Hi everyone!
I’m currently enhancing the documentation on the site to address common questions, and among these, installing Gladys with Proxmox comes up often!
Claude wrote some documentation for me, and I’d love to hear your thoughts
The page (demo site): Install Gladys Assistant on Proxmox VE | Gladys Assistant
The PR:
master ← claude/affectionate-bell-cedz0x
ouvert 01:01PM - 26 Oct 26 UTC
## Why
In Bing Webmaster Tools, "gladysassistant proxmox" and queries on Proxmo… x's port (`192.168.1.2:8006`) bring about 20 impressions. On the forum, people ask for a Proxmox tutorial ([Proxmox installation](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/proxmox-installation/10018)), and nothing in the docs answered it.
## What
A new page, `installation/proxmox`, in EN, FR, DE and ES:
- **It recommends a Debian VM** rather than an LXC. The official Docker command works unchanged, the VM is on the home network so `gladysassistant.local` resolves, and IPv6 for Matter works out of the box. On the forum, the LXC setups ran into USB and Matter/IPv6 trouble.
- **Steps:**
1. Download the ISO from Proxmox.
2. Create the VM: start at boot, Qemu agent, 2 cores of type `host`, 4 GB of RAM, 32 GB of disk, VirtIO on `vmbr0`.
3. Install Debian (SSH server only) and the Qemu guest agent, with a pointer to the Debian `curl`/`sudo` tip in the Docker guide.
4. Pass the Zigbee dongle and a Bluetooth adapter through by USB vendor/device ID, from the UI or with `qm set`. A tip suggests a network coordinator instead.
5. Install Gladys with the Docker guide.
6. Back up the VM with Proxmox backups and snapshots, on top of Gladys Plus.
- **FAQ, also in the FAQPage schema:**
- VM or LXC?
- How much RAM and disk?
- Matter and IPv6
- Moving the VM to another node when a USB device is passed through
- The community Proxmox integration, to monitor the server from Gladys
- The Proxmox UI is used in English, and the FR/DE/ES pages say so.
- Links to the page: the sidebar (after Unraid), the footer ("Installing on Proxmox", translated in fr/de/es `footer.json`), and the "Which systems" FAQ answer of the Docker guide.
There are no screenshots: I could not run a Proxmox server from this environment.
## Checks
- `yarn build` passes for all four locales.
- On the built pages:
- the `<title>` is right and there is one FAQPage block in each locale;
- the links to the Zigbee2MQTT `#use-a-network-coordinator` and `#utiliser-un-coordinateur-réseau` anchors resolve;
- the footer link shows up.
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What do you think?
@mutmut
Hi,
I have a Proxmox setup, so it’s perfect for me
mutmut
October 26, 2026, 7:23pm
3
The documentation is very good, I haven’t tested the full procedure but from what I’ve read it seems logical.
Being in LXC, it’s true that a VM is simpler to manage.
A small note on the RAM where 4GB can quickly become a bit limiting, personal experience. After that, you can easily increase it, you just need to restart the VM (unlike LXC where it’s modifiable on the fly).
And when the Gladys ISO is available, it will be even easier to install in a VM
Will_71
October 26, 2026, 10:36pm
4
I’m in the same situation as @mutmut , with Gladys installed in LXC and not in a VM.
I read the documentation and it seems fine to me.