Proxmox cheatsheet

Download a new ISO image

1. Find the URL to the image online.
2. At top left of Proxmox interface, select "Folder View".
3. Click into "Storage" and then "local (proxmox)".
4. In pane that opens, go to "ISO Images" and click "Download from URL".

Get container IP address

# from the proxmox command-line
$ lxc-info -n ID

This is for containers, not VMs.

Fix failing Proxmox updates

If you don't have a Proxmox subscription, updates on the Proxmox host might fail because they try to use the enterprise package repositories.

1. Comment out the lines in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list
2. Create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-no-subscription.list
3. Add the line deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm pve-no-subscription