Bhyve commands "$vm_enable is not set properly"

[ajbrehm]

When I try to use bhyve commands, TrueNAS informs me that

/usr/local/sbin/vm: WARNING: $vm_enable is not set properly - see rc.conf(5).
/usr/local/sbin/vm: ERROR: $vm_enable is not enabled in /etc/rc.conf!

When I configure vm_enable in rc.conf, the settings vanishes after a reboot (as the file threatens it would).

How can I configure vm_enable in TrueNAS and control bhyve VMs from the shell?

 

[ajbrehm]

Turns out this can be configured under System -> Tunables.

Now I have to figure out what value $vm_dir should have...

 

[ajbrehm]

Any ideas?

 

[sretalla]

Why don't you use the API?... that's what it's there for.

midclt call vm.query

Find the ID of your vm

midclt call vm.poweroff <ID> (for example, but you also have commands for all things VM... look under http://your.truenas/api/docs )

 

[ajbrehm]

Yes, thanks. I hadn't thought of that.

However, it doesn't solve my problem. I need to use common commands for TrueNAS and non-TrueNAS bhyve systems.

The API is useful, but how can I use the bhyve commands? $vm_dir is a mystery to me.

 

[sretalla]

I don't really know about using the byhve commands, so I can't tell you what's supposed to work, but I can get vm list to run and give me a list of no VMs, but show the headers for a list (and no errors) by using sysrc vm_dir="/mnt/tank/VM"

Where I have a VM which lives in /mnt/tank/VM/debian (which is a ZVOL, so it is actually located in /dev/zvol/tank/VM... but if I use that location instead, I get a bunch of errors about not being able to work with .config files in that location).

I suspect it's not designed to work with zvols.