I had a need to start a VM only after another one had finished booting.
This script "start_vm_after_host.sh" will allow you to enter a host's IP address, and SSH port.
The script will then start the the specified VM when the sshd server on the other specified host begins returning SSH response.
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I have a pfSense VM which is my network router using PCIe Pass-Through. As its the DHCP server and DNS resolver I do not want my VMs to launch automatically until after this VM finishes launching.
I set a post-init command to launch any VM I want once the router comes online using
And this works well for me.
Tested on SCALE 23.10.2
This script "start_vm_after_host.sh" will allow you to enter a host's IP address, and SSH port.
The script will then start the the specified VM when the sshd server on the other specified host begins returning SSH response.
GitHub - mrstux/truenas_scripts: TrueNAS scripts
TrueNAS scripts. Contribute to mrstux/truenas_scripts development by creating an account on GitHub.
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I have a pfSense VM which is my network router using PCIe Pass-Through. As its the DHCP server and DNS resolver I do not want my VMs to launch automatically until after this VM finishes launching.
I set a post-init command to launch any VM I want once the router comes online using
/path/to/truenas_scripts/start_vm_after_host.sh <router ip> 22 <vm name>And this works well for me.
Tested on SCALE 23.10.2