> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at 10:34 AM > From: "Michal Prívozník" <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: "daggs" <daggs@xxxxxxx> > Cc: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: autostart sessiioned vms > > On 8/26/24 19:33, daggs wrote: > > Greetings Michal, > > > >> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2024 at 11:52 AM > >> From: "Michal Prívozník" <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> To: "daggs" <daggs@xxxxxxx>, users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: Re: autostart sessiioned vms > >> > >> On 8/23/24 14:23, daggs via Users wrote: > >>> Greetings, > >>> > >>> I'm running sessioned vms which I want to start them up at boot. > >>> I've marked a vm inside a use as autostart, added libvirtd to the boot order and rebooted but it didn't started the vm. > >>> I tried adding libvirt-guests to bott services but my sessioned vm is still not autostarting. > >>> what is the proper way to do so? > >> > >> There are two modes of operation: > >> > >> 1) qemu:///system > >> 2) qemu:///session > >> > >> The former runs a system-wide VMs, the latter runs per-user VMs. The > >> former runs libvirtd under root, the latter runs libvirtd under given > >> user. If you enable libvirtd at startup, it's very likely that you're > >> starting the system-wide instance (i.e. qemu:///system). > >> > >> Usually, per-user daemons (like dbus, pipewire) are started after user > >> logs in. That's where you want to place libvirtd start too. I'm not sure > >> what init system you're using, but perhaps it has a way to start a > >> per-user service - consult documentation to your init system. > >> > >> BTW: user daemon is started automatically upon connection opening. For > >> instance, running the following starts a session daemon: > >> > >> $ virsh uri > >> > >> Oh, and if you're using autostart for other objects than domains, then > >> you need to start corresponding daemons. > >> > >> Michal > >> > >> > > > > I'm using openrc. > > so based on the above, if I login as the user where the vm is defined, it should start it? > > If you configure your session manager then yes. For instance, I'm using > KDE and I can configure what files should be executed after login. > that system uses only cli, I need the vms to start at boot > > what happens if I log out from the user? the vm stays up? > > Yes, the daemon won't die unless there's no VM running and no client > connected for 120 seconds (by default). what do you mean by "client" > > Michal > >
