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Systemd service that starts and stops VirtualBox VMs gracefully.
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| ## | |
| # Place this file in | |
| # /usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected] | |
| ## | |
| [Unit] | |
| Description= Guest VM %I | |
| After=network.target vboxdrv.service | |
| Before=runlevel2.target shutdown.target | |
| [Service] | |
| User=marshall | |
| Group=vboxusers | |
| Type=forking | |
| TimeoutSec=5min | |
| IgnoreSIGPIPE=no | |
| KillMode=process | |
| GuessMainPID=no | |
| RemainAfterExit=yes | |
| ExecStart=/usr/bin/VBoxManage startvm %i --type headless | |
| ExecStop=/usr/bin/VBoxManage controlvm %i acpipowerbutton | |
| [Install] | |
| WantedBy=multi-user.target |
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