Re: auto starting domains?

[Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost>]

On Sun, 21 Jun 2009, joe mcguckin wrote:
> What is the preferred method to auto start domains at boot ?

Make sure you have the xendomains rc.d script in /etc/rc.d and then put 
something like the following in /etc/rc.conf:

xendomains="devel4 devel5"
xendomains_config="/usr/xen/%s"

You'll need the last line if your configuration files aren't in 
/usr/pkg/etc/xen. From the top of the xendomains rc.d script (edited 
slightly to stop line wrap):

# xendomains            This required variable is a whitespace-separated
#                       list of domains, e.g., xendomains="dom1 dom2".
#
# xendomains_config     This optional variable is a format string that
#                       represents the path to the configuration file for
#                       each domain.  "%s" is substituted with the name of
#                       the domain.  The default is "/usr/pkg/etc/xen/%s".
#
# xendomains_prehook    This optional variable is a format string that
#                       represents the command to run, if it exists, 
#			before starting each domain.  "%s" is substituted
#                       with the name of the domain.  The default is
#                       "/usr/pkg/etc/xen/%s-pre".
#
# xendomains_posthook   This optional variable is a format string that
#                       represents the command to run, if it exists, after
#                       stopping each domain.  "%s" is substituted with 
#			the name of the domain.  The default is
#                       "/usr/pkg/etc/xen/%s-post".

--
Stephen