Disable server shutdown/restart from the web interface

[UdoB]

entered 'poweroff' into the shell on the one that is of course 30 miles away.

Mixing up consoles happens to all of us - but not always so far away.

Then I learned to install molly-guard on all of my systems. This does not help for the Gui though...

 

[demuxer86]

Mixing up consoles happens to all of us - but not always so far away.

Then I learned to install molly-guard on all of my systems. This does not help for the Gui though...

thanks. that looks nice. why doesn't the linux kernel just have that built in?

 

[mateicon]

I agree that it should be different. It happened to me twice already.
For the Nodes shutdown it should ask a double-triple question to confirm, similar to the way it is in ESX or Windows Servers.

clicking once does not shutdown anything - you will get a second question if you really want do shutdown the node.

restart of a node is an important functionality, so this cannot be disabled.

 

[Toastyyy3]

As for the web interface, if the Proxmox Team doesn't want to introduce another confirmation step, what about locating the confirmation window differently when the confirmation is regarding a node as when the confirmation is regarding an LXC or a VM? E.g. for the node in the top right while the rest remains in the center or vice versa? This would introduce a visual differentiation for the users while remaining very little change for the proxmox team...?

 

[_gabriel]

Shutdown "Node" button should be only available from right click from left bar.

 

[RCK]

It just happened to me.

The real problem is that the design of shutdown button is the same for "node" or "vm".
Idea : If PVE team can change the picto fa-power-off to fa-plug for halt one node, it would be less confusing

 

[UdoB]

If PVE team can change the picto fa-power-off to fa-plug for halt one node, it would be less confusing

Good idea - visually different is the key here.

You may open a "Feature Request / Bug"-report over at https://bugzilla.proxmox.com to persist this idea

 

[aaron]

Idea : If PVE team can change the picto fa-power-off to fa-plug for halt one node, it would be less confusing

that sounds like a sensible thing to do and isn't hard to change. Therefore I send a patch for this: https://lore.proxmox.com/pve-devel/20250507124434.1730046-1-a.lauterer@proxmox.com/T/#u