The VM Name - Was there a change with the allowed characters?

[raksasas]

Was there a change in 8.2 with the allowed characters for the VM descriptive name? I can't use dashes/hyphens now?..

The format of my vm names as a followed: purpose-3rdNetworkOctet-4thNetworkOctet--Year-Month

• Purpose
  • wiki, graylog, etc...
• 3rdNetworkOctet-4thNetworkOctet
  • help to enforce i know that the IP is in use..
• Year-Month
  • Basically give an idea of how old the VM/OS is...
• example
  • wiki-138-10--2024-10

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Qemu/KVM_Virtual_Machines

• Virtual Machines Settings
  • General (settings) tab
    • Name: a free form text string you can use to describe the VM

When filling this out I don't use "spaces, periods, or underscores" characters but I do use the "dash/hyphen" characters. I am trying to build a VM at the moment but it does not like if i use a "-" in it anymore. This is with 8.2.7.

I did built a vm about 3 weeks ago and i definitely used "-" in the name when building it. I have updated Proxmox VE since that build. I have been looking through the 8.2 roadmap page - https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Roadmap#Proxmox_VE_8.2

The so far i have not found/noticed a mentioning of a change, when building the vm's, in the descriptive name field. I have come across mentions of hostnames and a few others but they didn't seem related to this "descriptive" name...

I did fine these mentions..

• Allow the use of the `-` character in snapshot names, as the backend has supported this for some time.
  
  
• When restoring from backups via the web interface, the VM/CT name is now validated client-side before sending an API request. This helps catching invalid names early.

"This helps catching invalid names early." - This might be the culprit but then why state "Name: a free form text string you can use to describe the VM"

Thanks for any time looking at or replying to this...

 

[LnxBil]

works for me with 8.2.7. Maybe you have a space in the beginning or the end? You can check the validation algorithm by trying to create a new VM and the name will get live checked and in my test, it works as it should:

 

[raksasas]

That is interesting...

For me when I click the "Create VM" and... Click and start typing in the name field...

• graylog
  • the "next" button is still available
• graylog-
  • when the dash/hyphen is inputted the "next" button goes grayed out

I have tried doing this in Firefox and Chrome.

Hrmm...

 

[LnxBil]

AFAIK, that's correct. A hostname cannot start or end on a hyphen.

 

[raksasas]

... Yep....

It is working... I don't have a good response other then brain fog... I think might have been like wtf why is it graying out...