Proxmox Complete Skill#

Comprehensive Proxmox VE management combining:

• Power control: Start, stop, reboot, shutdown VMs/containers
• Snapshots: Create, list, delete, rollback (with optional RAM state)
• Backups: List and create backups
• Storage: View storage pools and content
• Tasks: Track async operations and logs
• Cluster overview: Nodes, resources, health

Configuration#

Option 1: OpenClaw Credentials (Recommended)#

Create ~/.openclaw/credentials/proxmox.json:

json

{
  "host": "your-proxmox-ip",
  "token_id": "clawd@pve!tokenname",
  "token_secret": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "verify_ssl": false
}

Option 2: Environment Variables#

bash

export PVE_HOST="your-proxmox-ip"
export PVE_TOKEN_ID="clawd@pve!tokenname"
export PVE_TOKEN_SECRET="xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
export PVE_VERIFY_SSL="false"

Option 3: Credentials File#

bash

cat > ~/.proxmox-credentials << 'EOF'
PROXMOX_HOST=https://your-proxmox-ip:8006
PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID=clawd@pve!tokenname
PROXMOX_TOKEN_SECRET=your-token-secret
EOF
chmod 600 ~/.proxmox-credentials

Create API Token#

1. Login to Proxmox web UI
2. Datacenter → Permissions → API Tokens → Add
3. Select user, enter token ID, uncheck "Privilege Separation" if needed
4. Copy the secret (shown only once!)

Tools#

Cluster & Nodes#

bash

# Cluster overview
python3 scripts/proxmox.py nodes

# Node health (CPU, RAM, uptime)
python3 scripts/proxmox.py node_health pve

# Bash alternative
bash scripts/pve.sh status

List Resources#

bash

# All VMs cluster-wide
python3 scripts/proxmox.py vms

# All VMs on specific node
bash scripts/pve.sh vms pve

# LXC containers on node
bash scripts/pve.sh lxc pve

# Cluster resources (all types)
bash scripts/pve.sh resources

VM/Container Status#

bash

# Python (detailed)
python3 scripts/proxmox.py status pve qemu 115

# Bash (quick)
bash scripts/pve.sh info pve 115

Power Control (Requires Approval)#

bash

# Start VM
python3 scripts/proxmox.py start pve qemu 115

# Stop VM (hard)
python3 scripts/proxmox.py stop pve qemu 115

# Shutdown VM (graceful)
python3 scripts/proxmox.py shutdown pve qemu 115

# Reboot VM
python3 scripts/proxmox.py reboot pve qemu 115

# Bash alternatives
bash scripts/pve.sh start 115 pve
bash scripts/pve.sh stop 115 pve
bash scripts/pve.sh shutdown 115 pve

Snapshots#

bash

# List snapshots
python3 scripts/proxmox.py list_snapshots pve qemu 115

# Create snapshot (vmstate=0: no RAM, vmstate=1: include RAM)
python3 scripts/proxmox.py snapshot pve qemu 115 pre-update 0

# Delete snapshot (requires approval)
python3 scripts/proxmox.py delete_snapshot pve qemu 115 pre-update

# Rollback to snapshot (bash)
bash scripts/pve.sh rollback pve 115 pre-update

Backups#

bash

# List backups
bash scripts/pve.sh backups pve local

# Start backup
bash scripts/pve.sh backup pve 115 local

Storage#

bash

# List storage pools
bash scripts/pve.sh storage pve

# Storage content
bash scripts/pve.sh content pve local

Tasks & Logs#

bash

# Recent tasks
bash scripts/pve.sh tasks pve

# Task log
bash scripts/pve.sh log pve UPID:pve:00001234:...

Approval Requirements#

These actions require user approval:

• Power control: start, stop, shutdown, reboot
• Snapshots: snapshot, delete_snapshot
• Backups: backup
• Rollback: rollback

Read-only operations (no approval needed):

• nodes, vms, status, list_snapshots
• backups (list only), storage, tasks, log

Response Format#

All commands return JSON for easy parsing:

json

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": { ... }
}

Error responses:

json

{
  "ok": false,
  "error": "Missing env var: PVE_HOST"
}

Notes#

• Replace pve with your actual node name
• Replace 115 with actual VMID
• qemu = VM, lxc = container
• API tokens don't need CSRF tokens
• Self-signed certs: set verify_ssl: false or use -k flag

Credit#

Merged from:

• robnew/proxmox-skill — Python tool-based approach with approvals
• weird-aftertaste/proxmox — Bash helper with comprehensive API coverage

License#

MIT