Remote Start VM via SSH

[N20Visuals]

Hi,

i‘m looking for a way to start a windows 10 vm via ssh or another way without logging in to the web UI.
I’m running openHAB and am planning to implement a switch to turn on said vm.

so far i‘ve tried to run the „virsh“ command but that doesn’t seem to work.
maybe someone can help me how I would do that the best way. Thanks!

 

[Ericloewe]

Have you checked the API docs? This is probably an option with the API.

 

[tprelog]

I have a script from another project, but you can probably use it to start your VM. Then, you could execute the script using an SSH command.

Just replace debian with the name of your Windows VM

Code:

#!/bin/bash

## Set the name of your VM
vm='debian'


if [ ${EUID} -ne 0 ]; then
  echo "Please run this script as root or using sudo" ; exit
fi

# get id and use it to start the VM
id=$(/usr/bin/midclt call vm.query | /usr/bin/jq -r '.[] | ( .id|tostring ) + ":" + .name' | /usr/bin/grep "${vm}" | /usr/bin/cut -f1 -d':')
/usr/bin/midclt call vm.start "${id}" &> /dev/null

 

[N20Visuals]

I have a script from another project, but you can probably use it to start your VM. Then, you could execute the script using an SSH command.

Just replace debian with the name of your Windows VM

Code:

#!/bin/bash

## Set the name of your VM
vm='debian'


if [ ${EUID} -ne 0 ]; then
  echo "Please run this script as root or using sudo" ; exit
fi

# get id and use it to start the VM
id=$(/usr/bin/midclt call vm.query | /usr/bin/jq -r '.[] | ( .id|tostring ) + ":" + .name' | /usr/bin/grep "${vm}" | /usr/bin/cut -f1 -d':')
/usr/bin/midclt call vm.start "${id}" &> /dev/null

Wow, this worked first try, thanks a lot!