How to Enable Beta Features - Complete Guide

Question: How do I enable and test beta features in Proxmox?

Answer: Enable PVE beta repository


How to Enable Beta Repository

Step 1: Add Testing Repo

# Add PVE beta repository
echo "deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm pve-test" > \
  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-beta.list
 
apt update

How to Install Beta Packages

Step 1: Install Specific Beta

# Install specific beta version
apt install proxmox-ve=8.0-1~beta1
 
# Or upgrade to beta
apt full-upgrade -y --allow-remove-essential

How to Revert to Stable

Step 1: Downgrade

# Remove beta repo
rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-beta.list
 
# Downgrade
apt update
apt install proxmox-ve/stable

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