ProxMox CLI
ProxMox Update and Upgrade
From System Software Updates:
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
Restart web GUI
Physical Volumes
| Description |
Command |
| List all PVs |
pvs |
| Create a PV |
pvcreate <disk-device-name> |
| Remove a PV |
pvremove <disk-device-name> |
Volume Groups
| Description |
Command |
| List |
vgs |
| Create a VG |
vgcreate <vg-name> <disk-device-name> |
| Remove a VG |
vgremove <vg-name> |
Logical Volumes
| Description |
Command |
| List |
lvs |
| Create |
lvcreate -L <lv-size> -n <lv-name> <vg-name> |
| Remove a LV |
lvremove <vg-name>/<lv-name> |
Storage Management
pvesm man page
| Description |
Command |
| Get status for all datastores |
pvesm status [OPTIONS] |
| List storage content |
pvesm list <storage> [OPTIONS] |
| Create a new storage |
pvesm add <type> <storage> [OPTIONS] |
| Allocate disk images |
pvesm alloc <storage> <vmid> <filename> <size> [OPTIONS] |
| Delete volume |
pvesm free <volume> [OPTIONS] |
| Delete storage configuration |
pvesm remove <storage> |
| An alias for pvesm scan lvm |
pvesm lvmscan |
| An alias for pvesm scan lvmthin |
pvesm lvmthinscan |
| List local LVM volume groups |
pvesm scan lvm |
| List local LVM Thin Pools |
pvesm scan lvmthin <vg> |
VMs
qm man page,
qmrestore man page
VM Query
| Description |
Command |
| Show VMs |
cat /etc/pve/.vmlist |
| Show VMs |
qm list |
| Show VM status |
qm status <vmid> |
| Show VMs command line |
qm showcmd <vmid> [OPTIONS] |
VM Manipulation
| Description |
Command |
| Create or restore a VM |
qm create <vmid> |
| Start a VM |
qm start <vmid> |
| Suspend virtual machine |
qm suspend <vmid> |
| Shutdown a VM |
qm shutdown <vmid> |
| Reboot a VM |
qm reboot <vmid> |
| Reset a VM |
qm reset <vmid> |
| Stop a VM |
qm stop <vmid> |
| Destroy the VM and all used/owned volumes, permissions and firewall rules |
qm destroy <vmid> |
| If the above fails because the machine is locked |
qm unlock <vmid> |
| Enter Qemu Monitor interface |
qm monitor <vmid> |
| Get the VM config (both current and pending) |
qm pending <vmid> |
| Send key event to virtual machine |
qm sendkey <vmid> <key> [OPTIONS] |
| Clone a VM |
qm clone <vmid> <newid> |
| Migrate a VM |
qm migrate <vmid> <target-node> |
| Clean up resources for a VM |
qm cleanup <vmid> <clean-shutdown> <guest-requested> |
| Create a Template |
qm template <vmid> [OPTIONS] |
| Set virtual machine options (synchronous) |
qm set <vmid> [OPTIONS] |
VM Disk Manipulation
| Description |
Command |
| Import a disk image (supported by qemu-img(1)) as an unused disk in a VM |
qm disk import <vmid> <source> <storage> |
| Move volume to different storage or to a different VM |
qm disk move <vmid> <disk> [<storage>] [OPTIONS] |
| Rescan to update disk sizes and unused disk images |
qm disk rescan [OPTIONS] |
| Extend volume size |
qm disk resize <vmid> <disk> <size> [OPTIONS] |
| Unlink/delete disk images |
qm disk unlink <vmid> --idlist <string> [OPTIONS] |
| rescan volumes |
qm rescan |
VM Snapshot
| Description |
Command |
| List all snapshots |
qm listsnapshot <vmid> |
| Snapshot a VM |
qm snapshot <vmid> <snapname> |
| Delete a snapshot |
qm delsnapshot <vmid> <snapname> |
| Rollback a snapshot |
qm rollback <vmid> <snapname> |
Guest VM Operations
| Description |
Command |
| Execute Qemu Guest Agent commands |
qm guest cmd <vmid> <command> |
| Executes the given command via the guest agent |
qm guest exec <vmid> [<extra-args>] [OPTIONS] |
| Gets the status of the given pid started by the guest-agent |
qm guest exec-status <vmid> <pid> |
| Sets the password for the given user to the given password |
qm guest passwd <vmid> <username> [OPTIONS] |
VM CloudInit
| Description |
Command |
| Get an auto-generated cloudinit config |
qm cloudinit dump <vmid> <type> |
| Get the cloudinit config with both current and pending values |
qm cloudinit pending <vmid> |
| Regenerate and change cloudinit config drive |
qm cloudinit update <vmid> |
Misc VM Ops
| Description |
Command |
| Open a terminal using a serial device. The VM need to have a serial device configured, e.g., serial0: socket |
qm terminal <vmid> [OPTIONS] |
| Proxy VM VNC traffic to stdin/stdout |
qm vncproxy <vmid> |
Containers
pct man page,
pveam man page.
Container Templates
| Description |
Command |
| list all templates |
pveam available |
| list all templates |
pveam list <storage> |
| Download appliance templates |
pveam download <storage> <template> |
| Remove a template |
pveam remove <template-path> |
| Update Container Template Database |
pveam update |
Working with container templates:
pveam update
pveam available
pveam download local ubuntu-18.10-standard_18.10-2_amd64.tar.gz
Container Query
| Description |
Command |
| List containers |
pct list |
| Show CT status |
pct status <vmid> [OPTIONS] |
| Get container config |
pct config <vmid> [OPTIONS] |
| Print the list of assigned CPU sets |
pct cpusets |
| Get the container config, including pending changes |
pct pending <vmid> |
Container Manipulation
| Description |
Command |
| Create or restore a container |
pct create <vmid> <ostemplate> [OPTIONS] |
| Start the container |
pct start <vmid> [OPTIONS] |
| Create a container clone/copy |
pct clone <vmid> <newid> [OPTIONS] |
| Suspend the container (experimental) |
pct suspend <vmid> |
| Resume the container |
pct resume <vmid> |
| Stop the container |
pct stop <vmid> |
| Stop all the processes in the container |
pct stop <vmid> [OPTIONS] |
| Clean shutdown of the container, see lxc-stop(1) |
pct shutdown <vmid> [OPTIONS] |
| Destroy the container |
pct destroy <vmid> [OPTIONS] |
| Migrate the container to another node. Creates a new migration task. |
pct migrate <vmid> <target> [OPTIONS] |
| Reboot the container, apply the pending changes |
pct reboot <vmid> [OPTIONS] |
| Create or restore a container |
pct restore <vmid> <ostemplate> [OPTIONS] |
| Set container options |
pct set <vmid> [OPTIONS] |
| Create a Template |
pct template <vmid> |
| Unlock the container |
pct unlock <vmid> |
| Enter into a container (without password) |
pct enter <vmid> |
Container Disk Manipulation
| Description |
Command |
| Get the current disk usage |
pct df <vmid> |
| Run a fsck on a container volume |
pct fsck <vmid> [OPTIONS] |
| Run fstrim on a chosen CT and its mountpoints |
pct fstrim <vmid> [OPTIONS] |
| Mount the container’s filesystem on the host. This will hold a lock on the container. For emergency only - prevents further ops other than start and stop. |
pct mount <vmid> |
| Move a rootfs-/mp-volume to a different storage or to a different container. |
pct move-volume <vmid> <volume> [<storage>] [<target-vmid>] [<target-volume>] [OPTIONS] |
| Unmount the container’s filesystem |
pct unmount <vmid> |
| Resize a container mount point |
pct resize <vmid> <disk> <size> [OPTIONS] |
| Rescan to update disk sizes and unused disk images |
pct rescan [OPTIONS] |
| Connect to container |
pct enter <vmid> |
Container Examples
Launch a console for the specified container.
pct console <vmid> [OPTIONS]
Launch a shell for the specified container.
Launch a command inside the specified container.
pct exec <vmid> [<extra-args>]
Copy a file from the container to the local system.
pct pull <vmid> <path> <destination> [OPTIONS]
Copy a local file to the container.
pct push <vmid> <file> <destination> [OPTIONS]
Snapshot a container.
pct snapshot <vmid> <snapname> [OPTIONS]
List all the container snapshots.
Rollback LXC state to specified snapshot.
pct rollback <vmid> <snapname> [OPTIONS]
Delete a LXC snapshot.
pct delsnapshot <vmid> <snapname> [OPTIONS]
Cluster Management
Cluster Manager
pvecm man page
These were installed on mine: