Proxmox VE (PVE) is a feature rich open-source solution for enterprise virtualization. Features like software-defined storage with zfs integration , powerful high-availability clustering and lightweight lxc containers in combination with kvm virtual machines make Proxmox VE a great VMWare alternative.

The Proxmox API is a powerful interface for automation and monitoring tasks and provides metrics about your hosts, the cluster health and VMs. This talk shows how to integrate Proxmox VE into your monitoring system with the help of the Icinga Director and the Proxmox VE API and demonstrates how to use the existing metadata as a basis for checks and their thresholds.