proxmox-spice-console-start-via-powershell

Task

Start on a windows 10 client the spice console from a virtual machine hosted by proxmox installation

Assumption

• Proxmox is running
• Virtual machines are created
• VirtViewer / remote-viewer is installed
• Spice console is working start via administration UI

Preperation steps

• If you have a self singed certificate copy the pem file from the proxmox server to your client and install it. see https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Import_certificate_in_browser
• (optional) Create a special user to not expose your admin password to a local script

Usage

• Update the script header with your environment specific data

# environment specific variables  
$node = '-- Host name FQN --'  
$nodename = '-- Node name on the left of your admin ui (default pve) --'  
$vmid = '-- ID of your VM (e.g. 100) --'  
$username = '-- Username including (@pam or @pve) --'  
$password = '-- password --'  
$remoteviewer = '-- Path to remote-viewer.exe (e.g. C:\Program Files\VirtViewer v7.0-256\bin\remote-viewer.exe) --'  

• right click on the updated script and select "execute with power shell"
• gl hf