qm Command Examples

QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. Some subcommands such as list, start, stop, clone, etc. have their own usage documentation. 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