From: Dietmar Maurer Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 15:22:32 +0000 (+0100) Subject: pct.adoc: move pct_startup_and_shutdown to correct section X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-docs.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=139a90198b15dde320ba74b18d3868044a49b348 pct.adoc: move pct_startup_and_shutdown to correct section --- diff --git a/pct.adoc b/pct.adoc index 1c27878..b3659c4 100644 --- a/pct.adoc +++ b/pct.adoc @@ -507,6 +507,39 @@ they can contain the following setting: include::pct-network-opts.adoc[] +[[pct_startup_and_shutdown]] +Automatic Start and Shutdown of Containers +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +After creating your containers, you probably want them to start automatically +when the host system boots. For this you need to select the option 'Start at +boot' from the 'Options' Tab of your container in the web interface, or set it with +the following command: + + pct set -onboot 1 + +If you want to fine tune the boot order of your containers, you can use the following +parameters : + +* *Start/Shutdown order*: Defines the start order priority. E.g. set it to 1 if +you want the CT to be the first to be started. (We use the reverse startup +order for shutdown, so a container with a start order of 1 would be the last to +be shut down) +* *Startup delay*: Defines the interval between this container start and subsequent +containers starts . E.g. set it to 240 if you want to wait 240 seconds before starting +other containers. +* *Shutdown timeout*: Defines the duration in seconds {pve} should wait +for the container to be offline after issuing a shutdown command. +By default this value is set to 60, which means that {pve} will issue a +shutdown request, wait 60s for the machine to be offline, and if after 60s +the machine is still online will notify that the shutdown action failed. + +Please note that containers without a Start/Shutdown order parameter will always +start after those where the parameter is set, and this parameter only +makes sense between the machines running locally on a host, and not +cluster-wide. + + Backup and Restore ------------------ @@ -574,37 +607,6 @@ individually * Redistribute backed up files according to new mount point scheme * Restore to device and/or bind mount points (limited to root user) -[[pct_startup_and_shutdown]] -Automatic Start and Shutdown of Containers -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -After creating your containers, you probably want them to start automatically -when the host system boots. For this you need to select the option 'Start at -boot' from the 'Options' Tab of your container in the web interface, or set it with -the following command: - - pct set -onboot 1 - -If you want to fine tune the boot order of your containers, you can use the following -parameters : - -* *Start/Shutdown order*: Defines the start order priority. E.g. set it to 1 if -you want the CT to be the first to be started. (We use the reverse startup -order for shutdown, so a container with a start order of 1 would be the last to -be shut down) -* *Startup delay*: Defines the interval between this container start and subsequent -containers starts . E.g. set it to 240 if you want to wait 240 seconds before starting -other containers. -* *Shutdown timeout*: Defines the duration in seconds {pve} should wait -for the container to be offline after issuing a shutdown command. -By default this value is set to 60, which means that {pve} will issue a -shutdown request, wait 60s for the machine to be offline, and if after 60s -the machine is still online will notify that the shutdown action failed. - -Please note that containers without a Start/Shutdown order parameter will always -start after those where the parameter is set, and this parameter only -makes sense between the machines running locally on a host, and not -cluster-wide. Managing Containers with `pct` ------------------------------