---
layout: page
title: proxmox_virtual_environment_container
permalink: /resources/virtual_environment_container
nav_order: 4
parent: Resources
subcategory: Virtual Environment
---

# Resource: proxmox_virtual_environment_container

Manages a container.

## Example Usage

```terraform
resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_container" "ubuntu_container" {
  description = "Managed by Terraform"

  node_name = "first-node"
  vm_id     = 1234

  initialization {
    hostname = "terraform-provider-proxmox-ubuntu-container"

    ip_config {
      ipv4 {
        address = "dhcp"
      }
    }

    user_account {
      keys     = [trimspace(tls_private_key.ubuntu_container_key.public_key_openssh)]
      password = random_password.ubuntu_container_password.result
    }
  }

  network_interface {
    name = "veth0"
  }

  operating_system {
    template_file_id = proxmox_virtual_environment_file.ubuntu_container_template.id
    type             = "ubuntu"
  }
}

resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_file" "ubuntu_container_template" {
  content_type = "vztmpl"
  datastore_id = "local"
  node_name    = "first-node"

  source_file {
    path = "http://download.proxmox.com/images/system/ubuntu-20.04-standard_20.04-1_amd64.tar.gz"
  }
}

resource "random_password" "ubuntu_container_password" {
  length           = 16
  override_special = "_%@"
  special          = true
}

resource "tls_private_key" "ubuntu_container_key" {
  algorithm = "RSA"
  rsa_bits  = 2048
}

output "ubuntu_container_password" {
  value     = random_password.ubuntu_container_password.result
  sensitive = true
}

output "ubuntu_container_private_key" {
  value     = tls_private_key.ubuntu_container_key.private_key_pem
  sensitive = true
}

output "ubuntu_container_public_key" {
  value = tls_private_key.ubuntu_container_key.public_key_openssh
}
```

## Argument Reference

* `clone` - (Optional) The cloning configuration.
    * `datastore_id` - (Optional) The identifier for the target datastore.
    * `node_name` - (Optional) The name of the source node (leave blank, if equal to the `node_name` argument).
    * `vm_id` - (Required) The identifier for the source container.
* `console` - (Optional) The console configuration.
    * `enabled` - (Optional) Whether to enable the console device (defaults to `true`).
    * `mode` - (Optional) The console mode (defaults to `tty`).
        * `console` - Console.
        * `shell` - Shell.
        * `tty` - TTY.
    * `tty_count` - (Optional) The number of available TTY (defaults to `2`).
* `cpu` - (Optional) The CPU configuration.
    * `architecture` - (Optional) The CPU architecture (defaults to `amd64`).
        * `amd64` - x86 (64 bit).
        * `arm64` - ARM (64-bit).
        * `armhf` - ARM (32 bit).
        * `i386` - x86 (32 bit).
    * `cores` - (Optional) The number of CPU cores (defaults to `1`).
    * `units` - (Optional) The CPU units (defaults to `1024`).
* `description` - (Optional) The description.
* `disk` - (Optional) A disk.
    * `datastore_id` - (Optional) The identifier for the datastore to create the disk in (defaults to `local-lvm`).
* `initialization` - (Optional) The initialization configuration.
    * `dns` - (Optional) The DNS configuration.
        * `domain` - (Optional) The DNS search domain.
        * `server` - (Optional) The DNS server.
    * `hostname` - (Optional) The hostname.
    * `ip_config` - (Optional) The IP configuration (one block per network device).
        * `ipv4` - (Optional) The IPv4 configuration.
            * `address` - (Optional) The IPv4 address (use `dhcp` for autodiscovery).
            * `gateway` - (Optional) The IPv4 gateway (must be omitted when `dhcp` is used as the address).
        * `ipv6` - (Optional) The IPv4 configuration.
            * `address` - (Optional) The IPv6 address (use `dhcp` for autodiscovery).
            * `gateway` - (Optional) The IPv6 gateway (must be omitted when `dhcp` is used as the address).
    * `user_account` - (Optional) The user account configuration.
        * `keys` - (Optional) The SSH keys for the root account.
        * `password` - (Optional) The password for the root account.
* `memory` - (Optional) The memory configuration.
    * `dedicated` - (Optional) The dedicated memory in megabytes (defaults to `512`).
    * `swap` - (Optional) The swap size in megabytes (defaults to `0`).
* `network_interface` - (Optional) A network interface (multiple blocks supported).
    * `bridge` - (Optional) The name of the network bridge (defaults to `vmbr0`).
    * `enabled` - (Optional) Whether to enable the network device (defaults to `true`).
    * `mac_address` - (Optional) The MAC address.
    * `mtu` - (Optional) Maximum transfer unit of the interface. Cannot be larger than the bridge's MTU.
    * `name` - (Required) The network interface name.
    * `rate_limit` - (Optional) The rate limit in megabytes per second.
    * `vlan_id` - (Optional) The VLAN identifier.
* `node_name` - (Required) The name of the node to assign the container to.
* `operating_system` - (Required) The Operating System configuration.
    * `template_file_id` - (Required) The identifier for an OS template file.
    * `type` - (Optional) The type (defaults to `unmanaged`).
        * `alpine` - Alpine.
        * `archlinux` - Arch Linux.
        * `centos` - CentOS.
        * `debian` - Debian.
        * `fedora` - Fedora.
        * `gentoo` - Gentoo.
        * `opensuse` - openSUSE.
        * `ubuntu` - Ubuntu.
        * `unmanaged` - Unmanaged.
* `pool_id` - (Optional) The identifier for a pool to assign the container to.
* `started` - (Optional) Whether to start the container (defaults to `true`).
* `template` - (Optional) Whether to create a template (defaults to `false`).
* `vm_id` - (Optional) The virtual machine identifier

## Attribute Reference

There are no additional attributes available for this resource.