT templates (e.g. local) → CT Templates → Upload, and upload pegaprox-latest-lxc-amd64.tar.xz.
Click Create CT, and on the Template step select the uploaded pegaprox-latest-lxc-amd64 image.
Set hostname, root password, disk size, CPU/RAM and the network (DHCP or a static IP).
Finish, then Start the container.

Virtual Machine (VM) - a raw qcow2 disk has no upload-and-restore button, so import it from the CLI (Option B).

Option B: CLI

# Container (CT) - create from the template. After uploading it sits in local:vztmpl
# (i.e. /var/lib/vz/template/cache/). Do NOT use `pct restore` - that's vzdump-only.
pct create <CTID> local:vztmpl/pegaprox-latest-lxc-amd64.tar.xz \
  --rootfs local-lvm:8 --hostname pegaprox --memory 2048 --cores 2 \
  --net0 name=eth0,bridge=vmbr0,ip=dhcp

# QEMU VM - create a shell, import the qcow2 disk, then attach it and set it bootable.
qm create <VMID> --name pegaprox --memory 2048 --cores 2 \
  --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0 --scsihw virtio-scsi-single
qm importdisk <VMID> pegaprox-vm-amd64.qcow2 local-lvm
qm set <VMID> --scsi0 local-lvm:vm-<VMID>-disk-0 --boot order=scsi0

Default Credentials

🐧 Container (CT) Image

Account	Username	Password
Root Login	`root`	`PegaProx2026!`
Service User	Disabled by default

🖥 Virtual Machine (VM) Image

Account	Username	Password
Admin User (recommended)	`pegaprox_admin`	`PegaProx2026!`
Root Login	`root`	`7eF9$&JHVspAmjWKcGmD!6QypzBsbmyA`
Service User	Disabled by default

🌐 PegaProx Web UI

Setting	Value
URL	`https://[YOUR-IP]:5000`

On first access the Web UI shows a setup wizard (there is no default pegaprox/admin login as of v0.9.12+). Create your admin username, password and email, then log in with those.

Change ALL default SSH passwords immediately after deployment.

Network Configuration

After deploying the image, configure a static IP:

# Edit network interfaces
nano /etc/network/interfaces
# Or use interactive TUI
nmtui

Access Web UI

Open https://<ip>:5000 in your browser.

Setup Wizard