--- /dev/null
+package PVE::APIClient::Commands::start;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use PVE::APIClient::Helpers;
+use PVE::JSONSchema qw(get_standard_option);
+
+use PVE::CLIHandler;
+
+use base qw(PVE::CLIHandler);
+
+__PACKAGE__->register_method ({
+ name => 'start',
+ path => 'start',
+ method => 'POST',
+ description => "Start a Qemu VM/LinuX Container.",
+ parameters => {
+ additionalProperties => 0,
+ properties => {
+ remote => get_standard_option('pveclient-remote-name'),
+ vmid => get_standard_option('pve-vmid'),
+ },
+ },
+ returns => { type => 'null'},
+ code => sub {
+ my ($param) = @_;
+
+ my $config = PVE::APIClient::Config->load();
+ my $conn = PVE::APIClient::Config->remote_conn($config, $param->{remote});
+
+ my $resource = PVE::APIClient::Helpers::get_vmid_resource($conn, $param->{vmid});
+
+ my $upid = $conn->post("api2/json/nodes/$resource->{node}/$resource->{type}/$resource->{vmid}/status/start", {});
+
+ print PVE::APIClient::Helpers::poll_task($conn, $resource->{node}, $upid) . "\n";
+
+ return undef;
+ }});
+
+our $cmddef = [ __PACKAGE__, 'start', ['remote', 'vmid']];
+
+1;