--- name: proxmox-3cce812f0d87 description: Manage Proxmox VE clusters via REST API. Use when user asks to list, start, stop, restart VMs or LXC containers, check node status, create snapshots, view tasks, or manage Proxmox infrastructure. Requires API token or credentials configured. --- # Proxmox VE Management ## Configuration Set environment variables or store in `~/.proxmox-credentials`: ```bash # Option 1: API Token (recommended) export PROXMOX_HOST="https://192.168.1.100:8006" export PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID="user@pam!tokenname" export PROXMOX_TOKEN_SECRET="xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" # Option 2: Credentials file cat > ~/.proxmox-credentials << 'EOF' PROXMOX_HOST=https://192.168.1.100:8006 PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID=user@pam!monitoring PROXMOX_TOKEN_SECRET=your-token-secret EOF chmod 600 ~/.proxmox-credentials ``` Create API token in Proxmox: Datacenter → Permissions → API Tokens → Add ## CLI Usage ```bash # Load credentials source ~/.proxmox-credentials 2>/dev/null # Auth header for API token AUTH="Authorization: PVEAPIToken=$PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID=$PROXMOX_TOKEN_SECRET" ``` ## Common Operations ### Cluster & Nodes ```bash # Cluster status curl -ks -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/cluster/status" | jq # List nodes curl -ks -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/nodes" | jq '.data[] | {node, status, cpu, mem: (.mem/.maxmem*100|round)}' # Node status curl -ks -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/nodes/{node}/status" | jq ``` ### List VMs & Containers ```bash # All VMs on a node curl -ks -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/nodes/{node}/qemu" | jq '.data[] | {vmid, name, status, mem: .mem, cpu: (.cpu*100|round)}' # All LXC containers on a node curl -ks -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/nodes/{node}/lxc" | jq '.data[] | {vmid, name, status}' # Cluster-wide resources curl -ks -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/cluster/resources?type=vm" | jq '.data[] | {node, vmid, name, type, status}' ``` ### VM/Container Control ```bash # Start VM curl -ks -X POST -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/nodes/{node}/qemu/{vmid}/status/start" # Stop VM curl -ks -X POST -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/nodes/{node}/qemu/{vmid}/status/stop" # Shutdown VM (graceful) curl -ks -X POST -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/nodes/{node}/qemu/{vmid}/status/shutdown" # Reboot VM curl -ks -X POST -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/nodes/{node}/qemu/{vmid}/status/reboot" # Same for LXC: replace /qemu/ with /lxc/ ``` ### Snapshots ```bash # List snapshots curl -ks -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/nodes/{node}/qemu/{vmid}/snapshot" | jq # Create snapshot curl -ks -X POST -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/nodes/{node}/qemu/{vmid}/snapshot" \ -d "snapname=snap1" -d "description=Before update" # Rollback curl -ks -X POST -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/nodes/{node}/qemu/{vmid}/snapshot/{snapname}/rollback" # Delete snapshot curl -ks -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/nodes/{node}/qemu/{vmid}/snapshot/{snapname}" ``` ### Tasks & Logs ```bash # Recent tasks curl -ks -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/nodes/{node}/tasks" | jq '.data[:10] | .[] | {upid, type, status, user}' # Task log curl -ks -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/nodes/{node}/tasks/{upid}/log" | jq -r '.data[].t' ``` ### Storage ```bash # List storage curl -ks -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/nodes/{node}/storage" | jq '.data[] | {storage, type, active, used_fraction: (.used/.total*100|round|tostring + "%")}' # Storage content curl -ks -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/nodes/{node}/storage/{storage}/content" | jq ``` ### Backups ```bash # List backups curl -ks -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/nodes/{node}/storage/{storage}/content?content=backup" | jq # Start backup curl -ks -X POST -H "$AUTH" "$PROXMOX_HOST/api2/json/nodes/{node}/vzdump" \ -d "vmid={vmid}" -d "storage={storage}" -d "mode=snapshot" ``` ## Helper Script Use `scripts/pve.sh` for common operations: ```bash ./scripts/pve.sh status # Cluster overview ./scripts/pve.sh vms # List all VMs ./scripts/pve.sh start {vmid} # Start VM ./scripts/pve.sh stop {vmid} # Stop VM ``` ## Notes - Replace `{node}`, `{vmid}`, `{storage}`, `{snapname}` with actual values - API tokens don't need CSRF tokens for POST/PUT/DELETE - Use `-k` to skip SSL verification for self-signed certs - Task operations return UPID for tracking async jobs --- Source attribution: kbarbel640-del Original project: https://github.com/kbarbel640-del/skills/blob/e7e336ac628c3e3bd771aff1aaa469c93778f94a/skills/weird-aftertaste/proxmox/SKILL.md License: MIT License information: https://opensource.org/license/mit Original upstream instructions; 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