Let us look at how to start ovirt vm without engine with the support of our Virtualizor management support services at Bobcares.

How to start oVirt VM without engine?

To manage and launch virtual machines, oVirt requires the oVirt Engine to be operating by default.

The oVirt API or the oVirt Command Line Interface (CLI) can start a virtual machine without the oVirt Engine.

To launch a virtual computer without the oVirt Engine, follow these steps:

1. Firstly, using the SSH protocol, connect to the virtual machine’s host.
2. To identify the name of the virtual machine we want to start, use the virsh list command to list all the virtual machines on the host.
3. Start the virtual machine with the virsh start vm-name command. Replace vm-name with the virtual machine’s name.
4. After that, allow the virtual machine to boot up. The virsh list command can verify the status of the virtual machine.

How to configure it?

1. Firstly, using the /api/session endpoint, create an API session to the oVirt host and supply the credentials.
2. Using the /api/vms endpoint and filtering by virtual machine name, get the virtual machine ID.
3. After that, to start the virtual machine, use the /api/vms/vm-id/start endpoint.
   Substitute vm-id for the virtual machine ID obtained in step 2.
4. FInally, Allow the virtual machine to boot up. The status of the virtual machine may be determined by accessing the /api/vms/vm-id endpoint and inspecting the status.state field.

It is critical to understand that establishing a virtual machine without the oVirt Engine has restrictions and hazards.

As a result, it is advised to utilize this approach only when absolutely required and to have a strategy in place to restore the oVirt Engine as soon as feasible.

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Conclusion

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