[SOLVED] always starting virtual machine at reboot

tkmsr · 08-10-2010, 04:10 AM

I am using KVM and Ubuntu.
I have some virtual machines running on it.

Is there a way I can do some thing so that the virtual machines always restart when I reboot the host operating system.
In xen I used to have a symlink
in /etc/xen/auto to the vm in question.

r3sistance · 08-10-2010, 04:48 AM

I am pretty sure this can be done as per

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There's a simple init.d/ script included that can be used to auto-start VMs when the host system boots. Just symlink config files into /etc/kvm/auto/ and then add the script to whichever runlevel you want. Just be sure to set it to start after networking is up.

There is also the option you can place a few start up lines in /etc/rc.d/rc.local but I'd advise looking into the above.

tkmsr · 08-15-2010, 03:30 PM

I found an easy way
2 options :

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1. Symlink : ln -s /etc/libvirt/qemu/machine.xml /etc/libvirt/qemu/autostart/machine.xml

or you can

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2. Use virt-manager and in "Boot Options" section check the "Start virtual machine on host boot up" option.

In case you do not have autostart in /etc/libvirt/qemu/autostart
then create it manually and then make the softlink

Hope this helps some one who comes across this thread.