Startup/Shutdown scripts for KVM Machines in Debian (libvirt)

Startup/Shutdown scripts for KVM Machines in Debian (libvirt)

[Hermann Himmelbauer]

Hi,
I manage my KVM machines via libvirt and wonder if there are any init.d 
scripts for automatically starting up and shutting down virtual machines 
during boot/shutdown of the host?

Writing this for myself seems to be not that simple, as when shutting down, 
the system has somehow to wait until all machines are halted (not responding 
guests have to be destroyed etc.), and I don't really know how to accomplish 
this.

My host system is Debian Lenny, is there anything available? 
Perhaps libvirt offers something I'm unaware of?


Best Regards,
Hermann

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Re: Startup/Shutdown scripts for KVM Machines in Debian (libvirt)

[Avi Kivity]

On 11/10/2010 10:01 AM, Hermann Himmelbauer wrote:
> Hi,
> I manage my KVM machines via libvirt and wonder if there are any init.d
> scripts for automatically starting up and shutting down virtual machines
> during boot/shutdown of the host?
>
> Writing this for myself seems to be not that simple, as when shutting down,
> the system has somehow to wait until all machines are halted (not responding
> guests have to be destroyed etc.), and I don't really know how to accomplish
> this.
>
> My host system is Debian Lenny, is there anything available?
> Perhaps libvirt offers something I'm unaware of?
>

I think it does.  Copying the libvirt mailing list.

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Re: Startup/Shutdown scripts for KVM Machines in Debian (libvirt)

[pradeep]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:01:40 +0100
Hermann Himmelbauer <dusty@qwer.tk> wrote:

> Hi,
> I manage my KVM machines via libvirt and wonder if there are any
> init.d scripts for automatically starting up and shutting down
> virtual machines during boot/shutdown of the host?
> 
> Writing this for myself seems to be not that simple, as when shutting
> down, the system has somehow to wait until all machines are halted
> (not responding guests have to be destroyed etc.), and I don't really
> know how to accomplish this.
> 
> My host system is Debian Lenny, is there anything available? 
> Perhaps libvirt offers something I'm unaware of?

You can set it using "autostart" in virsh.

> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> Hermann
> 

Re: Startup/Shutdown scripts for KVM Machines in Debian (libvirt)

[Jean-Philippe Menil]

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Le 10/11/2010 10:07, pradeep a écrit :
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:01:40 +0100
> Hermann Himmelbauer<dusty@qwer.tk>  wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I manage my KVM machines via libvirt and wonder if there are any
>> init.d scripts for automatically starting up and shutting down
>> virtual machines during boot/shutdown of the host?
>>
>> Writing this for myself seems to be not that simple, as when shutting
>> down, the system has somehow to wait until all machines are halted
>> (not responding guests have to be destroyed etc.), and I don't really
>> know how to accomplish this.
>>
>> My host system is Debian Lenny, is there anything available?
>> Perhaps libvirt offers something I'm unaware of?
> You can set it using "autostart" in virsh.
>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Hermann
>>
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Hi,

in libvirt, there is two startup script you need to be aware.
/etc/init.d/libvirt-bin for the libvirt daemon and the
/etc/init.d/libvirt-guest for a properly startup/shutdown of the guests.
And take a look at tht /etc/default/libvirt-*

Regards.

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