yeah, but we should have an auto reboot/poweron checkbox?

Well, I actually sort of like the fact that the build will happen on the next boot, so that I have time to cancel it or do other stuff I forgot on the VM.
An option would not hurt me, though.
I filed a bug for the boot order: http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/5510

Dominic Cleal wrote:

I believe this has been resolved in Foreman 1.11, as VMware hosts now have network boot set by default. The build button on the host page also has a tickbox to reboot hosts immediately, and the host list also has power management controls now.

Hi, I don't believe this is solved. My situation is implementing Foreman in an existing environment, where VMs already have a boot order set (HDD>CD>Net or similar). I have added hosts to foreman but cannot rebuild them without manually setting the boot order in the BIOS, or doing a VMWare API call myself. The build button should check that the boot order is still consistent.

I'd suggest filing a new issue to cover changing this setting when VMs are associated, thanks.