A Bash script to check whether the network for a given VM is up and running. It will look for the VirtualBox reserved NAT IP (10.0.2.15). If found the VM is up & running, otherwise inform the user then sleep for 10 seconds before trying again.

is-net-up.sh

#!/bin/bash

function checknet {
	UP=$(VBoxManage guestproperty enumerate omero-vm | grep "10.0.2.15")
}


checknet
echo "UP :: " $UP

while [ -z "$UP" ]
do
	checknet
	echo "VM not fully up yet..."
	echo "Sleeping for 10 seconds then trying again."
	sleep 10
done

echo "VM Running"