Startup/Shutdown script

1) Create the startup script file

in /etc/init.d – sudo nano /etc/init.d/StartVM.

Copy Past the following in the file and replace "My VM Name" for your vm name: 

#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/StartVM
#
#Edit these variables!
VMUSER=spode
VMNAME="My VM Name"
case "$1" in
start)
echo "Starting VirtualBox VM..."
sudo -H -b -u $VMUSER /usr/bin/VBoxVRDP -s "$VMNAME"
;;
stop)
echo "Saving state of Virtualbox VM..."
sudo -H -u  $VMUSER /usr/bin/VBoxManage controlvm "$VMNAME" savestate
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/StartVM {start|stop}"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0

2) Give the script executable permission

with sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/StartVM.

3) Tell script to run at startup.

tell the script be the first to shutdown and the last to startup.

sudo update-rc.d StartVM defaults 99 01

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