4.3.2 VMs & containers
Every entry filed under VMs & containers and its subtopics.
What kind of help
- Guided project 1
- Explains an idea 0
- Step by step 3
- Cheat sheet 2
- Fixes an error 2
Works on
- Linux 9
- macOS 0
- Windows 0
- Browser 0
What do these mean?
- Beginner
- You are new to this topic.
- Intermediate
- You use it, and want to get better.
- Advanced
- You know it well and need the details.
- Guided project
- Build something small from start to finish, step by step.
- Explains an idea
- Plain words on how something works and why.
- Step by step
- Numbered steps to get one task done.
- Cheat sheet
- Commands and options in a table, to look up fast.
- Fixes an error
- An error message, what it means, and how to solve it.
7 entries
- 0247 Build a Proxmox VE home lab: from bare metal to your first restored backup Install Proxmox VE on one spare machine, switch to the free update repository, create a VM and an LXC container, then schedule… Beginner · Guided project · Linux Article Backup & restore · Installation & first steps · VMs & containers 15 Oct 2026
- 0101 Create LXC containers with pct and pveam Download a container template with pveam, create an unprivileged LXC container with pct, give it a network address and get a shell… Beginner · Step by step · Linux Article VMs & containers 15 Oct 2026
- 0104 Build a Proxmox VE cluster with pvecm and live-migrate VMs Join Proxmox VE nodes into a cluster with pvecm create and pvecm add, check quorum with pvecm status, then move running VMs… Advanced · Step by step · Linux Article Clusters & high availability · VMs & containers 15 Oct 2026
- 0107 Proxmox VE command line cheat sheet: qm, pct, pvecm, pvesm and more The Proxmox VE commands you use most: qm for VMs, pct for containers, pvesm for storage, pvecm for the cluster, vzdump for… Intermediate · Cheat sheet · Linux Article Clusters & high availability · VMs & containers 15 Oct 2026
- 0110 Fix: TASK ERROR: VM is locked (backup) A VM or container still carries a backup lock, usually after a backup was interrupted. Check that no backup is running, then… Beginner · Fixes an error · Linux Article Backup & restore · VMs & containers 15 Oct 2026
- 0111 Fix: can’t lock file ‘/var/lock/qemu-server/lock-VMID.conf’ – got timeout Another task is holding the VM's local lock file, so a new action timed out waiting for it. Find the running or… Intermediate · Fixes an error · Linux Article VMs & containers 15 Oct 2026
- 0100 Create a VM and a cloud-init template with qm Create KVM virtual machines from the command line with qm, then build a reusable cloud-init template from a cloud image and clone… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux Article Basics · VMs & containers 15 Oct 2026