Notes to Self

Alex Sokolsky's Notes on Computers and Programming

ProxMox CLI

VM Manipulation

Show VMs:

cat /etc/pve/.vmlist

Delete VM by id:

qm destroy <vmid>

If the above fails because the machine is locked:

qm unlock <VMID>

Container Manipulation

List containers:

pct list

Start and enter into a container (without password):

pct start VMID
pct enter VMID

Container Templates

pveam update
pveam available
pveam download local ubuntu-18.10-standard_18.10-2_amd64.tar.gz