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pct — Manage LXC containers in Proxmox. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pct.1.html>.

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How to use the pct command: Manage LXC containers in Proxmox. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pct.1.html>.

pct — Manage LXC containers in Proxmox. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pct.1.html>.

List all containers:

pct list

Start/Stop/Reboot a specific container:

pct {{start|stop|reboot}} {{100}}

Access a specific container's shell:

pct {{[en|enter]}} {{100}}

Create a container from template with 4GB size:

pct {{[cr|create]}} {{100}} {{local:vztmpl/distro-name.tar.zst}} --rootfs {{local-lvm}}:4

Resize the container's disk to 20G:

pct {{[resi|resize]}} {{100}} {{rootfs|mpX}} {{20G}}

Show the configuration of a container, specifying its ID:

pct {{[conf|config]}} {{100}}

Snapshot a specific container with description:

pct {{[sn|snapshot]}} {{100}} {{my-snapshot}} --description {{My snapshot description}}

Destroy a container and remove all related resources:

pct {{[des|destroy]}} {{100}} --purge

List all containers

pct list

Start/Stop/Reboot a specific container

pct {{start|stop|reboot}} {{100}}

Access a specific container's shell

pct {{[en|enter]}} {{100}}

Create a container from template with 4GB size

pct {{[cr|create]}} {{100}} {{local:vztmpl/distro-name.tar.zst}} --rootfs {{local-lvm}}:4

Resize the container's disk to 20G

pct {{[resi|resize]}} {{100}} {{rootfs|mpX}} {{20G}}

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