Recent content by simonjcarr

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    [SOLVED] REST API not setting IPV4 address for LXC container

    @fabian I was using the ProxMox GUI to see that the IP Address had not been set, however I have found the problem. I was making the API call to set the IP Address following an API call to clone an existing container. It turns out the failure to set the IP Address was because the new VM had not...
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    [SOLVED] REST API not setting IPV4 address for LXC container

    I have a working REST API Connection to proxmox. I can create and clone an LXC container just fine using the API. After cloning a container, I am trying to use the REST API to set the containers IP Address, but it's not working. My NodeJS code is below. let formBody = await...
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    Unable to clone VM - directory is expected to be a mount point but is not mounted: '/mnt/pve/data-1'

    Hi, I have 4 nodes in a ProxMox cluster (cloud1, cloud2, ....) , one each node I have created directory storage on `/dev/sdb` with names (data-1, data-2 ....). Each directory is shared and mounted on all the other nodes also. On Cloud3 I have created a ubuntu VM. When I click `Clone` I choose...
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    Unable to unlock container

    @Moayad Thank you, sorry for the late reply.
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    Unable to unlock container

    A backup job failed and an lxc container is locked. I have tried to unlock it but the system says the .conf file does not exist. If I try to touch the file, I get an error to say I can't create the file, the file already exists. root@cloud4:~# qm unlock 110 Configuration file...
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    Unable to create centos 8 VM

    Hi, when I try to create a VM from a CentOS 8 ISO image, on the installation summary page, I get the error Error setting up base repository in the Installation Source. I got the image from here http://anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/mirrors/centos/8-stream/isos/x86_64/ I used...
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    benefits of a VM linked to a template?

    Other than the fast creation of a new VM is there any other benefit of converting a VM to a template? I don't think there is any way to update a template once it has been created. If I want to update the template, it would require creating a new VM, updating it and then creating a new template...

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