Loading phpvirtualbox and vms on boot using upstart

phpvirtualbox upstart

#/etc/init.d/vboxdrv, add to the end of the start function

/sbin/initctl emit vboxdrv-started

# this triggers two upstart jobs

# /etc/init/phpvirtualbox.conf

description     "php virtualbox server"

# emmited by vboxdrv init file
start on vboxdrv-started
stop on runlevel [!2345]

exec su -s /bin/sh -c 'exec "$0" "$@"' phpvirtualbox -- /usr/bin/vboxwebsrv -H 192.x.x.x --background


# /etc/init/graylog2-vm.conf

description     "graylog2 vm"

start on vboxdrv-started
stop on runlevel [!2345]

exec su -s /bin/sh -c 'exec "$0" "$@"' phpvirtualbox -- /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxHeadless --startvm {VMUUID} --vrde config