Opened 9 years ago
Closed 9 years ago
#15432 closed enhancement (invalid)
'--type headless' is only documented for 'startvm' but is also needed on 'controlvm poweroff' and 'controlvm reset'
| Reported by: | ElCoyote | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | documentation | Version: | VirtualBox 5.0.20 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Linux |
Description
Hello,
I am modifying the OpenStack Ironic driver for VBOX so that it works on headless VirtualBox machines or when someone else is logged on at the console.
My patch review is here: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/311278/6/ironic/drivers/modules/ssh.py
One of the biggest complaints from the reviewers stands as follows:
Line 160: %s' % vbox_headless_str, headless option is available only for startvm. Am I missing something http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.0.0/UserManual.pdf
What is the stability of the '--type headless' arg to controvm and can you please make it documented?
Right now, with that patch. I am able to spawn a 16-node tripleo environement using VirtualBox as the Hypervisor and Linux as the host OS.
Thank you,
Regards,
Vincent S. Cojot
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 9 years ago
comment:2 by , 9 years ago
| Resolution: | → invalid |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Sorry, I don't understand. --type headless is the way how to start a VM process. VBoxManage controlvm poweroff and VBoxManage controlvm reset can be used to power off or reset a VM but these commands don't need any --type headless option because the VM process is already running (either headless or not).