Proxmox Backup Server - Setup

February 27, 2026

Homelab, Backup

Proxmox, Pbs, Backup, Zfs, Smb

Proxmox Backup Server (PBS)#

1 Installation & Post-Install#

1.1 Post-Install Optimization#

Run this script to configure repositories and optimize settings:

bash -c "$(wget -qLO - [https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/raw/main/misc/post-pbs-install.sh](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/raw/main/misc/post-pbs-install.sh))"

1.2 Install File Browser#

bash -c "$(wget -qLO - [https://github.com/tteck/Proxmox/raw/main/misc/filebrowser.sh](https://github.com/tteck/Proxmox/raw/main/misc/filebrowser.sh))"

2 Setup VM with SMB Datastore#

2.1 Create Mount Directory#

mkdir /mnt/HP1ProxmoxBackupServer

2.2 Configure Credentials#

nano /etc/samba/.smbcreds

File Content:

username=proxmox
password=private

2.3 Set Permissions#

Change permission to Read-Only by root:

chmod 400 /etc/samba/.smbcreds

2.4 Manual Mount Test#

mount -t cifs -o rw,vers=3.0,credentials=/etc/samba/.smbcreds,uid=34,gid=34 //10.1.1.225/HP1ProxmoxBackupServer /mnt/HP1ProxmoxBackupServer

2.5 Permanent Mount (fstab)#

nano /etc/fstab

Add line: