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Shrink rootfs for container under Proxmox
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proxmox-shrink-pct-rootfs
#!/bin/sh -e
# Based on https://serverfault.com/a/787380/228027
CT="123"
DIR="/$VE-$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M)"
NEWSIZE="100G"
UNPRIV="1" # ..missed by dump/restore => should be selected explicitly
mkdir -p "$DIR"
pct stop "$CT"
vzdump "$CT" --dumpdir "$DIR" -compress lzo
pct destroy "$CT"
pct restore "$CT" "$DIR/vzdump-lxc-$CT"-*.tar.lzo --rootfs local:"$CT",size="$NEWSIZE" --unprivileged "$UNPRIV"
pct start "$CT"
: rm -rf "$DIR"
## END ##
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