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Proxmox CLI Cheat Sheet
Quick reference for the most common Proxmox VE commands.
qm — VM Management
qm list # List all VMs
qm create <vmid> [options] # Create a new VM
qm destroy <vmid> [--purge] # Delete a VM
qm start <vmid> # Start
qm shutdown <vmid> # ACPI shutdown
qm stop <vmid> # Force stop
qm reboot <vmid> # Reboot
qm reset <vmid> # Hard reset
qm suspend <vmid> # Suspend to RAM
qm resume <vmid> # Resume
qm status <vmid> # Show status
qm config <vmid> # Show configuration
qm set <vmid> [options] # Modify configuration
qm clone <vmid> <newid> [options] # Clone a VM
qm template <vmid> # Convert to template
qm migrate <vmid> <node> [--online] # Migrate to another node
qm snapshot <vmid> <name> # Create snapshot
qm rollback <vmid> <name> # Rollback to snapshot
qm delsnapshot <vmid> <name> # Delete snapshot
qm listsnapshot <vmid> # List snapshots
qm disk resize <vmid> <disk> <size> # Resize a disk
qm importdisk <vmid> <img> <storage> # Import disk image
qm monitor <vmid> # QEMU monitor console
qm agent <vmid> <command> # Guest agent commands
qm unlock <vmid> # Remove lock
qm pending <vmid> # Show pending config changes
pct — Container Management
pct list # List all containers
pct create <ctid> <template> [opts] # Create container
pct destroy <ctid> # Delete container
pct start <ctid> # Start
pct shutdown <ctid> # Graceful shutdown
pct stop <ctid> # Force stop
pct reboot <ctid> # Reboot
pct status <ctid> # Show status
pct config <ctid> # Show configuration
pct set <ctid> [options] # Modify configuration
pct enter <ctid> # Open shell inside container
pct exec <ctid> -- <command> # Run command in container
pct console <ctid> # Attach console
pct clone <ctid> <newid> [options] # Clone container
pct snapshot <ctid> <name> # Create snapshot
pct rollback <ctid> <name> # Rollback to snapshot
pct migrate <ctid> <node> # Migrate container
pct unlock <ctid> # Remove lock
pct push <ctid> <src> <dst> # Copy file into container
pct pull <ctid> <src> <dst> # Copy file from container
pveam — Appliance/Template Management
pveam update # Update template list
pveam available # List available templates
pveam available --section system # List system templates
pveam available --section turnkey # List Turnkey templates
pveam download <storage> <template> # Download a template
pveam list <storage> # List downloaded templates
pveam remove <storage>:<template> # Remove a template
pvesm — Storage Management
pvesm status # List all storage with usage
pvesm list <storage> # List content on storage
pvesm add <type> <name> [options] # Add storage pool
pvesm remove <name> # Remove storage pool
pvesm set <name> [options] # Modify storage
pvesm alloc <storage> <vmid> <name> <size> # Allocate volume
pvesm free <volume> # Free/delete a volume
pvesm scan nfs <server> # Scan NFS exports
pvesm scan lvm # Scan LVM volume groups
pvesm scan zfs # Scan ZFS pools
pvecm — Cluster Management
pvecm create <name> # Create cluster
pvecm add <ip> # Join cluster
pvecm status # Show cluster status
pvecm nodes # List nodes
pvecm delnode <name> # Remove node
pvecm expected <num> # Set expected votes (recovery)
vzdump — Backup
vzdump <vmid/ctid> # Backup guest
vzdump <vmid> --mode snapshot # Snapshot-based backup
vzdump <vmid> --mode stop # Stop-mode backup
vzdump <vmid> --compress zstd # With compression
vzdump --all --storage <name> # Backup all guests
vzdump <vmid> --mailto user@host # Email notification
Restore
qmrestore <archive> <vmid> # Restore VM
pct restore <ctid> <archive> # Restore container
qmrestore <archive> <vmid> --storage <name> # Restore to specific storage
pvesh — API Shell
pvesh get /nodes # List nodes via API
pvesh get /nodes/<node>/qemu # List VMs on a node
pvesh get /nodes/<node>/lxc # List containers on a node
pvesh get /cluster/resources # List all cluster resources
pvesh create /nodes/<node>/qemu # Create VM via API
Firewall
pve-firewall start # Enable firewall
pve-firewall stop # Disable firewall
pve-firewall status # Show status
System / Host
pveversion # Show Proxmox version
pveperf # Run performance benchmark
pvesubscription get # Show subscription status
systemctl restart pvedaemon # Restart PVE daemon
systemctl restart pveproxy # Restart PVE web proxy
journalctl -u pvedaemon # View PVE daemon logs