pct-mount

mounts a stopped container's filesystem on the Proxmox host

TLDR

Mount container filesystem

$ pct mount 100

SYNOPSIS

pct mount vmid

DESCRIPTION

pct mount mounts a stopped container's filesystem on the Proxmox host. This allows direct access to container files for maintenance, recovery, or inspection without starting the container.

PARAMETERS

vmid

The numeric ID of the container

CAVEATS

The container must be stopped to mount its filesystem. The mount point is typically at /var/lib/lxc/VMID/rootfs. Always unmount with pct unmount before starting the container.

HISTORY

pct mount is part of the Proxmox VE virtualization platform for managing LXC containers.