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Problems backing up LXC to NFS in Proxmox

Sun, 24 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

If you create an unprivileged LXC container on Proxmox, then try to back it up to an NFS share, for example on a NAS, you’ll get an error when it tries to build the temporary file.

The clue is in the Permission denied line. It is trying to create a temporary file on my NAS, and failing because of a permissions problem. If I try the same backup to the local storage, it works fine.

Proxmox LXC backup to NFS share failing

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

I was doing updates on all my nodes and VM’s today, and backing up the VMs that aren’t already on a backup schedule. On my dev machine I have a Debian LXC container that I mostly just use for trying out Linux commands and playing around. I used to have a backup of it that I used a lot - after playing around I like to set it back to a fresh install plus my ssh keys - but I lost it somehow when moving the VM to new metal.