pveam
Manage Proxmox LXC container templates
TLDR
Refresh the template catalogue
$ pveam update
List the templates available to download$ pveam available
Narrow that list to one section$ pveam available --section [system]
Download a template into a storage$ pveam download [local] [template_name]
List what has already been downloaded$ pveam list [local]
Delete a downloaded 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.
