qm
QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager.
More information: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html.
- List all virtual machines:
qm list
- Using an ISO file uploaded on the local storage, create a virtual machine with a 4 GB IDE disk on the
local-lvm
storage and an ID of 100:
qm create 100 -ide0 local-lvm:4 -net0 e1000 -cdrom local:iso/proxmox-mailgateway_2.1.iso
- Show the configuration of a virtual machine, specifying its ID:
qm config 100
- Start a specific virtual machine:
qm start 100
- Send a shutdown request, then wait until the virtual machine is stopped:
qm shutdown 100 && qm wait 100
- Destroy a virtual machine and remove all related resources:
qm destroy 100 --purge