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I'd like to have a vm auto start when my host is rebooted so I don't to login into my server and start it.

Is this possible?

I am running openSUSE11 with the 2.1 VB

Yes, that is possible. Look into the Manual. Command "VBoxManage".

I've had a look in the manual, can't see anything to auto start a VM.

Search manual for "startvm".

That only gives me command line options not auto start options.

Write a Script, put the Comand in it and autostart the script via your distro.

There are sveral ways. In Example "/etc/rc.d/boot.local".

I was hoping there was easier way.

Cheers Stefan.

Ram.

Not with VirtualBox.

Its a Desktop Product. Your Feature is more like a Server Feature. VMWARE Server can this for example.

If you're asking for the command to start a vm, try this :
VirtualBox -startvm "name_of_the_virtual_machine"

Cheers but no, what I want is an auto (re)start of the VM if the server is rebooted. I don't wish to login to my host for it to run.

For the start, put this in a script that is executed on boot, so it runs with root privileges. That should do it, but I can't give you a guarantee that it works. The VM will be accessible through RDP if you want. See VBoxHeadless --help for more info, and the manual too.

Cheers I'll give that a try once I've setup the VM as I need it.

Currently having a problem redirecting port 80 to the VM ( no hardware router )

Again, it's a Q of reading the manual. You can't redirect ports <1000 on Linux. You need to use an alternative port eg. host:8080 -> guest:80 then browsing host:8080 will get you what you want as long as your guest web service uses site relative addressing.

Hi Terry,

I've seen the limitation in the manual. I'm trying to get the host to do the port forwarding.

Still you can't redirect port 80. Some services, even your webbrowser, can rely on this port. Only use ports above 1000, as those are not on the stricktly used 'reserved' ports list.