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pct-status

Show the running state of a Proxmox LXC container

TLDR

Check container status (prints e.g. `status: running`)
$ pct status [100]
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Show verbose runtime and configuration details
$ pct status [100] --verbose
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SYNOPSIS

pct status [OPTIONS] vmid

DESCRIPTION

pct status displays the current status of a Proxmox LXC container, showing whether it is running, stopped, or in another state.

PARAMETERS

vmid

The numeric ID of the container
--verbose
Display detailed status information including resource usage

CAVEATS

Status is reported from the Proxmox perspective. A container showing as running may have internal issues not visible through this command.

HISTORY

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

SEE ALSO

pct(1), pct-list(1)

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