# Shell interface for the Proxmox VE API

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version 8.4.1, Tue Aug 5 16:55:44 CEST 2025

The Proxmox VE management tool (pvesh) allows to directly invoke API function, without using the REST/HTTPS server.

| Only root is allowed to do that.

## EXAMPLES

Get the list of nodes in my cluster

    # pvesh get /nodes

Get a list of available options for the datacenter

    # pvesh usage cluster/options -v

Set the HTMl5 NoVNC console as the default console for the datacenter

    # pvesh set cluster/options -console html5