Virtual Machine Action Scripts

In Parallels Cloud Server 6.0, you can create custom scripts and configure them to run when you start or stop virtual machines. The following custom scripts are currently supported:

• prestart : this script is executed before a virtual machine is started.
• poststart : this script is executed after a virtual machine is started.
• prestop : this script is executed before a virtual machine is stopped.
• poststop : this script is executed after a virtual machine is stopped.

Action scripts specific for virtual machines must be placed to the /scripts subdirectory in the virtual machine's home directory. For example, assuming that you created the MyVM virtual machine in the default directory, the paths to the scripts must be as follows:

• /var/parallels/MyVM/scripts/prestart
• /var/parallels/MyVM/scripts/poststart
• /var/parallels/MyVM/scripts/prestop
• /var/parallels/MyVM/scripts/poststop

The information to scripts is passed using the UUID and VM_HOME variables, where UUID is the ID of the virtual machine you start or stop and VM_HOME is the full path to the virtual machine's directory.

Note: Action scripts you create for a virtual machine cannot contain prlctl commands intended for performing operations on this virtual machine (e.g., assigning an IP address to the virtual machine).