[libvirt-users] VirtualBox headless

Wed Jul 27 12:44:35 UTC 2011

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 <guisgb13 at gmail.com>

> 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
>
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