The continuing challenges of getting a workable server continue.
The latest spins of VirtualBox seem to have solved the issues of DKMS
auto compiles of the driver being aborted. The yum updates work as
expected, provided one stops the running vms manually first.
However, trying to get systemd to start the vms is proving to be a PITA.
I have extensively googled and found that there are no specific
instructions for Fedora/Redhat/CentOS and VirtualBox setups for systemd.
After many trials and errors I have this systemd service file:
filename - /etc/systemd/system/vboxstarter@.service
[Unit]
Description=VBox Virtual Machine %i Service
Requires=systemd-modules-load.service vboxballoonctrl-service.service
After=systemd-modules-load.service vboxballoonctrl-service.service
Conflicts=shutdown.target
[Service]
User=<username>
Group=vboxusers
Restart=on-failure
TimeoutSec=5min
Environment="VBOX_USER_HOME=/home/rkampen/VirtualBox VMs/%i"
ExecStart=/usr/bin/VBoxHeadless -s %i
ExecStop=/usr/bin/VBoxManage controlvm %i savestate
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
and on occasions the invocation
systemctl start vboxvmstarter@Windoze10_2.service
will work, although recently it is failing always with
>$ systemctl status vboxvmstarter@Windoze10_2.service
● vboxvmstarter@Windoze10_2.service - VBox Virtual Machine Windoze10_2
Service
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/vboxvmstarter@.service; enabled;
vendor preset: disabled)
Active: deactivating (stop-sigterm) (Result: exit-code) since Tue
2016-05-17 03:25:02 EDT; 4s ago
Process: 1987 ExecStop=/usr/bin/VBoxManage controlvm %i savestate
(code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Process: 1906 ExecStart=/usr/bin/VBoxHeadless -s %i (code=exited,
status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 1906 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CGroup:
/system.slice/system-vboxvmstarter.slice/vboxvmstarter@Windoze10_2.service
└─1940 /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSVC --auto-shutdown
May 17 03:25:02 media.pcol.org systemd[1]: Started VBox Virtual Machine
Windoze10_2 Service.
May 17 03:25:02 media.pcol.org systemd[1]: Starting VBox Virtual Machine
Windoze10_2 Service...
May 17 03:25:02 media.pcol.org systemd[1]:
vboxvmstarter@Windoze10_2.service: main process exited, code=exited,
status=1/FAILURE
May 17 03:25:02 media.pcol.org VBoxManage[1987]: VBoxManage: error:
Could not find a registered machine named 'Windoze10_2'
May 17 03:25:02 media.pcol.org VBoxManage[1987]: VBoxManage: error:
Details: code VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80bb0001), com...pports
May 17 03:25:02 media.pcol.org VBoxManage[1987]: VBoxManage: error:
Context: "FindMachine(Bstr(a->argv[0]).raw(), machine.a...VM.cpp
May 17 03:25:02 media.pcol.org systemd[1]:
vboxvmstarter@Windoze10_2.service: control process exited, code=exited
status=1
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
as <username> a vboxmanage list vms
"Windoze10_2" {51c8f956-9aba-4d2a-942c-8f46889d5bc0}
shows the required vm.
as root or using sudo it returns nothing.
thus my only conclusion is that systemd actually runs this as root and
ignores the User= line of the [Service] stanza.
No idea where to from here, so if there is anyone that has a working
systemd autostart VirtualBox setup on a headless CentOS 7 server -
please advise what you have done to get it working.
Or any systemd gurus that can point me at the specific foo required to
beat this deamon into submission.
TIA
Rob
P.S. I deliberately set up the VirtualBox vms under a non privileged
user account. I have tried setting up a symbolic link from /root to the
~/username/VirtualBox\ VMs folder and made root a member of the
virtualboxusers group - no difference, as expected, but getting desperate.
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