In VMware, a VM can have Custom Attributes. Can we do something similar in Proxmox? I want to be able to add one or more tags to a VM, such as customer ID or Date Created and other potential bits of information. And Ideally I'd like to be able to apply those tags via the API.
VM Custom attributes or tags
- Thread starter spacemancw
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Hi @spacemancw ,
Yes, you can apply Tags to a VM (located at top bar menu in GUI). Yes, you can do the same directly via API.
In the latest PVE release you also have Tag view option where VMs are combined and listed under Tag tree.
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Graphical_User_Interface#gui_tags
API tags
CLI : https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html "qm set --tags"
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Yes, you can apply Tags to a VM (located at top bar menu in GUI). Yes, you can do the same directly via API.
In the latest PVE release you also have Tag view option where VMs are combined and listed under Tag tree.
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Graphical_User_Interface#gui_tags
API tags
CLI : https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html "qm set --tags"
Blockbridge : Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox
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Thanks for the reply.
I see that and this is definitely a possibility. But these tags seem to be a way of categorizing the VMs. I guess I am looking for 'named' tags or attributes.
DateCreated: 1/1/2025
ClientID: ACME001
OtherTag: OtherInfo
maybe a future release.