NAME

proxmox-backup-proxy - Proxmox Backup Public API Server

SYNOPSIS

This daemon is normally started and managed as systemd service:

systemctl start proxmox-backup-proxy
systemctl stop proxmox-backup-proxy
systemctl status proxmox-backup-proxy

For debugging, you can start the daemon in foreground using:

proxmox-backup-proxy

Note:

DESCRIPTION

This daemon exposes the whole Proxmox Backup Server API on TCP port 8007 using HTTPS. It runs as user backup and has very limited permissions. Operations requiring more permissions are forwarded to the local proxmox-backup service.

COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER

Copyright (C) 2019-2025, Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>

Author

Proxmox Support Team

Copyright

2019-2025, Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH