DOT-Files/Gentoo/gentooamd/home/user/.tldrc/tldr/pages/linux/qm-guest.md

qm guest

Manage a VM guest agent. More information: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html#cli_qm_guest_cmd.

• Print the status of a specific PID:

qm {{[g|guest]}} {{[exec-s|exec-status]}} {{vm_id}} {{pid}}

• Set a password for a specific user in a virtual machine interactively:

qm {{[g|guest]}} {{[p|passwd]}} {{vm_id}} {{username}}

• Set an already hashed password for a specific user in a virtual machine interactively:

qm {{[g|guest]}} {{[p|passwd]}} {{vm_id}} {{username}} --crypted 1

• Execute a specific QEMU Guest Agent command:

qm {{[g|guest]}} {{[c|cmd]}} {{virtual_machine_id}} {{fsfreeze-freeze|fsfreeze-status|fsfreeze-thaw|fstrim|get-fsinfo|...}}

• Execute a specific command via a guest agent:

qm {{[g|guest]}} exec {{vm_id}} {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}

• Execute a specific command via a guest agent asynchronously:

qm {{[g|guest]}} exec {{vm_id}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}} --synchronous 0

• Execute a specific command via a guest agent with a specified timeout of 10 seconds:

qm {{[g|guest]}} exec {{vm_id}} {{argument1 argument2...}} --timeout {{10}}

• Execute a specific command via a guest agent and forward input from stdin until EOF to the guest agent:

qm {{[g|guest]}} exec {{vm_id}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}} --pass-stdin 1