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Create or restore VM backups. Use for full VM backups that can survive VM destruction.
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Set up a new nixos-vm-template context for managing VMs on a hypervisor (libvirt, proxmox KVM, or proxmox-lxc containers). Use this when the user wants to configure a new VM management context, create an alias, or set up environment variables for a backend.
Completely remove a VM including its machine config. Use when user wants to permanently delete everything about a VM.
Recreate a VM from its existing machine config. Use when user wants to rebuild a destroyed VM or reset a VM to fresh state.
Create a new NixOS VM on the configured backend (libvirt or proxmox). Use this when the user wants to create a new virtual machine.
Clone an existing VM to create a new VM with copied /var data but fresh identity.
Destroy a VM and its disks. Use when user wants to remove a VM but keep its machine config for later recreation.
| name | backup-vm |
| description | Create or restore VM backups. Use for full VM backups that can survive VM destruction. |
| allowed-tools | Read, Bash, AskUserQuestion |
Create and restore VM backups.
Ask what they want to do:
Run just list to show existing VMs. Ask which VM to backup.
just backup {NAME}
just backups
First list backups to show available options:
just backups
Ask which VM to restore. The restore command will show available backups for that VM.
Warn the user: Restoring will replace the current VM with the backup contents. All current data will be lost.
just restore-backup {NAME}
This will show available backups and prompt for selection.
Confirm the action completed. For backups, note where they're stored. For restores, remind them to start the VM.