From: Thomas Lamprecht <t.lamprecht@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [PATCH manager 10/10] pvereport: man page: document which values get redacted
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2026 22:34:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261101213835.353604-11-t.lamprecht@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261101213835.353604-1-t.lamprecht@proxmox.com>
Admins who send a report to support need to know which secrets it
leaves out, and which possibly sensitive information it still contains.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Lamprecht <t.lamprecht@proxmox.com>
---
bin/pvereport | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
diff --git a/bin/pvereport b/bin/pvereport
index 8658a0424..fb9320a98 100755
--- a/bin/pvereport
+++ b/bin/pvereport
@@ -22,3 +22,34 @@ pvereport
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Display various information related to a Proxmox VE system
+
+The report replaces the following values with C<< <redacted> >>:
+
+=over
+
+=item *
+
+Values of options marked as secret in guest, storage, SDN IPAM and SDN DNS
+configurations, like the cloud-init password of guests and the API tokens of
+IPAM and DNS plugins.
+
+=item *
+
+Passwords in URLs, for example in APT sources or the HTTP proxy setting.
+
+=item *
+
+Values in C<name=value> form whose name suggests a credential, like
+C<password> in mount options or C<DB_PASSWORD> in the environment of a
+container.
+
+=back
+
+This only covers the cases above. Credentials can remain elsewhere, for example
+in command lines, in QEMU C<args>, in the output of C<ceph config dump>, in
+error messages, or in options of storage plugins that are not installed on this
+node. The report also contains other information that can be sensitive, like
+guest descriptions, user names, SSH public keys, IP addresses and host names.
+Check the report before you share it.
+
+The same applies to the system report generated in the web interface.
--
2.47.3
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-01 21:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-01 21:34 [PATCH common,qemu-server,network,manager 0/10] mark secrets in schemas and redact them from the system report Thomas Lamprecht
2026-11-01 21:34 ` [PATCH common 01/10] section config: do not add isolated property lists on lookups Thomas Lamprecht
2026-11-01 21:34 ` [PATCH common 02/10] schema: allow marking properties as sensitive Thomas Lamprecht
2026-11-01 21:34 ` [PATCH common 03/10] schema: add helpers to redact sensitive values Thomas Lamprecht
2026-11-01 21:34 ` [PATCH common 04/10] section config: add redaction of sensitive values in raw configs Thomas Lamprecht
2026-11-01 21:34 ` [PATCH qemu-server 05/10] cloud-init: mark the password as sensitive Thomas Lamprecht
2026-11-01 21:34 ` [PATCH qemu-server 06/10] config: hide sensitive values of unparsable lines in warnings Thomas Lamprecht
2026-11-01 21:34 ` [PATCH network 07/10] sdn: ipam, dns: mark API tokens as sensitive Thomas Lamprecht
2026-11-01 21:34 ` [PATCH manager 08/10] report: redact sensitive values from guest, storage and SDN configs Thomas Lamprecht
2026-11-01 21:34 ` [PATCH manager 09/10] report: redact credentials in URLs, options and environment variables Thomas Lamprecht
2026-11-01 21:34 ` Thomas Lamprecht [this message]
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