How to Remove the Proxmox VE Subscription Warning

Proxmox Subscription Warning Image

Introduction

If you don’t have a paid Proxmox subscription, you’ll see a warning about the Enterprise repository. This is normal for home labs, but you can easily switch to the free no-subscription repository and get rid of the alert.

Steps to Fix the Warning

  1. Open the Proxmox APT sources file:
nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list
  1. Disable the enterprise repository:

Just add a # at the start of the line so it looks like this:

# deb https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm pve-enterprise
  1. Add the no-subscription repository:

Open your main sources list:

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Add this line if it’s not already there:

deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm pve-no-subscription
  1. (Optional) If you use Ceph, disable the enterprise Ceph repo:

Edit the Ceph sources file:

nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ceph.list

Comment out the enterprise line and add the no-subscription one:

# deb https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-quincy bookworm enterprise
deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-quincy bookworm no-subscription
  1. Update your package lists:
apt-get update

That’s it! The warning should be gone, and you’ll still get updates from the free repository.