3. Proxmox Repository Update Notifications

Just as with applications the proxmox virtualization software itself also needs to be updated every now and then. Hence, we would like to have a similar updating system as we have for containers using Dockhand. In that way we will receive a notification if any updates of the hypervisor are available. 

Now, according to a blog post I found on the internet it seems to be pretty simple. You basically open up your shell and paste in the following command

pvesh set /cluster/options --notify package-updates=always
Then you can check if it is properly set up with 
root@pve1:~# pvesh get /cluster/options --noborder | grep notify
notify {"package-updates":"always"}
root@pve1:~#

If these are the results then notifications will be send to your email or NTFY if you have a set that up. An example email looks something like this 

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Then simply go to your Proxmox instance, go to your PVE > Shell and use the following command to update your packages

pveupgrade

 


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Created 2026-07-05 21:56:59 UTC by dpasn
Updated 2026-07-05 21:57:01 UTC by dpasn