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====== Configure Systems To Launch Virtual Machines At Boot ======

**General Information**

For a VM to start on host boot, two things need auto-starting; the KVM service and the virtual machine itself. 

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===== Auto Start on Boot =====

Configure KVM to auto start specific virtual machines at boot.

Ensure libvirtd is enabled, enable if not
<code bash>
systemctl status libvirtd
systemctl enable libvirtd
</code>

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Configure each VM with the autostart option using virsh
<code bash>
# list all VMs
virsh list --all

# Configure VM name to autostart
virsh autostart <vm-name>
</code>

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Show if VM has autostart enabled or not
<code bash>
# List all VMs with autostart enabled
virsh list --autostart

# View info on a specific VM (including "Autostart" info)
virsh dominfo <vm-name>
</code>

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