tldr/pages/linux/qm-guest.md

qm guest

Manage a VM guest agent. More information: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html.

• Print the status of a specific PID:

qm {{[g|guest]}} {{[exec-s|exec-status]}} {{vm_id}} {{pid}}

• Set a password for a specific user in a virtual machine interactively:

qm {{[g|guest]}} {{[p|passwd]}} {{vm_id}} {{username}}

• Execute a specific QEMU Guest Agent command:

qm {{[g|guest]}} {{[c|cmd]}} {{virtual_machine_id}} {{fsfreeze-freeze|fsfreeze-status|fsfreeze-thaw|fstrim|get-fsinfo|...}}

• Execute a specific command via a guest agent:

qm {{[g|guest]}} exec {{vm_id}} {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}