Shutdown Proxmox VM using CLI

Tue, 17 Oct 2023 01:30:03 +0000

If you’re looking to shut down a virtual machine running on a Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE), you can use the Proxmox command-line interface (CLI) to accomplish this task quite effectively. The command for shutting down a VM in Proxmox is qm shutdown, followed by the ID of the virtual machine you’d like to shut down. Here’s how to do it:

Access the Server: First, log in to your Proxmox server via SSH.

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Shutdown Proxmox VM using CLI