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Attach a Proxmox Backup Server datastore to Proxmox VE as a backup storage target via the API, with fingerprint verification and client-side encryption

Enable and configure the Proxmox VE firewall for a guest via the API without locking yourself out

Manage Proxmox VE HA resources via the API so guests fail over automatically between cluster nodes

Restore a Proxmox VE VM or LXC container from a vzdump backup archive via the API

Run an on-demand vzdump backup of a Proxmox VE guest and schedule a recurring backup job with retention via the API

Create an LXC container on Proxmox VE via the REST API, including downloading the OS template

Provision a cloud-init enabled Linux VM template on Proxmox VE and clone it into a ready-to-use guest via the API

Live-migrate a Proxmox VE VM to another cluster node via the API, checking preconditions first

Grow a Proxmox VE VM disk or move it to different storage via the API

Grow a Proxmox VE VM disk or move it to different storage via the API

Take, list, roll back, and delete Proxmox VE VM snapshots via the API

Start, gracefully shut down, and force-stop a Proxmox VE VM via the API without corrupting guest data

Safely read and update Proxmox VE VM configuration via the API using digest optimistic locking and pending changes

Clone a Proxmox VE VM or template via the API and understand when you get a linked clone versus a full copy

Create a QEMU/KVM virtual machine on Proxmox VE via the REST API, including picking a free VMID

Poll a Proxmox VE asynchronous task (UPID) to completion and correctly detect failure

Authenticate to the Proxmox VE REST API with a login ticket and CSRF token when API tokens are not usable (e.g. console access)

Authenticate to the Proxmox VE REST API using an API token (non-expiring, no CSRF) and avoid the privilege-separation trap