From 2dd58db7921db98965ae3f6ba0ae497c35f34c5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dylan Whyte Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2020 17:38:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] PVE integration: Add note about hiding password Add a note to section "Proxmox VE integration" explaining how to avoid passing password as plain text when using the pvesm command. Signed-off-by: Dylan Whyte --- docs/administration-guide.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/administration-guide.rst b/docs/administration-guide.rst index 08aaed4a..a8e641cf 100644 --- a/docs/administration-guide.rst +++ b/docs/administration-guide.rst @@ -1411,6 +1411,10 @@ as ``user1@pbs``. # pvesm add pbs store2 --server localhost --datastore store2 # pvesm set store2 --username user1@pbs --password +.. note:: If you would rather not pass your password as plain text, you can pass + the ``--password`` parameter, without any arguments. This will cause the + program to prompt you for a password upon entering the command. + If your backup server uses a self signed certificate, you need to add the certificate fingerprint to the configuration. You can get the fingerprint by running the following command on the backup server: