AW: rc.d script for running multiple VirtualBox VMs from /etc/rc.conf

[Bernhard Froehlich]

On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:29:33 +0200, Bernhard Froehlich wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:28:44 -0700, Tobias Oberstein wrote:
>> Hi Bernhard,
>>
>>> > I wanted to configure multiple VirtualBox VMs to startup automatically
>>> > at boot time and generally be a nice citizen to the FreeBSD way of
>>> > starting up stuff.
>>> >
>>> > Using that rc.d script (see attached) you can configure starting up
>>> > multiple VirtualBox VMs from /etc/rc.conf:
>>>
>>> Sorry it's probably my fault because you're the 3rd one who has written such
>>> a script but we already have one for 4.0.
>>
>> Ah, ok;)
>>
>>>
>>> http://svn.bluelife.at/index.cgi/blueports/view/emulators/virtualbox-ose-
>>> devel/files/vboxheadless.in
>>>
>>> It is a bit less complicated and can also manage multiple VMs but it does not
>>> have separated flags per VM.
>>
>> Mine is more complicated, yes .. but it's more or less a direct
>> adaption of the script for apache22.
>>
>> Also, I definitely need flags per VM, since we run each VM
>>
>> i) under a dedicated user
>> ii) on a separate ZFS filesystem
>> iii) with specific VNC port/password
>>
>> i+iii requires flags per VM.
>>
>> iii) is for obvious reasons .. need to connect to each VM on a distinct port.
>>
>> i) is for a) security and b) management of VMs by different "VM
>> admins" which don't have to be root or have a user which would manage
>> all VMs.
>>
>> ==
>>
>> I there interest to consolidate our scripts?
> 
> I've merged the features together and got the following:
> 
> # vboxheadless_enable (bool):         Set to "NO" by default.
> #                                     Set it to "YES" to enable
> vboxheadless.
> # vboxheadless_machines (str):        Space separated list of machines
> # vboxheadless_user (str):            Default user account to run with
> # vboxheadless_<machine>_name (str):  VBox machine name or UUID
> # vboxheadless_<machine>_user (str):  User account to run with
> # vboxheadless_<machine>_flags (str): Custom flags for VBoxHeadless
> 
> simple example:
> 
> vboxheadless_enable="YES"
> vboxheadless_machines="FreeBSD Ubuntu1 Machine3"
> 
> 
> complex example:
> vboxheadless_enable="YES"
> vboxheadless_machines="vm1 vm2 Machine3"
> vboxheadless_user="vboxuser"
> 
> vboxheadless_vm1_name="FreeBSD"
> vboxheadless_vm1_user="user1"
> 
> vboxheadless_vm2_name="Ubuntu1"
> vboxheadless_vm2_user="user2"
> vboxheadless_vm2_flags="--vnc --vncport 4711 --vncpass <here>"
> 
> 
> I could not test it yet but will do that in the evening and commit the
> new script to blueports.

Done. http://svn.bluelife.at/index.cgi/blueports/revision/?rev=1287

-- 
Bernhard Fröhlich
http://www.bluelife.at/