proxmox¶

Proxmox Virtual Environment — LXC and VM management (https://www.proxmox.com)

--- LXC Containers (pct) ---

To list all containers:

pct list

To start a container

pct start <vmid>

To stop a container

pct stop <vmid>

To restart a container

pct restart <vmid>

To enter a container shell

pct enter <vmid>

Or via lxc-attach

lxc-attach -n <vmid>

To create a new unprivileged LXC container

pct create <vmid> <template> \
  --hostname <name> \
  --unprivileged 0 \
  --net0 name=eth0,bridge=vmbr0,ip=dhcp,ip6=slaac \
  --features nesting=1 \
  --password $(pass show default-lxc-password)

To list available templates

pveam list local

To download a template

pveam download local <template-name>

To clone a container

pct clone <vmid> <new-vmid> --hostname <new-name>

To destroy a container

pct destroy <vmid>

To get container status

pct status <vmid>

To view container config

pct config <vmid>

To set container config option

pct set <vmid> --<option> <value>

To resize a container disk

pct resize <vmid> rootfs +<size>G

To take a snapshot

pct snapshot <vmid> <snapname>

To restore a snapshot

pct rollback <vmid> <snapname>

--- Virtual Machines (qm) ---

To list all VMs:

qm list

To start a VM

qm start <vmid>

To stop a VM

qm stop <vmid>

To get VM status

qm status <vmid>

To take a VM snapshot

qm snapshot <vmid> <snapname>

--- Nodes & Cluster ---

To check node status:

pvesh get /nodes/<node>/status

To list cluster nodes

pvecm nodes

To check storage status

pvesm status

--- Post-Setup LXC Convention ---

After container creation, always run:

apt update && apt install -y openssh-server syncthing
systemctl enable --now syncthing@root
sed -i 's/#PermitRootLogin.*/PermitRootLogin yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
systemctl restart ssh
apt purge -y cloud-init

--- Networking --- Add Traefik conf: pve/traefik/conf.d/.yml Add AdGuard DNS rewrite for .home Run: /homepage update && /traefik update && /gatus update