qm guest exec

Execute a specific command via a guest agent. More information: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html.

  • Execute a specific command via a guest agent:

qm guest exec vm_id command argument1 argument2 …

  • Execute a specific command via a guest agent asynchronously:

qm guest exec vm_id argument1 argument2 … --synchronous 0

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

qm 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 guest exec vm_id argument1 argument2 … --pass-stdin 1