VM troubleshooting

Booting VM in rescue mode

VM must be stopped before this routine.

When booted in rescue mode, a “live” boot image will be attached and used as a boot medium. You can then use the virtual console.

Starting VM in rescue mode via UI:

Starting VM in rescue mode is available via API call:

curl -X POST  https://{{api-hostname}}/v1/user-resource/vm/rescue_start \
  --header 'apikey: {{vm-owner-api-key}}' \
  -d 'uuid={{vm-uuid}}'

^{* For a multi-site installation, the URL should include location identifier, e.g.:}
^{https://{{api-hostname}}/v1/}^jkt01/^{user-resource/vm/rescue_start}
^{Location identifier can be omitted for default location.}

The rescue mode is enabled only for the current launch. Next time this VM is started it will follow a normal routine.

Notes on using rescue mode

Notes on using rescue mode

SystemRescue⁽^link⁾

To enable SSH access to the rescue shell, perform next steps from Virtual Console in web UI:

Set password for root:
passwd
Add iptables rule:
iptables -I INPUT 1 -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT

For more details see SystemRescue documentation

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