Change VM

[anves]

I want to change the host name and IP of a VM thats on the VPS - There is no way I can see doing so within Proxmox, so there must be a command to do so.

I appreciate your help

 

[jekader]

yes, the procedure is the same as if it was a physical machine, not a virtual one. Google it for your Os!
PS - for linux the hostname sits in /etc/hosts, the IP for debian/ubuntu is set in /etc/network/interfaces

 

[dietmar]

I want to change the host name and IP of a VM thats on the VPS.

You can simply change that on the 'Network' panel (for OpenVZ Containers).

 

[jekader]

That's only an option if venet network driver is used, and not veth.

 

[eiger3970]

Hi,
I'm using Proxmox pve-manager/2.1-14/f32f3f46 with Kernel version Linux 2.6.32-14-pve #1 SMP.

I just tried SSHing in the VM ID /etc/hosts and the file hosts doesn't show any name in there, only:
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost
::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6

I just tried SSHing in the VM ID /etc/network/interfaces and there's no network file or folder?

I then go into the Proxmox node, rather than the VMs as above.
SSHing in the Proxmox node to /etc/hosts and the file hosts doesn't show any name in there, only:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.1.130 proxmox.com proxmox pvelocalhost
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts

I just tried SSHing in the Prommox node /etc/network/interfaces and I don't see how I can change the ID or IP address of the VM with the follow code:
# network interface settings
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet manual
iface eth1 inet manual
auto vmbr0
iface vmbr0 inet static
address 192.168.1.160
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.180
bridge_ports eth0
bridge_stp off
bridge_fd 0

I can't change the VMs' ID as there's no option in the GUI neither?

I also can't delete some VMs I don't need.
I also can't migrate to another VM ID. Proxmox only migrates to other nodes and I only have 1.
I also can't backup. (I though I could then copy the backup from the old VM ID and paste into the new VM ID).

Help appreciated.