What's new in Proxmox Virtual Environment 8.2

This video on Proxmox Virtual Environment (released on April 24, 2024) shows the highlights of the new version of the open-source virtualization management platform from Proxmox.
0:00 Highlights in Proxmox VE 8.2:
0:19 Support for automated and unattended installation
1:01 Import wizard for VMware ESXi VMs
1:49 Modernized Firewall based on nftables
2:20 LXC device passthrough
2:36 Advanced Backup settings
2:54 Support for custom ACME-enabled CAs
3:14 UI improvements
3:59 Version updates: Debian 12.5 (Bullseye), Linux kernel 6.8, Ceph 18.2, QEMU 8.1, Open ZFS 2.2

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[kodemasterx]

Proxmox team knows a lot of companies will be ditching VMware in the near future, so why not add support to migrate those VMs flawlessly, you guys are amazing...

[pesfreak]

The import feature from ESXi is just amazing. The switch from ESXi to Proxmox will be much easiert. Thanks.

[healthy]

Thank you for the update, looks wonderful!
I hope we will see in the future an easier way to enable IOMMU and PCIe passthrough fully in GUI, without having to open CLI.
Cheers

[deaafrizal]

thanks promox and all people behind the scenes ❤

[JPEaglesandKatz]

Awesome!!! And these normal spoken updates are so MUCH better than that scripted semi AI voice from the past... The import ESXi is pretty cool. Would be incredibly awesome if there was an ability from the UI to import individual VMware VM's from their VMDK files.

[pschneider]

PVE is getting better and better with every release. I'm very much looking forwarding to see an OVA/OVF import assistant in PVE real soon...

[JamesMccorn]

Love the subtle (hey we made it easy to move from ESXi after they super boosted their fees) you included in the latest version. =D

[abbtt]

Awesome! Love the updates to Firewall, LXC passthrough, and ACME!

[caseyknolla]

Built-in LXC passthrough is huge. Thank you

[rarbiart]

improved backup for slow storage destinations is great!

[aexd]

It is good to add ability to connect storage SMB or aothers without creating folders for iso or backups. Just connect storage

[xandrios]

Thanks for the update! The unattended install is a great addition. Would also appreciate a focus on security; making sure Proxmox passes the various benchmarks (like CIS server 2 profile). An important issue is root access being enabled over SSH for clustering functionality. That's blocking for most enterprises.

[Theborg]

wow thanks for great job making proxmox a great wm. The only thing I can complain about is some polish on the UI, otherwise I think proxmox will overtake esxi

[chrisevans]

I wish we could get the ability to upload qcow images via the web UI! Also thr ability to upload ova and have it convert them..

[MHX_Neckbeard]

RIP William

But seriously, looks like a great release

[protacticus]

Thank you guys for all features provided, looking forward to upgrade to test new version.

[Lunolux]

looking up for the lxc passthrough
by the way thank a lot for this product it's awesome.

[cjchico]

Import from ESXi is a good step forward, but this only works if you have an entirely "new" physical host. There needs to be a wizard to mount an existing VMFS datastore LOCAL to the host and convert/import the VM's that way (you can already do this manually).

[EWCRC]

Great overview of all the new features!

[elalemanpaisa]

Id love to see optional FDE which is available with openZFS - this would especially useful for SMB