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Autostart VM on boot

How to start VM on host boot?

A VM can be started at XCP-ng boot itself, it's called Auto power on. We have two ways to configure it: using Xen Orchestra or via the CLI.

🛰️ With Xen Orchestra​

In Xen Orchestra we can just enable a toggle in VM "Advanced" view, called Auto power on. Everything will be set accordingly.

XO's VM advanced tab showing the Auto power on option.

🧑‍💻 With the CLI​

  1. Determine the UUID of the pool for which we want to enable Auto Start. To do this, run the console command on the server:
root@xcp-ng-host — With the CLI
# xe pool-list
uuid ( RO) : <VM_UUID>
  1. Allow autostart of virtual machines at the pool level with the found UUID command: # xe pool-param-set uuid=<VM_UUID> other-config:auto_poweron=true

Now we enable autostart at the virtual machine level. 3. Execute the command to get the UUID of the virtual machine:

root@xcp-ng-host — xe pool-list
# xe vm-list
  uuid ( RO)           : <VM_UUID>
  name-label ( RW)     : VM
  power-state ( RO)    : running

  1. Enable autostart for each virtual machine with the UUID found: # xe vm-param-set uuid=<VM_UUID> other-config:auto_poweron=true

  2. Checking the output # xe vm-param-list uuid=<VM_UUID> | grep other-config