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name: container-management description: Create, manage, and optimize LXC containers in Proxmox. Control container lifecycle, manage resources, and coordinate container deployments across nodes.

Container Management Skill

Create, manage, and optimize LXC containers in your Proxmox environment.

What this skill does

This skill enables you to:

• List containers on specific nodes
• Get detailed container configuration and status
• Start, stop, reboot, and delete containers
• Create new LXC containers with basic or advanced configuration
• Clone existing containers
• Modify container resource allocation
• Monitor container performance metrics
• Manage container templates
• Plan container deployment strategies
• Optimize resource allocation for containers

When to use this skill

Use this skill when you need to:

• Check container status and configuration
• Manage container lifecycle (start/stop/reboot)
• Monitor container performance and resource usage
• Adjust container resources (CPU, memory, storage)
• Create new containers
• Troubleshoot container issues
• Plan container migrations
• Optimize container placement
• Manage container templates

Available Tools

• get_containers - List all containers on a specific node
• get_container_status - Get detailed container status and configuration
• get_container_config - Get full container configuration details
• start_container - Start a container
• stop_container - Stop a container immediately
• shutdown_container - Gracefully shutdown a container
• reboot_container - Reboot a container
• create_container - Create a new LXC container with basic configuration
• create_container_advanced - Create a container with advanced configuration options
• clone_container - Clone an existing container
• delete_container - Delete a container

Typical Workflows

Container Lifecycle Management

1. Use get_containers to list available containers
2. Use get_container_status or get_container_config to check state
3. Use start/stop/reboot to manage container operations
4. Monitor container health during changes

Container Creation & Deployment

1. Use create_container or create_container_advanced to provision new container
2. Use get_container_status to verify configuration
3. Use clone_container to create copies for testing or deployment
4. Use get_container_config to review detailed settings
5. Document container details for reference

Container Lifecycle Operations

1. Use shutdown_container for graceful shutdown
2. Use reboot_container to restart container
3. Use stop_container for immediate termination if needed
4. Monitor container status during transitions

Container Troubleshooting

1. Use get_container_status to diagnose issues
2. Use reboot/restart to recover from problems
3. Use snapshots to rollback problematic changes
4. Analyze logs and metrics for root cause

Example Questions

• "List all containers on the worker node"
• "What's the status and resource usage of container 101?"
• "Get the full configuration of container 105"
• "Start the database container"
• "Create a new container with 2 cores and 4GB RAM"
• "Clone container 102 to create a test environment"
• "Gracefully shutdown container 103"
• "Delete container 199 and remove all data"
• "Show me all containers and their resource allocation"

Response Format

When using this skill, I provide:

• Container listings with status and resources
• Detailed container configuration and metrics
• Status confirmations for container operations
• Resource utilization analysis
• Optimization recommendations

Best Practices

• Monitor container performance regularly
• Use cloning for quick container deployment
• Create containers with appropriate resource allocation
• Use graceful shutdown to minimize disruption
• Plan resource allocation carefully
• Balance containers across nodes
• Implement monitoring for critical containers
• Use container templates for consistency
• Document container configuration and purpose
• Test changes in development first
• Monitor disk usage and resource limits
• Clean up unused containers regularly
• Use meaningful hostnames for easy identification