Hey guys. I'm building my rig as we speak, and i'm trying to figure some things out. My question is basicly as the title stated.

I have unraid running 24/7 on my gaming system. But i need to access another browser to activate my gaming VM so my Windows 10 would start.

Is there any way to configure, while my unraid is running 24/7 on the system, to link the hardware "power-on" button of that same system, to activate my gaming VM?
That would be not only great, but pretty cool.

Thanks for any info in advance!

Hey guys. I'm building my rig as we speak, and i'm trying to figure some things out. My question is basicly as the title stated.

I have unraid running 24/7 on my gaming system. But i need to access another browser to activate my gaming VM so my Windows 10 would start.
Is there any way to configure, while my unraid is running 24/7 on the system, to link the hardware "power-on" button of that same system, to activate my gaming VM?
That would be not only great, but pretty cool.

Thanks for any info in advance!

You could attach the button to a gpio pin of a rapsberry pi, program it with some code to have it scan the gpio status and have it send an ssh command to unraid to start/stop a vm , or do anything else you want.

Ok thanks for the reply. I'll look into that.

@sonicsjuuh Just as an option, you can also use a plugin and the App ControIR to Start/Restart/Stop your VMs or Dockers via phone.

 

 

I think this is the best solution to push the hardware button that eventualy starts the VM.

 

I guess this doesn't fit under his desk 😂

 

Another option is the Virtual Machine Wake on Lan plugin, and a wol app on your phone or tablet.  I’m using the “WOL” app on an ipad.