# spiceproxy(8)

Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH
<support@proxmox.com>
version 8.4.1, Tue Aug 5 16:55:44 CEST 2025

## NAME

spiceproxy - SPICE Proxy Service

## SYNOPSIS

spiceproxy <COMMAND> [ARGS] [OPTIONS]

spiceproxy help [OPTIONS]

Get help about specified command.

--extra-args <array>

  Shows help for a specific command

--verbose <boolean>

  Verbose output format.

spiceproxy restart

Restart the daemon (or start if not running).

spiceproxy start [OPTIONS]

Start the daemon.

--debug <boolean> (default = 0)

  Debug mode - stay in foreground

spiceproxy status

Get daemon status.

spiceproxy stop

Stop the daemon.

## DESCRIPTION

SPICE (the Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments) is an open remote computing solution, providing client access to remote displays and devices (e.g. keyboard, mouse, audio). The main use case is to get remote access to virtual machines and container.

This daemon listens on TCP port 3128, and implements an HTTP proxy to forward CONNECT request from the SPICE client to the correct Proxmox VE VM. It runs as user www-data and has very limited permissions.

## Host based Access Control

It is possible to configure "apache2" like access control lists. Values are read from file /etc/default/pveproxy. See pveproxy documentation for details.

## Copyright and Disclaimer

Copyright © 2007-2022 Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/