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qm guest exec — Execute a specific command via a guest agent. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm

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Problem

How to use the qm guest exec command: Execute a specific command via a guest agent. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html#cli_qm_guest_exec>.

Solution

qm guest exec — Execute a specific command via a guest agent. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html#cli_qm_guest_exec>.

Execute a specific command via a guest agent:

qm {{[g|guest]}} exec {{vm_id}} {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}

Execute a specific command via a guest agent asynchronously:

qm {{[g|guest]}} exec {{vm_id}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}} --synchronous 0

Execute a specific command via a guest agent with a specified timeout of 10 seconds:

qm {{[g|guest]}} exec {{vm_id}} {{argument1 argument2...}} --timeout {{10}}

Execute a specific command via a guest agent and forward input from stdin until EOF to the guest agent:

qm {{[g|guest]}} exec {{vm_id}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}} --pass-stdin 1

Code Snippets

Execute a specific command via a guest agent

qm {{[g|guest]}} exec {{vm_id}} {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}

Execute a specific command via a guest agent asynchronously

qm {{[g|guest]}} exec {{vm_id}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}} --synchronous 0

Execute a specific command via a guest agent with a specified timeout of 10 seconds

qm {{[g|guest]}} exec {{vm_id}} {{argument1 argument2...}} --timeout {{10}}

Execute a specific command via a guest agent and forward input from `stdin` until EOF to the guest agent

qm {{[g|guest]}} exec {{vm_id}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}} --pass-stdin 1

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