Bash scripts to start / stop Proxmox containers and VMs

control-container.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Script to suspend and resume container
# (c) July 2020 JC Connell

# if you want to see your debug messages, uncomment this variable
#DEBUG_IS_ON=yes

# you can use this function for debug messages
# usage: command: "debug File Is Open" --(gives oputput)--> "At 11:44:00 File Is Open"
function debug()
{
  if [ "${DEBUG_IS_ON}" = "yes" ]
  then
    NOW=$(date +"%T")
    echo "At $NOW Debug: ${*}" >&2
  fi
}


function print_help()
{
  echo -e "Syntax: $0 [-n] [-s] [-r] [-c] >&2"
  echo -e "\t[-n]: Container ID (Required)"
  echo -e "\t[-s]: Suspend container"
  echo -e "\t[-r]: Resume container"
  echo -e "\t[-c]: Check container status"
  exit 1
}

# Suspend container
function process_suspend()
{
   debug Processing 'suspend'
   status=$(process_check)
   if [ "$status" == "1" ]; then
     debug "Suspending container"
     /usr/sbin/pct shutdown "$id"
   elif [ "$status" == "0" ]; then
     debug "Container not running"
   fi
}

# Resume container
function process_resume()
{
   debug Processing 'resume'
   status=$(process_check)
   if [ "$status" == "0" ]; then
     debug "Resuming container"
     /usr/sbin/pct start "$id"
   elif [ "$status" == "1" ]; then
     debug "Container already running"
   fi
}

# Check container status
function process_check()
{
   debug Procesing 'check'
   status=$(/usr/sbin/pct status $id)
   if [ "$status" == "status: stopped" ]; then
     echo 0
   elif [ "$status" == "status: running" ]; then
     echo 1
   else
     debug "Error checking container status"
   fi
}

while getopts ":srchn:" o
do
  case "${o}" in
  s) process_suspend ;;
  r) process_resume ;;
  c) process_check ;;
  h) print_help ;;
  n) id=${OPTARG} ;;
  *) print_help ;;
  esac
done;

control-vm.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Script to suspend and resume vm 
# (c) July 2020 JC Connell

# if you want to see your debug messages, uncomment this variable
#DEBUG_IS_ON=yes

# you can use this function for debug messages
# usage: command: "debug File Is Open" --(gives oputput)--> "At 11:44:00 File Is Open"
function debug()
{
  if [ "${DEBUG_IS_ON}" = "yes" ]
  then
    NOW=$(date +"%T")
    echo "At $NOW Debug: ${*}" >&2
  fi
}


function print_help()
{
  echo -e "Syntax: $0 [-n] [-s] [-r] [-c] >&2"
  echo -e "\t[-n]: VM ID (Required)"
  echo -e "\t[-s]: Suspend VM"
  echo -e "\t[-r]: Resume VM"
  echo -e "\t[-c]: Check VM status"
  exit 1
}

# Suspend vm
function process_suspend()
{
   debug Processing 'suspend'
   status=$(process_check)
   if [ "$status" == "1" ]; then
     debug "Suspending container"
     /usr/sbin/qm shutdown "$id"
   elif [ "$status" == "0" ]; then
     debug "Container not running"
   fi
}

# Resume vm
function process_resume()
{
   debug Processing 'resume'
   status=$(process_check)
   if [ "$status" == "0" ]; then
     debug "Resuming container"
     /usr/sbin/qm start "$id"
   elif [ "$status" == "1" ]; then
     debug "Container already running"
   fi
}

# Check vm status
function process_check()
{
   debug Procesing 'check'
   status=$(/usr/sbin/qm status $id)
   if [ "$status" == "status: stopped" ]; then
     echo 0
   elif [ "$status" == "status: running" ]; then
     echo 1
   else
     debug "Error checking container status"
   fi
}

while getopts ":srchn:" o
do
  case "${o}" in
  s) process_suspend ;;
  r) process_resume ;;
  c) process_check ;;
  h) print_help ;;
  n) id=${OPTARG} ;;
  *) print_help ;;
  esac
done;

cron-entries.sh

# start container 200 at 6AM M-F
0 6 * * 1-5 /root/scripts/auto-resume-shutdown-container.sh -n 200 -r >/dev/null 2>&1
# stop container 200 at 6PM M-F
0 18 * * 1-5 /root/scripts/auto-resume-shutdown-container.sh -n 200 -s >/dev/null 2>&1