🚀 Proxmox LXC Automation Suite

This repository contains a collection of professional bash scripts for automated LXC container and user management on Proxmox VE. Designed for high efficiency, visual consistency, and easy configuration through a single control center.

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✨ Key Features

• 🔗 Integrated with users.txt: All scripts use users.txt as the single source of truth for data.
• ⚙️ Centralized Configuration: Global settings (Template ID, Memory, Storage, etc.) are managed through config.cfg.
• 🖥️ Interactive UI & Menus: Equipped with interactive menus, premium ANSI colors, and real-time progress bars.
• 🛡️ Safety Checks: Automatic container status verification (stop-before-edit logic) to prevent configuration corruption.
• 🛠️ Robust & Safe: Uses set -euo pipefail and strict regex validation to prevent input errors.
• 📊 Summary Reporting: Concise reports (Success/Failed/Already) after every operation completes.
• 🌐 Full English Localization: All UI strings, logs, and menus are in professional English.

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📂 File Structure

File	Function	Highlighted Features
pct-create.sh	Bulk Create LXC & Users	Setup Wizard, Manual Input mode, Config Editor
pct-destroy.sh	Bulk Remove LXC & Users	Purge logic, Stop-before-delete, Interactive Menu
pct-control.sh	Bulk Control (Start/Stop/Restart)	Real-time command output, Status monitor, Progress bar
pct-edit.sh	Resource Editor (Memory, Network, etc.)	Stop-before-edit, Bulk Resize (Expand), IP update
pct-set-auto_boot.sh	Auto-Boot Management	Enable/Disable bulk mode, Visual status indicators
config.cfg	Global Settings	Central configuration for resources and templates
users.txt	User Database	List of VMIDs and usernames to be processed

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🚀 Usage

1. Preparation

Make sure you're on a Proxmox node with root access.

git clone https://github.com/FatihSatrio/create-lxc-automation.git
cd create-lxc-automation

2. Configure the Database

Fill in the users.txt file using the format VMID, Username:

601, user01
602, user02
605, user05

3. Running the Scripts

All scripts support both interactive (menu-driven) mode and direct CLI mode.

A. Create Containers & Users

sudo bash pct-create.sh

B. Start/Stop/Restart Control

sudo bash pct-control.sh

C. Edit Resources (Network/RAM/CPU/Disk)

sudo bash pct-edit.sh

D. Auto-Boot Management

sudo bash pct-set-auto_boot.sh

E. Remove Containers & Users

sudo bash pct-destroy.sh

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🛠️ Configuration (config.cfg)

You can edit config.cfg directly or through the Configuration menu inside the scripts.

TEMPLATE_ID="999"      # Source LXC Template ID
MEMORY="512"           # RAM (MB)
DISK_SIZE="3"          # Disk (GB)
STORAGE="hdd"          # Proxmox storage name
DEFAULT_PASSWORD="..." # Default password for pve users

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📝 Important Notes

• Disk Resize: Proxmox only supports expanding disk size. Shrinking is not supported and will fail.
• Safety: Scripts will automatically stop a running container before editing its resources to ensure stability.
• Validation: Lines in users.txt that are invalid or non-numeric are automatically skipped.

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🤝 Contributing

Have an idea for a new feature? Feel free to open an Issue or submit a Pull Request to this repository.

Author: Fatih Satrio (Moon)
Base Logic: MASR170902