How to Copy Files from Proxmox VE LXC Container to Proxmox Host

You can use the pct command on the Proxmox VE host to copy files between LXC containers and your Proxmox VE host.

Copying a File from LXC Container to Proxmox Host

To copy a file /root/gitea.tar.gz from the LXC container ID 203 to your Proxmox VE host and put it in the path /root/gitea-backup.tar.gz of your Proxmox VE host, run the following command:

# pct pull 203 /root/gitea.tar.gz /root/gitea-backup.tar.gz

The file should be copied to the Proxmox VE host.

root@pve-host:~# ls -lh
total 27M
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14M Sep 11 11:54 gitea-backup.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14M Sep 11 11:38 gitea.tar.gz