I have the same problem. I've already tried to start vbox vm without GUI but I couldn't do it.
Christian, as it seems that you've managed to do it successfully, could you help us out in this task? If not, does anyone here have a way to do it? Or is it impossible with current libvirt code? thanks in advance! 2011/7/25 Guilherme Santos <[email protected]> > My objective is also to run headless virtual machines through libvirt > library. > I am using an Ubuntu 10.04 distro and libvirt 0.9.2. > > Before asking you guys about it, I searched on the web and found this: > > Hi, >> >> thanks for your hint. >> >> I read the lines in the documentation, but unfortunately editing the xml >> >> >> >> within virsh lead to the errors. >> >> The Solution to a headless domain was to edit the XML file from bash and >> then >> >> #virsh: define <domainname.xml> >> >> to reload the new values for the graphics type of the machine. >> >> >> >> Obvioulsy something went wrong when editing "live".... >> >> Regards, >> Christian >> >> Am 24.06.2010 18:27, schrieb Jean-Baptiste Rouault: >> > Hi, >> > >> > Something like this should work, as can be seen in the >> >> >> >> > documentation here : http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsGraphics >> > >> > <drivers> >> > <graphics type='rdp' autoport='yes' /> >> >> >> >> > </drivers> >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Jean-Baptiste >> > >> > >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> I'm trying to use the VirtualBox/vbox driver together with libvirt 0.8.1 >> >> on a Ubuntu Lucid Machine, VirtualBox Release 3.1. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> The goal is to run the virtual machines headless and to connect using RDP. >> >> >> >> When starting a virtual domain using 'virsh start <domainname>' the GUI >> >> of VirtualBox will pop up and I see no option to prevent this. If X is >> >> >> >> >> not running, the virsh command will terminate with 'unknown failure'. >> >> >> >> I've found some hints on inclusion of the headless statement in the >> >> 'graphics' part of the XML definition file, but when I tree to adopt >> >> >> >> >> this, the editing of the file will crash. >> >> >> >> Has anyone achieved to manage VBox machines with libvirt on a headless >> >> server ? >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance for some hints or experiences with this issue, >> >> >> >> >> Christian >> >> >> >> > Unfortunately this isn't working for me. > Following is my XML configuration: > > <domain type='vbox'> > <name>THEDOMAIN</name> > <uuid>33f6e188-1479-46f4-9d90-4d5a2d3a30f2</uuid> > <memory>393216</memory> > <currentMemory>393216</currentMemory> > <vcpu>1</vcpu> > <os> > <type arch='i686'>hvm</type> > <boot dev='hd'/> > <boot dev='cdrom'/> > </os> > <features> > <acpi/> > </features> > <clock offset='localtime'/> > <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> > <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot> > <on_crash>destroy</on_crash> > <devices> > <disk type='file' device='disk'> > <source file='/local/vbox-shared.vdi' /> > <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> > </disk> > <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> > <source file='/local/ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso' /> > <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/> > </disk> > <interface type='user'> > <mac address='08:00:27:9a:d0:63'/> > <model type='Am79C973'/> > </interface> > <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> > <graphics type='rdp' autoport='yes' /> > <video> > <model type='vbox' vram='12' heads='1'> > <acceleration accel3d='no' accel2d='no'/> > </model> > </video> > </devices> > </domain> > > When I run command > > *virsh start THEDOMAIN* > > it is popping up the following error message: > > *OpenRemoteSession/LaunchVMProcess failed, domain can't be started* > > As it wasn't working I also tried other options, but unfortunately, using > all other graphic type options (except for 'spice', which I didn't try) the > GUI is launched. > > I don't think I'll be needing a RDP connection, neither anything similar to > that, except if these are necessary to basic management of the vm through > virsh (start, stop, reboot, create and revert snapshots). > Isn't there one simple way to run a virtual machine domain headless without > vnc, spice or rdp servers? > If not, which could be going wrong in my xml configuration? > > To help understanding of my desired behavior, what I need is to do through > virsh what can be done using > > *VBoxManage startvm THEDOMAIN --headless* > > or > > *VBoxHeadless startvm THEDOMAIN*, > > because will use other hypervisors in the future, so it is a critical thing > to me. > > Thanks in advance for the help, > > Guilherme Santos > > _______________________________________________ > libvirt-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users > -- Rodolfo de Lima Viana Undergraduate in Computer Science at UFCG LSD - Distributed Systems Laboratory
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