VirtualBox¶

• VirtualBox
• Start VMs at host boot and shut down during host shutdown using systemd
  • Script
  • /etc/systemd/system/vboxvmservice@.service
  • Instantiation

Start VMs at host boot and shut down during host shutdown using systemd¶

Script¶

/usr/local/bin/shut_down_vbox_vm.sh

/etc/systemd/system/vboxvmservice@.service¶

This is specific to the User= user

[Unit]
Description=VBox Virtual Machine %i Service
Requires=systemd-modules-load.service
After=systemd-modules-load.service

[Service]
User=c
Group=vboxusers
ExecStart=/usr/bin/VBoxManage startvm %i --type headless
ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/shut_down_vbox_vm.sh %i
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Instantiation¶

Example, for user c's VM aems3.iciti.av

# systemctl enable vboxvmservice@aems3.iciti.av