pveam
Manage Proxmox LXC container templates
TLDR
Update container template database
$ pveam update
List available templates$ pveam available
Download a template$ pveam download local [template_name]
List downloaded templates$ pveam list local
List templates in a specific section$ pveam available --section [system|turnkeylinux|mail]
Remove a template$ pveam remove local:vztmpl/[template_name]
SYNOPSIS
pveam command [options]
DESCRIPTION
pveam (Proxmox VE Appliance Manager) manages LXC container templates. It downloads and manages pre-built container images from Proxmox template repositories, including standard Linux distributions and TurnKey Linux appliances.
Templates are stored in configured storage locations and can be used to quickly deploy new containers with pct create.
PARAMETERS
update, u
Update the template database from Proxmox serversavailable, a
List available templates for downloaddownload, d storage template
Download template to specified storagelist, l storage
List templates in specified storageremove, r volume
Remove a template--section section
Filter available templates by section (system, turnkeylinux, mail)
CAVEATS
Requires internet connection to update database and download templates. Storage must be configured to allow vztmpl content type. Templates are downloaded from Proxmox infrastructure.
HISTORY
Part of Proxmox VE, providing convenient access to curated container templates. Integrates with TurnKey Linux for ready-to-use application containers.
