Proxmox Automation Scripts

All these scripts are to be run on the Proxmox Server

git clone https://github.com/Rao-Pranava/Proxmox-Scripts.git

Proxmox.sh

This file automates the process of exporting and importing Virtual machine Disk files

Useage

bash Proxmox.sh --help

export_all_vms.sh

This script is a part of automating the process of backing up all the power offed systems in your Proxmox Server.

You can find the Detailed Blog about reasons and Motives about this tool Here

Setup

1. Make the export_all_vms.sh script executable

chmod +x export_all_vms.sh

2. Add the followign cron job to the cron of your proxmox server.

crontab -e

Enter the following content:

5 0 * * 0 /home/export_all_vms.sh >> /var/log/vm_backup.log 2>&1

This will run the export_all_vms.sh script at 00:05 hours on all Sundays

Now, exit the editor

3. That is it, if you want to have a test run, you can run the following command

./export_all_vms.sh

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Useful Commands

If you want to download the file from your server to the local computer, you can use this command:

scp root@<IP Address>:<File Location> .