[pve-devel] [PATCH pve-docs] fix #844: document first VM/CT start-up delay

Dylan Whyte d.whyte at proxmox.com
Wed Aug 25 15:15:35 CEST 2021


adds paragraphs in the respective qm/pct boot order sections, mentioning
the initial VM/CT startup delay feature.

Signed-off-by: Dylan Whyte <d.whyte at proxmox.com>
---
 pct.adoc | 10 ++++++++++
 qm.adoc  |  8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pct.adoc b/pct.adoc
index b88569f..deb57ef 100644
--- a/pct.adoc
+++ b/pct.adoc
@@ -433,6 +433,16 @@ 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.
 
+In case your containers rely on slow-to-start resources, for example an external
+NFS server, you can also set a per-node delay between the time {pve} boots and
+the time the first container boots. This can be achieved by setting the
+following:
+
+ pvenode config set --startall-onboot-delay 10
+
+where `10` represents the delay in seconds.
+
+
 Hookscripts
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc
index c291cb0..7f23ede 100644
--- a/qm.adoc
+++ b/qm.adoc
@@ -923,6 +923,14 @@ start after those where the parameter is set. Further, this parameter can only
 be enforced between virtual machines running on the same host, not
 cluster-wide.
 
+In case your VMs rely on slow-to-start resources, for example an external NFS
+server, you can also set a per-node delay between the time {pve} boots and the
+time the first VM boots. This can be achieved by setting the following:
+
+ pvenode config set --startall-onboot-delay 10
+
+where `10` represents the delay in seconds.
+
 
 [[qm_qemu_agent]]
 Qemu Guest Agent
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