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DuckbootandClaude Opus 5.5 40feb125b4 Add LXC shell via ssh and pct enter
Press t on a running container to suspend the TUI and run
`ssh -t root@<node> pct enter <vmid>`. cv4pve-cli has no shell or exec
for LXC, so this goes around it and needs key-based root SSH to the
PVE node.

- VMs, stopped containers and busy guests get a warning instead.
- Only exit code 255 (ssh failed) is reported as an error. Other codes
  are the last status of the container's shell.
- OSError is caught inside suspend(). Textual's suspend() has no
  try/finally, so an exception escaping it would leave the app
  suspended.
- The guest table reloads when the shell returns.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-02 20:35:22 +01:00

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# cv4pve-cli-tui
Textual TUI for [cv4pve-cli](https://github.com/Corsinvest/cv4pve-cli): list Proxmox VE
guests (VMs and LXC), start/shutdown/stop/reboot them, and change cores, memory and
disk size.
It shells out to `cv4pve-cli` and uses its current context (`cv4pve-cli config use <name>`);
it stores no credentials itself. Tested with cv4pve-cli 2.4.0.
## Run
```sh
uv run cv4pve-tui
```
| Key | Action |
|-----|--------|
| `s` | start |
| `S` | shutdown (confirm) |
| `x` | stop - hard power-off (confirm) |
| `r` | reboot (confirm) |
| `e` | edit cores / memory / grow a disk (disk growth asks again; it cannot be undone) |
| `t` | shell in a running LXC container (`ssh -t root@<node> pct enter <vmid>`) |
| `g` | refresh |
| `c` | switch cv4pve-cli context (cluster) |
| `q` | quit |
The shell key needs key-based root SSH to the PVE node (LXC only).
Switching context runs `cv4pve-cli config use`, which changes cv4pve-cli's global current
context: other shells and scripts follow, and it stays after the app exits.
Empty fields in the edit dialog are left unchanged. If a CPU/memory change cannot be
hot-plugged, the app tells you it applies at the next reboot.
## Development
```sh
uv sync
uv run pytest
```
Tests mock `cv4pve-cli`; they never touch a cluster. Design: `docs/plans/guest-tui-mvp.md`.