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Proxmox VE sysadmin for home lab infrastructure. Use when triaging services, checking container/VM status, viewing logs, managing resources, or debugging self-hosted apps. Can discover infrastructure dynamically via SSH.
npx skill4agent add michaelvessia/nixos-config proxmox# Proxmox host (requires 2FA - password then OTP)
ssh proxmox
# Synology NAS (see ~/.ssh/config for Host entry)
ssh nas# All containers with status, IPs
ssh proxmox "pct list"
# All VMs
ssh proxmox "qm list"
# Detailed resource usage (CPU, memory, disk) for everything
ssh proxmox "pvesh get /cluster/resources --type vm --output-format json" | jq
# Container config (shows IP, mounts, resources)
ssh proxmox "pct config <CTID>"
# VM config
ssh proxmox "qm config <VMID>"# Find container IP
ssh proxmox "pct exec <CTID> -- ip -4 addr show eth0"
# What's listening in a container
ssh proxmox "pct exec <CTID> -- ss -tlnp"
# Host network config
ssh proxmox "cat /etc/network/interfaces"# Storage pools
ssh proxmox "pvesm status"
# Storage config
ssh proxmox "cat /etc/pve/storage.cfg"
# NFS mounts
ssh proxmox "mount | grep nfs"
# Disk usage
ssh proxmox "df -h"# Start/stop/restart
ssh proxmox "pct start <CTID>"
ssh proxmox "pct shutdown <CTID>" # graceful
ssh proxmox "pct stop <CTID>" # force
ssh proxmox "pct reboot <CTID>"
# Enter container shell
ssh proxmox "pct enter <CTID>"
# Run command in container
ssh proxmox "pct exec <CTID> -- <command>"ssh proxmox "qm start <VMID>"
ssh proxmox "qm shutdown <VMID>"
ssh proxmox "qm stop <VMID>" # force
ssh proxmox "qm reboot <VMID>"
ssh proxmox "qm status <VMID>"# List systemd services in container
ssh proxmox "pct exec <CTID> -- systemctl list-units --type=service --state=running"
# Check specific service
ssh proxmox "pct exec <CTID> -- systemctl status <service>"
# Service logs
ssh proxmox "pct exec <CTID> -- journalctl -u <service> -n 100 --no-pager"
# Follow logs live
ssh proxmox "pct exec <CTID> -- journalctl -u <service> -f"
# All recent logs in container
ssh proxmox "pct exec <CTID> -- journalctl -n 100 --no-pager"ssh proxmox "pct exec <CTID> -- systemctl list-units --type=service --state=running" | grep -v systemdjellyfinAdGuardHomecaddysonarrradarrsabnzbdtailscaled# Overview
ssh proxmox "pvesh get /nodes/pve/status"
# Quick health
ssh proxmox "uptime && free -h && df -h /"
# ZFS status
ssh proxmox "zpool status"
# Host logs
ssh proxmox "journalctl -n 100 --no-pager"# Backup job config
ssh proxmox "cat /etc/pve/jobs.cfg"
# List backups in storage
ssh proxmox "pvesm list <storage-name> --content backup"ssh proxmox "pct config <CTID>" # check config
ssh proxmox "df -h" # disk space
ssh proxmox "ls /var/lock/pve-manager/pve-config/" # stale locks# 1. Container running?
ssh proxmox "pct status <CTID>"
# 2. Service running?
ssh proxmox "pct exec <CTID> -- systemctl status <service>"
# 3. Logs
ssh proxmox "pct exec <CTID> -- journalctl -u <service> -n 100 --no-pager"
# 4. Port listening?
ssh proxmox "pct exec <CTID> -- ss -tlnp"
# 5. Restart
ssh proxmox "pct exec <CTID> -- systemctl restart <service>"ssh proxmox "mount | grep nfs" # current mounts
ssh proxmox "cat /etc/fstab | grep nfs" # configured mounts
ssh proxmox "mount -a" # remount all# Find tailscale container
ssh proxmox "pct list" | grep -i tail
# Check status (replace CTID)
ssh proxmox "pct exec <CTID> -- tailscale status"~/obsidian/Notes/PROXMOX_SETUP.md