You can start any KVM VM at boot time by use of the libvirt-guests service, by putting a link to the xml file for the vm in /etc/libvirt/qemu/auto
You can choose to shut down rather than suspend the VM at shutdown by changing the settings of libvirt-quests. Steve Timm ________________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of ToddAndMargo <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 10:01:04 PM To: scientific-linux-users Subject: What is the best way to start a KVM VM at boot? Hi All, I am finding server articles with DuckDuckGo on how start a KVM virtual machine at (host) boot, but they are over 5 years old. Is there a best practice way to do this? Also, when the host shuts down, I know KVM saves the machine. Is there a way to send the shutdown command to the machine instead when someone hits reboot or shutdown? Many thanks, -T -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
