====== Proxmox - Guests (VMs and Containers) - Download a Container Image ======
Before a Container Template can be used it needs to be downloaded into one of the storage areas.
pveam download local debian-10.0-standard_10.0-1_amd64.tar.gz
**NOTE:** Use **local** for simple usage.
* For clustered installations, it is preferred to use a shared storage so that all nodes can access those images.
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===== List downloaded images =====
List all downloaded images on storage local with:
pveam list local
returns:
NAME SIZE
local:vztmpl/debian-10-turnkey-dokuwiki_16.1-1_amd64.tar.gz 221.43MB
local:vztmpl/debian-10-turnkey-nginx-php-fastcgi_16.1-1_amd64.tar.gz 261.15MB
local:vztmpl/fedora-33-default_20201115_amd64.tar.xz 83.92MB
local:vztmpl/ubuntu-20.04-standard_20.04-1_amd64.tar.gz 204.28MB
local:vztmpl/ubuntu-21.04-standard_21.04-1_amd64.tar.gz 215.40MB
local:vztmpl/ubuntu-desktop-x.tar.gz 244.82MB