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I cannot seem to get my VM to run at

startup.
16 I tried the "startup applications" and
update-rc.d with no luck.
sudo update-rc.d startvms defaults 99 10
9 This created all the appropriate

symbolic links for the different run
levels but the VM still does not start.
Here's my startvms script:
#!/bin/bash
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: startvms
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start my VMs at boot time
# Description: Enable service provided by daemon.
### END INIT INFO
case "$1" in
start)
echo "Starting"
nohup VBoxHeadless --startvm "UbuntuServer" &
;;
stop)
echo "Stopping $DESC"
VBoxManage controlvm "UbuntuServer" poweroff
;;
restart|force-reload)
echo "Restarting $DESC"
VBoxManage controlvm "UbuntuServer" poweroff
nohup VBoxHeadless --startvm "UbuntuServer" &
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
What am i doing wrong?

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asked Aug 15 '11 at 18:33

capdragon
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7 Answers
THIS is what finally worked!

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1) Create the startup

script file
Home in /etc/init.d - sudo
nano /etc/init.d/StartVM .
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Copy Paste the following in the file
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and replace "My VM Name" for
Users your vm name:
Unanswered #! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/StartVM
#
#Edit these variables!

VMUSER=spode
VMNAME="My VM Name"
case "$1" in
start)
echo "Starting VirtualBox VM..."
sudo -H -b -u $VMUSER /usr/bin/VBoxVRDP -s "$VMNAME"
;;
stop)
echo "Saving state of Virtualbox VM..."
sudo -H -u $VMUSER /usr/bin/VBoxManage controlvm "$VMNAME" savestate
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/StartVM {start|stop}"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
2) Give the script

executable permission
with sudo chmod

+x /etc/init.d/StartVM .
3) Tell script to run at

startup.
tell the script be the first to

shutdown and the last to startup.
sudo update-rc.d StartVM defaults

99 01
edited Mar 23 '14 at 3:07
answered Apr 16 '12 at 19:33

capdragon
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FYI, This works on Opensuse

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without nohup.
VBoxHeadless -s "OpenSuSE 11.4 64bit" &
answered Nov 7 '11 at 17:09

Bill
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Since you mention that
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VBoxHeadless works fine if you
type it from the command line of a
terminal but does not start any VM
when launched from a init script,
my guess is that it is looking for
some environment variable which
is defined when you run a shell in
your terminal but undefined in the
init script environment (which is
basically empty, except for
parameters given on the kernel
command line).
Home Can you try replacing the

VBoxHeadless invocations in the
Questions script with this?
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env USER=username HOME=/path/to/user/homedir VBoxHeadless ...same options as before...
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Here "username" and the home
Unanswered directory path should be changed
to match those of the user you use
to start the VM.
If that works, you might want to

use su -l to run VBoxHeadless
instead of this env hack.
answered Aug 15 '11 at 20:07

Riccardo Murri
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This is working ok with Ubuntu
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server 12.04 and VirtualBox
4.2.20.
#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/StartVM
#
#Edit these variables!
VMUSER=username
case "$1" in
start)
echo "Starting VirtualBox VM SMARTHOST ..."
sudo -u $VMUSER VBoxManage startvm SMARTHOST --type headless
echo "Starting VirtualBox VM wxp-acceso ..."
sudo -u $VMUSER VBoxManage startvm wxp-acceso --type headless
echo "Starting VirtualBox VM wmmaq_edi ..."
sudo -u $VMUSER VBoxManage startvm vmmaq_edi --type headless
Home ;;
stop)
Questions echo "Saving state of Virtualbox VM SMARTHOST ..."
sudo -u $VMUSER VBoxManage controlvm SMARTHOST savestate
Tags echo "Saving state of Virtualbox VM wxp-acceso ..."
sudo -u $VMUSER VBoxManage controlvm wxp-acceso savestate
Users echo "Saving state of Virtualbox VM vmmaq_edi ..."
sudo -u $VMUSER VBoxManage controlvm vmmaq_edi savestate
Unanswered ;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/StartVM {start|stop}"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
And
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/StartVM
and
sudo update-rc.d StartVM defaults 99 01
as indicated at a previous answer.
edited Dec 17 '13 at 0:11

chaos
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answered Dec 16 '13 at 22:57

user224910
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one might also want to set directly
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the port when using vrdp .. comment
to the top answer, which
compartmentalizes well to use
different scripts for different vms
VBoxVRDP -startvm "myVM" -vrdpport 3391 &
edited Sep 30 '15 at 7:17

muru
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answered Mar 9 '15 at 11:36

ebricca
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Wow.. I am seeing all these solutions,

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which seem a bit complex, but this is
my third laptop on which I ended up
simply writing:
VBoxHeadless -s "Ubuntu Server"
in my rc.local file in the /etc/ directory

and that worked pretty well. Runs the
virtual machine automatically on a
reboot.
answered Jun 19 '17 at 0:37

Home Muhammad bin Yusrat
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On recent versions of Virtualbox

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(4.2.0 onwards) you don't need to
roll your own script to autostart a
VM but it does take some
configuration. See section 9.24 of
the Virtualbox Manual "Starting
virtual machines during system
boot"
Unfortunately the manual only

gives outline instructions and
hasn't been updated in ages. I
found this post on the virtualbox
Home forums with some extra detail.
Questions You could just put a line in rc.local

to start your server but if you want
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to do it the "offical" way read on..
Users
Add these lines
Unanswered to /etc/default/virtualbox:
VBOXAUTOSTART_DB=/etc/vbox
VBOXAUTOSTART_CONFIG=/etc/vbox/vboxautostart.cfg
Edit /etc/vbox/vboxautostart.cfg
(this example denies autostart
permission for all users except
user "Bob":
# Default policy is to deny starting a VM, the other option is "allow".

default_policy = deny
# Bob is allowed to start virtual machines but starting them

# will be delayed for 10 seconds
bob = {
allow = true
startup_delay = 10
}
# Alice is not allowed to start virtual machines, useful to exclude certain users
# if the default policy is set to allow.
alice = {
allow = false
}
Add vboxusers group to /etc/vbox

and sticky bit:
# chgrp vboxusers /etc/vbox

# chmod 1775 /etc/vbox
Add all users who will use

virtualbox to the "vboxusers"
group, e.g:
# adduser Bob vboxusers
Every user who wants to enable

autostart for individual machines
has to set the path to the autostart
database directory with:
$ VBoxManage setproperty autostartdbpath /etc/vbox
Users can then set VMs to

autostart and configure how they
will have
stop read
(e.g and
savestate,
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$ VBoxManage modifyvm <vmname> --autostart-enabled on

$ VBoxManage modifyvm <vmname> --autostop-type acpishutdown
The above worked for me with

Virtualbox 5, installed from the
virtualbox.org repository.
answered Jul 28 '17 at 17:37

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I cannot seem to get my VM to run at

sudo update-rc.d startvms defaults 99 10

9 This created all the appropriate

Here's my startvms script:

What am i doing wrong?

asked Aug 15 '11 at 18:33

THIS is what finally worked!

1) Create the startup

#Edit these variables!

2) Give the script

with sudo chmod

3) Tell script to run at

tell the script be the first to

sudo update-rc.d StartVM defaults

edited Mar 23 '14 at 3:07

answered Apr 16 '12 at 19:33

FYI, This works on Opensuse

VBoxHeadless -s "OpenSuSE 11.4 64bit" &

answered Nov 7 '11 at 17:09

Home Can you try replacing the

If that works, you might want to

answered Aug 15 '11 at 20:07

sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/StartVM

sudo update-rc.d StartVM defaults 99 01

as indicated at a previous answer.

edited Dec 17 '13 at 0:11

answered Dec 16 '13 at 22:57

VBoxVRDP -startvm "myVM" -vrdpport 3391 &

edited Sep 30 '15 at 7:17

answered Mar 9 '15 at 11:36

Wow.. I am seeing all these solutions,

VBoxHeadless -s "Ubuntu Server"

in my rc.local file in the /etc/ directory

answered Jun 19 '17 at 0:37

On recent versions of Virtualbox

Unfortunately the manual only

Questions You could just put a line in rc.local

# Default policy is to deny starting a VM, the other option is "allow".

# Bob is allowed to start virtual machines but starting them

Add vboxusers group to /etc/vbox

# chgrp vboxusers /etc/vbox

Add all users who will use

# adduser Bob vboxusers

Every user who wants to enable

$ VBoxManage setproperty autostartdbpath /etc/vbox

Users can then set VMs to

$ VBoxManage modifyvm <vmname> --autostart-enabled on

The above worked for me with

answered Jul 28 '17 at 17:37

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