Proxmox Utility Toolkit
Overview
Proxmox’s web UI is fine for basic management, but the repetitive tasks — creating VMs in bulk, mass updates, batch operations — are painfully slow through a browser. So I built a CLI toolkit to automate the stuff I do every day.
Written in Python, published as open source on GitHub. It talks to the Proxmox API directly, so it works with any Proxmox version that exposes the API.
What It Automates
- Bulk VM/container creation from templates
- Batch configuration changes across multiple nodes
- Automated backup verification and reporting
- Resource utilization monitoring and alerting
- Template management and deployment
Why Open Source
The Proxmox automation space is underserved. Most tools are either heavy-weight orchestration platforms (overkill for a homelab) or shell scripts that work for one person’s setup. A focused CLI toolkit that’s easy to extend fills the gap.
Published it because the Proxmox community is generous and I wanted to give back. Plus, open source means someone else will find bugs I missed and submit fixes.
Technologies
- Python
- Proxmox VE API
- CLI framework
- Open source (GitHub)
