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  1. bistoco revised this gist Feb 6, 2016. 1 changed file with 8 additions and 0 deletions.
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    @@ -123,6 +123,14 @@ Finally, test the configuration by running:

    After a reboot, the VMs that have been set with autostart enabled should be running!

    To check for vms running, without starting a GUI session, connect through ssh as the user that run the vms, and type

    ps aux | grep vmname

    And you will get something like

    username 1201 15.4 2.7 2783284 228952 ?? S 3:28PM 0:07.01 /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxHeadless --comment vmname --startvm XXXXXXX-YYYY-YYYY-YYYY-XXXXXX --vrde config

    ### References

    <https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#autostart-osx>
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    VBoxManage modifyvm vmname --autostart-enabled on
    VBoxManage modifyvm vmname --autostop-type acpishutdown

    From [jgentsch's](https://gist.github.com/jgentsch) comment [here](https://gist.github.com/reidransom/6042016#gistcomment-1413984) add a funtion to `/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxAutostartDarwin.sh` in order to wait until kernel modules are loaded.

    ... start of skript ommitted ...
    function waitForKernelModules()
    {
    VBOX_EXT=0
    CHECK_CNT=0

    until [[ $VBOX_EXT -eq 1 || $CHECK_CNT -gt 60 ]]; do
    echo Check for VBox-Kernelmodules - ${CHECK_CNT}

    sleep 1
    VBOX_EXT=1
    CHECK_CNT=$(( ${CHECK_CNT} + 1 ))

    if kextstat -lb org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv 2>&1 | grep -q org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv; then
    echo "Found org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv. Good."
    else
    VBOX_EXT=0
    fi
    if kextstat -lb org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB 2>&1 | grep -q org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB; then
    echo "Found org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB. Good."
    else
    VBOX_EXT=0
    fi
    if kextstat -lb org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt 2>&1 | grep -q org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt; then
    echo "Found org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFLT. Good."
    else
    VBOX_EXT=0
    fi
    if kextstat -lb org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp 2>&1 | grep -q org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp; then
    echo "Found org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxAdp. Good."
    else
    VBOX_EXT=0
    fi
    done
    }

    CONFIG=${1}
    waitForKernelModules
    vboxStartStopAllUserVms "start"
    trap vboxStopAllUserVms HUP KILL TERM

    Finally, test the configuration by running:

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    @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Copy the Virtualbox autostart plist template file to your system's LaunchDaemons
    /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/org.virtualbox.vboxautostart.plist \
    /Library/LaunchDaemons

    Then edit `/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.virtualbox.vboxautostart.plist` set `Disabled` to `false`, set `KeepAlive` to `true`, and confirm the last string entry in the command array is set to `/etc/vbox/autostart.cfg`. The file should look like this:
    Then edit `/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.virtualbox.vboxautostart.plist` set `Disabled` to `false`, and confirm the last string entry in the command array is set to `/etc/vbox/autostart.cfg`. The file should look like this:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
  4. bistoco revised this gist Feb 6, 2016. 1 changed file with 35 additions and 13 deletions.
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    @@ -16,24 +16,46 @@ Then edit `/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.virtualbox.vboxautostart.plist` set `Disab
    <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
    <plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
    <key>Disabled</key>
    <false/>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>org.virtualbox.vboxautostart</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
    <string>/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxAutostartDarwin.sh</string>
    <string>--start</string>
    <string>/etc/vbox/autostart.cfg</string>
    </array>
    <key>Disabled</key>
    <false/>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>org.virtualbox.vboxautostart</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
    <string>/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxAutostartDarwin.sh</string>
    <string>/etc/vbox/autostart.cfg</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>LaunchOnlyOnce</key>
    <true/>
    </dict>
    </plist>


    Then edit `/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.virtualbox.startup.plist` set `Disabled` to `false`, set `KeepAlive` to `true`. The file should look like this:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
    <plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
    <key>Label</key> <string>org.virtualbox.startup</string>
    <key>Disabled</key> <false/>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/>
    <key>KeepAlive</key> <true/>
    <key>LaunchOnlyOnce</key> <true/>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
    <string>/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/LaunchDaemons/VirtualBoxStartup.sh</string>
    <string>restart</string>
    </array>
    </dict>
    </plist>


    Make the directory `/etc/vbox` and create the file `/etc/vbox/autostart.cfg` with the following content:

    default_policy = deny
    default_policy = allow
    osxusername = {
    allow = true
    }
  5. @reidransom reidransom created this gist Jul 19, 2013.
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    # Auto-starting VirtualBox VMs on OS X

    After finding a lot of other posts on the topic that didn't work out for me this one did the trick so I'm reposting for my own sense of self preservation.

    [Link to original article.](http://rcaguilar.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/auto-starting-virtualbox-vms-on-os-x/)

    Copy the Virtualbox autostart plist template file to your system's LaunchDaemons folder.

    sudo cp \
    /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/org.virtualbox.vboxautostart.plist \
    /Library/LaunchDaemons

    Then edit `/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.virtualbox.vboxautostart.plist` set `Disabled` to `false`, set `KeepAlive` to `true`, and confirm the last string entry in the command array is set to `/etc/vbox/autostart.cfg`. The file should look like this:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
    <plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
    <key>Disabled</key>
    <false/>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>org.virtualbox.vboxautostart</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
    <string>/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxAutostartDarwin.sh</string>
    <string>--start</string>
    <string>/etc/vbox/autostart.cfg</string>
    </array>
    </dict>
    </plist>

    Make the directory `/etc/vbox` and create the file `/etc/vbox/autostart.cfg` with the following content:

    default_policy = deny
    osxusername = {
    allow = true
    }

    Make sure to change osxusername to the username on your system that the VMs are under.

    Next properly set permissions:

    sudo chmod +x /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxAutostartDarwin.sh
    sudo chown root:wheel /etc/vbox
    sudo chown root:wheel /etc/vbox/autostart.cfg
    sudo chown root:wheel /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.virtualbox.vboxautostart.plist

    Now, configure the VMs that should automatically start and set how they should be stopped:

    VBoxManage modifyvm vmname --autostart-enabled on
    VBoxManage modifyvm vmname --autostop-type acpishutdown

    Finally, test the configuration by running:

    sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.virtualbox.vboxautostart.plist

    After a reboot, the VMs that have been set with autostart enabled should be running!

    ### References

    <https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#autostart-osx>

    <https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=51593&start=15#p240724>

    <https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=51529#p236492>