Description

Download a container template

• In the Proxmox UI, navigate to your local storage, then select CT Templates from the list view. Press the Templates button on the ribbon, then browse through the list and choose a Linux distro, such as debian-12-standard

Creating a container

• Click Create CT on the top right corner of the screen.
• Give it a CT ID, a Hostname, and a password. Press the Load Public SSH key, and upload your workstation's public SSH key (e.g., C:\Users\User\.ssh\id_ed25519.pub)
• Follow the rest of the wizard. Set a static IP under Networks, such as 192.168.100.102/24.
• Press Finish, wait for it to be created, then Start the container.
• In the list view select "Console". You should have a login prompt. Enter root as the user name and the password you used.
• You now have a working containerised Linux environment.

Mountpoints

• In the Proxmox UI, navigate to your container, then select Resources in the list view, then click Add on the ribbon and choose Mount Point.
• Enter a path that this volume will appear as inside of the container, e.g. /mnt/test
• Head back to your SSH session, navigate to the path, and you should see a new volume.
• You can use the mount command to verify, e.g.:

mount | grep test
/dev/mapper/pve-vm--201--disk--1 on /mnt/test type ext4 (rw,relatime,stripe=16)

Accessing a container

Proxmox web UI

As listed above, you can access any container via the Console menu option.

Proxmox CLI

If you're in the CLI of the Proxmox server, you can also use the pct enter <CT_ID> command to access a container. e.g.:

root@proxmox:~ # pct list
VMID       Status     Lock         Name
101        running                 foobar

root@proxmox:~ # pct enter 101
root@foobar:/#

SSH

If you uploaded your public SSH key during creation, you can also connect via SSH, e.g.:

ssh root@192.168.8.102 -i ~\.ssh\id_ed25519

As mentioned earlier, it is convenient to place the IP address in your SSH config file so that you can connect via just a SSH Host name.

When to use a Container vs VM

Nesting (Docker)

Network mounts (SMB and NFS)

• And using the above in the host and using Mount Points.

See Also

External Links