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-The {PVE} node management tool (`pvenode`) allows to control node specific
+The {PVE} node management tool (`pvenode`) allows you to control node specific
settings and resources.
-Currently `pvenode` allows to set a node's description and to manage
-the node's SSL certificates used for the API and the web GUI through `pveproxy`.
+Currently `pvenode` allows you to set a node's description, run various
+bulk operations on the node's guests, view the node's task history, and
+manage the node's SSL certificates, which are used for the API and the web GUI
+through `pveproxy`.
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Both files need to be PEM encoded. `certificate.key` contains the private key
and `certificate.crt` contains the whole certificate chain.
-.Setup ACME account and order a certificate for local node.
+.Setup ACME account and order a certificate for the local node.
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pvenode acme account register default mail@example.invalid
Wake-on-LAN
~~~~~~~~~~~
-Wake-on-LAN (WoL) allows to switch on a sleeping computer in the network by
-sending a magic packet. At least one NIC must support this feature and the
-respective option needs to be enabled in the computers firmware (BIOS/UEFI)
+Wake-on-LAN (WoL) allows you to switch on a sleeping computer in the network, by
+sending a magic packet. At least one NIC must support this feature, and the
+respective option needs to be enabled in the computer's firmware (BIOS/UEFI)
configuration. The option name can vary from 'Enable Wake-on-Lan' to
-'Power On By PCIE Device', check your motherboards vendor manual, if unsure.
-`ethtool` can be used to check the WoL configuration of `<interface>` by
-running:
+'Power On By PCIE Device'; check your motherboard's vendor manual, if you're
+unsure. `ethtool` can be used to check the WoL configuration of `<interface>`
+by running:
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ethtool <interface> | grep Wake-on
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-`pvenode` allows to wake sleeping members of a cluster via WoL using the
+`pvenode` allows you to wake sleeping members of a cluster via WoL, using the
command:
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This broadcasts the WoL magic packet on UDP port 9, containing the MAC address
-of `<node>` obtained from the `wakeonlan` property. The node specific
-`wakeonlan` property can be set by the following command:
+of `<node>` obtained from the `wakeonlan` property. The node-specific
+`wakeonlan` property can be set using the following command:
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pvenode config set -wakeonlan XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
The log of a task can then be printed using its UPID:
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-pvenode task log UPID:pve1:00010D94:001CA6EA:6124E1B9:vzdump:100:root@pam:
+pvenode task log UPID:pve1:00010D94:001CA6EA:6124E1B9:vzdump:100:root@pam:
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