Initial Setup

Configure your Cloud-PVE cluster after first login: users, network, storage, and notifications.

Initial Setup

Once you have received your credentials by email, follow these steps to configure your Cloud-PVE environment.

Create additional users

In Datacenter → Permissions → Users, add your team members. Assign them roles like PVEAdmin or PVEVMAdmin depending on their responsibilities.

# Via CLI (run on any cluster node)
pveum user add john@pve --comment "John Doe"
pveum acl modify / -user john@pve -role PVEAdmin

Configure network bridges

Go to Node → System → Network to configure:

  • vmbr0: main bridge connected to your physical NIC
  • Additional bridges for VM isolation or VLAN tagging

Changes take effect after clicking Apply Configuration.

Set up storage pools

Navigate to Datacenter → Storage to add:

  • local-lvm: for VM disks (default, NVMe-backed)
  • local: for ISO images, container templates, and backups

Configure email notifications

In Datacenter → Options → Email from address, set a sender address. Then in Datacenter → Notifications, configure an SMTP endpoint so you receive alerts for HA events, backup failures, and cluster issues.

Enable two-factor authentication

Go to Datacenter → Permissions → Two Factor and enable TOTP or WebAuthn for your admin account. This is strongly recommended for your root and admin users.

Next steps