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Proxmoxer Async 3.0

Modern async Python wrapper for Proxmox REST API

Python License Async


Features

  • 100% Async - Full asyncio support with aiohttp
  • Fast - orjson integration (3-5x faster JSON)
  • Retry Logic - Automatic exponential backoff
  • Connection Pooling - Reusable connections
  • Type Safe - Complete type hints (mypy strict)
  • Firewall Helper - Complete API integration
  • Tools Included - Files & Tasks utilities

Quick Start

Installation

pip install -e .

Basic Usage

import asyncio
from proxmoxer import ProxmoxAPI

async def main():
    async with await ProxmoxAPI.create(
        host="10.0.0.1",
        user="root@pam",
        password="secret",
        verify_ssl=False,
    ) as proxmox:
        # Get nodes
        nodes = await proxmox.nodes.get()
        print(f"Found {len(nodes)} nodes")

        # Get VMs on a node
        vms = await proxmox.nodes("pve").qemu.get()
        for vm in vms:
            print(f"VM {vm['vmid']}: {vm['name']}")

asyncio.run(main())

Firewall Management

from proxmoxer import ProxmoxAPI, FirewallManager

async with await ProxmoxAPI.create(...) as proxmox:
    # For QEMU VMs (default)
    fw = FirewallManager(proxmox, "pve", 100)

    # For LXC Containers
    fw = FirewallManager(proxmox, "pve", 100, vm_type="lxc")

    # Enable firewall
    await fw.enable()

    # Allow SSH from specific network
    await fw.allow_ssh(source="192.168.1.0/24")

    # Allow HTTP/HTTPS
    await fw.allow_http()
    await fw.allow_https()

    # Block malicious IP
    await fw.block_ip("1.2.3.4", comment="Attacker")

    # Get options - returns FirewallOptions model
    options = await fw.get_options()
    print(f"Firewall enabled: {options.enable}")
    print(f"Policy IN: {options.policy_in}")
    print(f"DHCP: {options.dhcp}")

    # Get all aliases - returns list[FirewallAlias]
    aliases = await fw.get_aliases()
    for alias in aliases:
        print(f"{alias.name}: {alias.cidr}")

    # Get specific alias by name
    alias = await fw.get_alias("admin_workstation")
    print(f"{alias.name}: {alias.cidr} - {alias.comment}")

    # Get IP sets - returns list[FirewallIPSet]
    ipsets = await fw.get_ipsets()
    for ipset in ipsets:
        entries = await fw.get_ipset_entries(ipset.name)
        for entry in entries:
            print(f"{ipset.name}: {entry.cidr}")

Concurrent Operations

# Fetch multiple resources in parallel (FAST!)
nodes, storages, vms = await asyncio.gather(
    proxmox.nodes.get(),
    proxmox.storage.get(),
    proxmox.nodes("pve").qemu.get(),
)

File Operations

from proxmoxer.tools import Files

files = Files(proxmox, "pve", "local")

# Upload ISO with checksum validation
await files.upload_local_file_to_storage(
    "/path/to/ubuntu.iso",
    do_checksum_check=True,
    wait_for_task=True,
)

Task Monitoring

from proxmoxer.tools import Tasks

# Start VM
upid = await proxmox.nodes("pve").qemu(100).status.start.post()

# Wait for completion with auto-retry
result = await Tasks.wait_for_task(proxmox, upid, timeout=300)

print(f"Task completed: {result['exitstatus']}")

Documentation


Key Improvements

Performance

Metric Gain
JSON parsing 3-5x faster (orjson)
Parallel requests 10-25x faster
Memory usage 10x less (streaming)
Connection reuse 50% faster

Code Quality

  • 100% async - No blocking code
  • Type hints - Full mypy support
  • Retry logic - Automatic on failures
  • Connection pooling - Efficient resource use
  • Error handling - Rich exceptions with context

Developer Experience

  • Context managers - Auto-cleanup
  • Helpers - High-level API (FirewallManager, Files, Tasks)
  • Convenience methods - allow_ssh(), allow_http(), etc.
  • Examples - 16 runnable examples
  • Documentation - Complete guides

Supported Backends

HTTPS (Recommended)

proxmox = await ProxmoxAPI.create(
    host="proxmox.example.com",
    user="root@pam",
    password="secret",
    backend="https",  # Default
)

SSH

proxmox = await ProxmoxAPI.create(
    host="proxmox.example.com",
    user="root",
    private_key="/path/to/key",
    backend="ssh",
)

Local (on Proxmox host)

proxmox = await ProxmoxAPI.create(
    backend="local",
    service="PVE",
)

Authentication

Password (with auto-renewal)

proxmox = await ProxmoxAPI.create(
    host="proxmox.example.com",
    user="root@pam",
    password="secret",
)

API Token (recommended for automation)

Method 1: Separate user and token name

proxmox = await ProxmoxAPI.create(
    host="proxmox.example.com",
    user="root@pam",
    token_name="my-token",
    token_value="xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
)

Method 2: Full token ID (convenient - no need to split user and token)

proxmox = await ProxmoxAPI.create(
    host="proxmox.example.com",
    full_token_id="root@pam!my-token",
    token_value="xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
)

Note: The full_token_id parameter automatically parses the format user@realm!tokenname and splits it internally. This is more convenient when you have the full token ID from Proxmox.


Examples

Example 1: Basic VM Operations

async with await ProxmoxAPI.create(...) as proxmox:
    # Create VM
    await proxmox.nodes("pve").qemu.create(
        vmid=100,
        name="test-vm",
        memory=2048,
        cores=2,
    )

    # Start VM
    upid = await proxmox.nodes("pve").qemu(100).status.start.post()

    # Wait for start
    await Tasks.wait_for_task(proxmox, upid)

    # Get status
    status = await proxmox.nodes("pve").qemu(100).status.current.get()
    print(f"VM status: {status['status']}")

Example 2: Batch Operations

# Start multiple VMs concurrently
upids = await asyncio.gather(
    proxmox.nodes("pve").qemu(100).status.start.post(),
    proxmox.nodes("pve").qemu(101).status.start.post(),
    proxmox.nodes("pve").qemu(102).status.start.post(),
)

# Wait for all
results = await Tasks.wait_for_multiple_tasks(proxmox, upids)

Example 3: Complete Firewall Setup

fw = FirewallManager(proxmox, "pve", 100)

# Configure options
await fw.set_options(
    enable=True,
    policy_in="DROP",  # Drop all by default
    policy_out="ACCEPT",
    log_level_in=FirewallLogLevel.INFO,
)

# Create IP set for trusted IPs
await fw.create_ipset("trusted_ips")
await fw.add_ipset_entry("trusted_ips", "192.168.1.100")
await fw.add_ipset_entry("trusted_ips", "10.0.10.0/24")

# Allow from trusted IPs
from proxmoxer import FirewallRule, FirewallRuleAction, FirewallRuleType

rule = FirewallRule(
    action=FirewallRuleAction.ACCEPT,
    type=FirewallRuleType.IN,
    source="+trusted_ips",  # Reference IP set
    comment="Allow trusted IPs",
)
await fw.add_rule(rule)

# Allow web traffic
await fw.allow_http()
await fw.allow_https()

What's Included

Core Modules

  • core.py - ProxmoxAPI & ProxmoxResource
  • exceptions.py - 12 exception types
  • types.py - TypedDict & Protocols
  • serializers.py - orjson + fallback
  • retry.py - Retry logic
  • pool.py - Connection pooling

Backends (all async with retry)

  • https.py - aiohttp + auth
  • ssh.py - asyncssh + pool
  • local.py - asyncio.subprocess

Tools

  • files.py - File operations
  • tasks.py - Task monitoring

Helpers

  • firewall.py - Complete firewall API

Development

Setup

pip install -e .[dev]
pre-commit install

Linting & Formatting

ruff format .           # Format code
ruff check . --fix      # Lint with auto-fix
mypy proxmoxer/         # Type checking

Testing

pytest                                    # Run tests
pytest --cov=proxmoxer --cov-report=html # With coverage

Run Examples

cd examples
python async_examples.py
python firewall_example.py

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please:

  1. Fork the repository
  2. Create feature branch: git checkout -b feature/my-feature
  3. Format code: ruff format .
  4. Run tests: pytest
  5. Commit: git commit -m "feat: description"
  6. Push: git push origin feature/my-feature
  7. Create Pull Request

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file


Credits

  • Original Author: Oleg Butovich
  • Async Migration: Complete refactoring 2025
  • Libraries: aiohttp, orjson, asyncssh, aiofiles

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Support

For questions and issues:

  • GitHub Issues: Report bugs
  • Documentation: Check docs/ folder
  • Examples: See examples/ folder

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