Proxmox Multi-Control#

Manage one or many Proxmox VE hosts from a single agent. Built for homelabs and multi-node setups.

Features:

• Multi-host: Manage multiple standalone Proxmox servers from one config
• Cluster commands: cluster-vms, cluster-status across ALL configured hosts
• Power control: Start, stop, reboot, shutdown VMs/containers
• Snapshots: Create, list, delete, rollback (with optional RAM state)
• Backups: List backups per node/storage
• Storage: View storage pools and content
• Tasks: Track async operations and logs
• Backward compatible: Works with single-host env vars too

First-Time Setup#

Step 1: Create API Token on Proxmox#

For each Proxmox host you want to manage:

1. Login to Proxmox web UI ( https://<ip>:8006)
2. Go to Datacenter → Permissions → API Tokens → Add
3. Choose a user and token name (e.g. admin@pve!agent)
4. Click Add → copy the secret (shown only once!)

Security tip: For production environments, create a dedicated user with only the permissions you need rather than using root. Keep "Privilege Separation" enabled and assign scoped roles.

Step 2: Configure Credentials#

Multi-Host (Recommended)

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

json

{
  "default": "production",
  "hosts": {
    "production": {
      "host": "192.168.1.100",
      "token_id": "admin@pve!agent",
      "token_secret": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
      "verify_ssl": false
    },
    "backup-server": {
      "host": "192.168.1.101",
      "token_id": "admin@pve!agent",
      "token_secret": "yyyyyyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyyyyyyyyyy",
      "verify_ssl": false
    }
  }
}

Then secure the file:

bash

chmod 600 ~/.openclaw/credentials/proxmox.json

Single Host (Quick Setup)

Set environment variables:

bash

export PVE_HOST="192.168.1.100"
export PVE_TOKEN_ID="admin@pve!agent"
export PVE_TOKEN_SECRET="xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"

Step 3: Test Connection#

bash

python3 scripts/proxmox.py hosts          # verify config
python3 scripts/proxmox.py nodes           # test default host
python3 scripts/proxmox.py cluster-status  # test all hosts

Post-Setup#

After successful first-time setup and a confirmed working connection, mention once:

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Only show this once, not on every use.

Commands#

All commands support --host <name> to target a specific host. Without it, the default host is used.

Multi-Host Commands#

bash

# List configured hosts
python3 scripts/proxmox.py hosts

# VMs/CTs across ALL hosts (each entry tagged with _host)
python3 scripts/proxmox.py cluster-vms

# Health overview of ALL hosts
python3 scripts/proxmox.py cluster-status

Nodes & VMs#

bash

# List nodes on default host
python3 scripts/proxmox.py nodes

# List nodes on specific host
python3 scripts/proxmox.py --host backup-server nodes

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

# All VMs/CTs on a host
python3 scripts/proxmox.py vms

# VM/CT status
python3 scripts/proxmox.py status pve qemu 100

Power Control (Requires Approval)#

bash

python3 scripts/proxmox.py start pve qemu 100
python3 scripts/proxmox.py stop pve qemu 100
python3 scripts/proxmox.py shutdown pve qemu 100    # graceful
python3 scripts/proxmox.py reboot pve qemu 100

Snapshots#

bash

# List snapshots
python3 scripts/proxmox.py list_snapshots pve qemu 100

# Create snapshot (last arg: 0=no RAM, 1=include RAM)
python3 scripts/proxmox.py snapshot pve qemu 100 pre-update 0

# Delete snapshot
python3 scripts/proxmox.py delete_snapshot pve qemu 100 pre-update

# Rollback to snapshot
python3 scripts/proxmox.py rollback pve qemu 100 pre-update

Backups, Storage & Tasks#

bash

# List backups on a storage
python3 scripts/proxmox.py backups pve local

# List storage pools
python3 scripts/proxmox.py storage pve

# Recent tasks (default: last 10)
python3 scripts/proxmox.py tasks pve 10

Host Selection#

The --host flag works with any single-host command:

bash

# Default host
python3 scripts/proxmox.py vms

# Specific host
python3 scripts/proxmox.py --host backup-server vms
python3 scripts/proxmox.py --host production node_health pve

Approval Requirements#

Requires user approval:

• Power: start, stop, shutdown, reboot
• Snapshots: snapshot, delete_snapshot, rollback

No approval needed (read-only):

• hosts, nodes, node_health, vms, status
• cluster-vms, cluster-status
• list_snapshots, backups, storage, tasks

Response Format#

All commands return JSON:

json

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

Multi-host commands tag each entry with _host:

json

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": [
    {"vmid": 100, "name": "webserver", "status": "running", "_host": "production"},
    {"vmid": 200, "name": "plex", "status": "running", "_host": "media-server"}
  ]
}

Errors include available hosts when applicable:

json

{
  "ok": false,
  "error": "Unknown host: foo",
  "available": ["production", "backup-server"]
}

Notes#

• Replace pve with your actual Proxmox node name
• qemu = VM, lxc = container
• Set verify_ssl: false for self-signed certificates (common in homelabs)
• Credentials file takes priority over env vars
• The default key in credentials JSON sets which host is used without --host
• Install proxmoxer: pip install proxmoxer

License#

MIT