ProxmoxAAS API - Client REST API

ProxmoxAAS API provides functionality to the Client by both providing a proxy API for the Proxmox API, and an API for requesting resources within a defined quota.

Prerequisites

• ProxmoxAAS-Client
• Proxmox VE Cluster (v7.0+)
• Reverse proxy server which can proxy the client and API
  • FQDN
• Server with NodeJS (v18.0+) and NPM installed

Configuring API Token and Permissions

In Proxmox VE, follow the following steps:

1. Add a new user proxmoxaas-api to Proxmox VE
2. Create a new API token for the user proxmoxaas-api and copy the secret key to a safe location
3. Create a new role proxmoxaas-api with at least the following permissions:
   • VM.* except VM.Audit, VM.Backup, VM.Clone, VM.Console, VM.Monitor, VM.PowerMgmt, VM.Snapshot, VM.Snapshot.Rollback
   • Datastore.Allocate, Datastore.AllocateSpace, Datastore.Audit
   • User.Modify
   • Pool.Audit
4. Add a new API Token Permission with path: /, select the API token created previously, and role: proxmoxaas-api
5. Add a new User Permission with path: /, select the proxmoxaas-api user, and role: proxmoxaas-api

Installation - API

1. Clone this repo onto Client Host
2. Run npm install to initiaze the package requirements
3. Copy template.localdb.json as localdb.json and modify the following values under pveAPIToken:
   • pveAPI - the URI to the Proxmox API, ie <proxmoxhost>:8006/api2/json or <proxmox URL>/api2/json if Proxmox VE is behind a reverse proxy.
   • hostname - the ProxmoxAAS-Client URL, ie host.domain.tld
   • domain - the base domain for the client and proxmox, ie domain.tld
   • listenPort - the port you want the API to listen on, ie 8080
   • pveAPIToken - the user(name), authentication realm, token id, and token secrey key (uuid)
4. (Optional) In order to allow users to customize instance pcie devices, the API must use the root credentials for privilege elevation. Modify the following values under pveroot in order to use this feature:
   • username: root user, typically root@pam
   • password: root user password
5. You may also wish to configure users at this point as well. An example user config is shown in the template.
6. Start the service using node ., or call the provided shell script, or use the provided systemctl service script

Installation - Reverse Proxy

1. Configure nginx or preferred reverse proxy to reverse proxy the client. The configuration should include at least the following:

server {
	listen 443 ssl;
	server_name client.<FQDN>;
	location / {
		proxy_pass http://<Client Host>:80;
	}
	location /api/ {
		proxy_pass http://<Client Host>:8080;
	}
}

2. Start nginx with the new configurations by running systemctl reload nginx

Result

After these steps, the ProxmoxAAS Client should be available and fully functional at client.<FQDN>.