Boot directly into promox GUI

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Simply put is there a way to boot into the promox gui natively without having to go over the web ?

There is no "Proxmox GUI". There is no desktop environment. You manage from another computer on the network using the web GUI.

Not in a direct way, as proxmox has only a webUI.

But you can boot a VM that has the system GPU attached to it, and automatically launch a web browser with the webUI inside that VM.

its a web only interface.

A little while back, I setup a mobile Proxmox workstation (using a few different sources/guides for assistance). This allowed me to spin up VMs on my laptop and test out various network and server implementations without having to bring my cluster along.

Much of the same info could be used to be able to administer and connect to VMs that are running under Proxmox from the same machine. I wouldn't do it for a normal scenario; connect to the management remotely from another machine and let your host have all of the resources for VMs, but if you only have one machine or have a specialized need, this can work.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Proxmox/comments/okelu9/mobile_proxmox_workstation_working_incredibly_well/

Prox is not designed to run that way. I think you will wind up disappointed in your quest to use it that way.

Use a systemd unit to launch a minimal wayland weyland environment with a lightweight DE that autostarts a browser and leaves a handful of utilities such as a term you like and a file manager, etc. Then all you need to do is log in to the browser, sudo in the terminal, etc. and you can manage your system locally. Or you can launch a login manager, and have a full lightweight desktop on your system so that after boot, any registered user can log in and launch a browser to manage the server, and also do local tasks like file copies and use the terminal, etc.

If you only have one computer and want to run proxmox. instructions in the link below.

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Developer_Workstations_with_Proxmox_VE_and_X11

its a web site running in a browser. That's what the gui is.

There is no GUI interface to proxmox.

Maybe install Debian DE and then install PVE on top of it? Then launch the web ui automatically in Firefox upon login?

Nope, there is not; it’s not designed that way.

Or, alternatively: you can use locally connected monitor and keyboard to execute commands via local terminal; every GUI command is possible via terminal, and then some.

It’s Linux, after all.

What you can do, is set up proxmox and install a Linux distro as a VM, pass through the GPU (best was is to have two GPUs, one for proxmox in the case something goes wrong) and have it to Autostart. I use this for my workstation. (It's not a productive environment)

You can only really do the following as far as I can think of right now.

• Use a browser on a different machine (or a VM) to connect to https://10.0.0.XXX:8006 or whatever your machine’s local network IP is. You can the list of IP’s connected to your network via your router. Tools like AngryIP or various command line commands can also find it.

• Connect via another computer via IPMI if your motherboard has that. This will get you the command line and be functional but awful to use.

• Connect via ssh on another computer. This is best when set up properly. This gets you command line.

• Direct connect a monitor and keyboard to your machine. This gets you command line.

It’s best not to install a desktop on a pure proxmox install, as I believe doing so can break things linustechtips levels of badly. On a test rig I tried to install kde once to see what could happen and APT wanted to remove proxmox-ve packages or something. Though it might be fine if you install Debian first, then set up proxmox on top.

Potentially you could install firefox and launch it from the command line if you can install a working X server, but I’ve never tried it and it sounds like there could be a lot of gotchas like dealing with which frame buffer you’re in. Not even sure a mouse would show up.

Of you dont mind performance waste, use VM with leigjtweigjt linux dostro, and add autostart to browser with your proxmox webif url. Do gpu passtrought to that distro, and blacklist gpu on proxmox to allow VM to use it. Autostart VM with proxmox. You can find guide for single-gpu passtrought on google. Even if you use more gpus, u can passtrought integrated gpu to that WebIF VM, ans keep proxmox without gpu.