pveautomate 0.2.1

A package to automate Proxmox VE tasks

pveautomate

Proxmox VE API

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Feel free to open a PR or Issue, but be aware API implementation has been prioritized for Alchemicode's own softwware that relies on this package.

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# Example Usage: # Usage examples

Cloning a range setup for multiple users

from pveautomate.automate import ProxmoxManager
from getpass import getpass

# Create a ProxmoxManager object
pm = ProxmoxManager(
    "https://proxmox.foo.bar/api2/json",
    "root@pam",
    getpass("Enter password: "),
    "node1",
)

# Assuming these users already exist
for user in ['matt@pve', 'dave@pve', 'kris@pve']:
    pm.create_range([100,101,102], user) # assuming 100,101,102 are template VMs that you want each user to have a copy of

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# Usage Docs:

pveautomate

pveautomate.automate

ProxmoxManager Objects

class ProxmoxManager()

__init__

def __init__(proxmox_url,
             proxmox_user,
             proxmox_password,
             node,
             verify_ssl=False)

Initialize the ProxmoxManager with the required parameters.

Arguments:

• proxmox_url str - The URL of the Proxmox VE server.
• proxmox_user str - The username to authenticate with.
• proxmox_password str - The password to authenticate with.
• node str - The Proxmox VE node to manage.
• verify_ssl bool - Whether to verify SSL certificates. Defaults to False.

write_vm_data

def write_vm_data()

Write VM data to a CSV file.

This method is usually internal and is used to dump data on range VMs to a CSV file.

read_vm_data

def read_vm_data()

Read VM data from a CSV file.

This method is usually internal and is used to load data on range VMs from a CSV file.

authenticate

def authenticate()

Authenticate with the Proxmox VE host and obtain a ticket and CSRF token.

This method is usually internal and is used to authorize with the PVE host.

Returns:

• tuple - A tuple containing the ticket and CSRF token.

get_next_vm_id

def get_next_vm_id(ticket=None)

Get the next available VMID for clone/create operations.

Arguments:

• ticket str - The authentication ticket.

Returns:

• int - The next available VMID.

clone_vm

def clone_vm(template_id, new_name, new_id)

Clone a VM or template to a new VMID and assign a new name.

Arguments:

• ticket str - The authentication ticket.
• csrf_token str - The CSRF prevention token.
• template_id int - The ID of the template to clone.
• new_name str - The new name for the cloned VM.
• new_id int - The new VMID for the cloned VM.

Returns:

• dict - The response data from the clone operation.

assign_admin_vm_permissions

def assign_admin_vm_permissions(vm_id, user)

Assign admin permissions to a user for a given VMID.

Arguments:

• ticket str - The authentication ticket.
• csrf_token str - The CSRF prevention token.
• vm_id int - The ID of the VM.
• user str - The user to assign admin permissions to.

set_vm_desc

def set_vm_desc(vm_id, desc)

Set the description (Notes) of a VMID.

Arguments:

• ticket str - The authentication ticket.
• csrf_token str - The CSRF prevention token.
• vm_id int - The ID of the VM.
• desc str - The description to set for the VM.

destroy_vm

def destroy_vm(vmid)

Destroy a VM by its ID.

Arguments:

• vmid int - The ID of the VM to destroy.

create_user

def create_user(new_username, new_password, realm, name=None)

Create a new user in the given realm

Arguments:

• new_username str - The username (typically short and lowercase, e.g 'john')
• new_password str - The user's new password
• realm str - Which realm the user belongs to (typically 'pve' or 'pam' unless your cluster has external authentication sources configured)
• name str, optional - Human-readable long name for user (e.g. 'John Doe')

list_users

def list_users()

Internal method. Returns data array about active users in the cluster

check_if_user

def check_if_user(find_userid)

Check wether or not given username exists in given realm

Arguments:

• find_userid str - user id to search for (full userid, e.g. 'foo@pve')

destroy_range

def destroy_range()

Destroy all range VMs.

create_range

def create_range(ids, user)

Create cloned VMs for a given username.

Arguments:

• ids list - A list of VMIDs to clone.
• user str - The username to assign to the cloned VMs. Defaults to None.

apply_sdn

def apply_sdn()

Apply SDN settings to the cluster.

add_subnet_to_vnet

def add_subnet_to_vnet(vnet_id, subnet_cidr, subnet_gateway)

Add a subnet to a given VNET ID.

Arguments:

• ticket str - The authentication ticket.
• csrf_token str - The CSRF prevention token.
• vnet_id int - The ID of the VNET.
• subnet_cidr str - The CIDR notation of the subnet to add.

destroy_subnet

def destroy_subnet(vnet, subnet_cidr)

Destroy a subnet from a given VNET ID.

Arguments:

• vnet int - The ID of the VNET.
• subnet_cidr str - The CIDR notation of the subnet to add.