[SOLVED] Help moving Files from PC into an LXC

[Stormrunner]

Hey guys,
I'm very new to Proxmox, and to Linux in general. I have created an LXC to test running a game server to try and figure out how they work, and I have some save data files I need to copy into it. The files are on my PC but I can't seem to find a way to get them into the LXC. I have saved them as a .iso and uploaded them to my local pool, but I can't figure out how to get the container to see and access it. Can y'all point me in the right direction? Thanks!

 

[leesteken]

If both systems (virtual or physical, does not matter) are connected to the same network; use scp ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_copy_protocol ) or something similar (maybe PuTTY can also do it?). Or use a network share or NAS that both systems can reach (via the network). It's really not Proxmox specific, so you can use any Linux guide.

 

[Kingneutron]

Open a root shell on PMVE and ' adduser blah ' and give it a password # substitute your own name for the id

' chown blah somepath; chmod 750 somepath ' # where you want to store the file

Use WinSCP to copy the iso somewhere on the proxmox host, login as blah / whatever user you created and cd to the path you chown/chmodded

Go to the container, open a root shell and ' apt update; apt install -y mc ' # midnight commander

cd to where you want to store the file in the container, then Fire up ' mc '

Hit Tab to access the right pane, hit F9 key and SFTP to the proxmox host where the file to copy is, login as blah, F5 key to SCP/copy

You can even use mc to access the files inside the iso (and copy them out) just by hitting Enter on the file.

YW

 

[Stormrunner]

Thank you guys for your help! This got me headed in the right direction!
I followed the steps above for creating a user, but ended up enabling root ssh access (temporarily, I hear it's risky to leave?) and then logging in to the target LXC via WinSCP. I could then just copy the directory and files where I wanted it to go and everything works great! Thank you guys so much!