Modding the GUI

3 Mods for a Better PVE Experience

Below is a set of mods to PVE to enhance the experience.

A Better Summary Page

This bash script installs a modification to the Proxmox GUI to display sensor readings in a flexible and readable manner.
Supported are CPU, NVMe/HDD/SSD temperatures (Celsius/Fahrenheit), fan speeds, ram temperatures, mixed CPU's core nodes setups, motherboard information or system information.

Prerequisite

You need to install the lm-sensors extension.

apt update && apt install lm-sensors 

Now you can manually check more information about your system by typing (in a terminal) sensors or any of the sub-commands. See the man page.

The config is in the file /etc/sensors3.conf see this man page.

Setup sensors

Run sensors-detect and follow the screen.

Download the script

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Meliox/PVE-mods/main/pve-mod-gui-sensors.sh

Read through the script and if you understand what it will do to your system, you may choose to install it.

What the script will do:

• Create backups of the original files located at /usr/share/pve-manager/js/pvemanagerlib.js and /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2/Nodes.pm in the backup directory relative to the script location.
• Add a new code to the Nodes.pm file that enables host system sensor readings using the sensors command.
• Modify the pvemanagerlib.js file to expand the space in the node status view, add new items that display the temperature information in Celsius for CPUs, NVMe drives, HDDs/SSDs and fan speeds (the actual item list depends on the sensor readings available during the installation). The view layout is also adjusted to no longer match the column number setting and always expands to the full width of the browser window. It is also possible to collapse the panel vertically.
• Finally, the script also restarts the pveproxy service to apply the changes.

Install the GUI Sensor script

bash pve-mod-gui-sensors.sh install

To test: Clear the browser cache Control + F5 or use a private window.

Uninstall this script

bash pve-mod-gui-sensors.sh uninstall

Save Data of the Sensors

Sometimes when you do fault-finding, you need to reference values before or after an event. This command is specifically for that.

bash pve-mod-gui-sensors.sh save-sensors-date

No Nag Screen

To install the mods, you download the script. Read through the script and if you understand what it will do to your system, you can choose to install it.

Download the No Nag Screen script

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Meliox/PVE-mods/main/pve-mod-nag-screen.sh

Install the No Nag Screen script

bash pve-mod-nag-screen.sh install

Uninstall this script

bash pve-mod-nag-screen.sh uninstall

Update All Running Containers with APT

This script updates all running Proxmox containers, skipping specified excluded containers, and generates a separate log file for each container.

The script first updates the Proxmox host system, then iterates through each container, updates the container, and reboots it if necessary.

Each container's log file is stored in $log_path and the main script log file is named container-upgrade-main.log.

To install the script, download the script. Read through the script and if you understand what it will do to your system, you may choose to install it.

Download the script

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Meliox/PVE-mods/main/updateallcontainers.sh

Create a directory for the logs

The example below is the default for this script

mkdir scripts

Edit the script

Make your changes like

• Path to logs
• Container IDs to exclude
• Path to Programs

Manual usage

bash updateallcontainers.sh

Automate the script to run by cron

Can be added to cron for e.g. monthly update: 0 6 1 * * /root/scripts/updateallcontainers.sh

Modding the GUI – A Solarized like Theme

See my post – A new Theme for PVE

References

lm-sensors ^[1] Proxmox Virtual Environment mods and scripts ^[2]