diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/baremetal/src/com/cloud/baremetal/networkservice/BaremetalKickStartServiceImpl.java b/plugins/hypervisors/baremetal/src/com/cloud/baremetal/networkservice/BaremetalKickStartServiceImpl.java
index 1bbf1322b1c..8fe3d827ed4 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/baremetal/src/com/cloud/baremetal/networkservice/BaremetalKickStartServiceImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/baremetal/src/com/cloud/baremetal/networkservice/BaremetalKickStartServiceImpl.java
@@ -226,11 +226,16 @@ public class BaremetalKickStartServiceImpl extends BareMetalPxeServiceBase imple
             throw new CloudRuntimeException(String.format("please specify 'baremetal.internal.storage.server.ip', which is the http server/nfs server storing kickstart files and ISO files, in global setting"));
         }
 
+        Pair<Boolean, String> ret = SshHelper.sshExecute(mgmtNic.getIPv4Address(), 3922, "root", getSystemVMKeyFile(), null, "systemctl start baremetal-vr");
+        if (!ret.first()) {
+            throw new CloudRuntimeException(String.format("failed to start baremetal agent in virtual router[id:%s]", vr.getId()));
+        }
+
         List<String> tuple =  parseKickstartUrl(profile);
         String cmd =  String.format("/opt/cloud/bin/prepare_pxe.sh %s %s %s %s %s %s", tuple.get(1), tuple.get(2), profile.getTemplate().getUuid(),
                 String.format("01-%s", nic.getMacAddress().replaceAll(":", "-")).toLowerCase(), tuple.get(0), nic.getMacAddress().toLowerCase());
         s_logger.debug(String.format("prepare pxe on virtual router[ip:%s], cmd: %s", mgmtNic.getIPv4Address(), cmd));
-        Pair<Boolean, String> ret = SshHelper.sshExecute(mgmtNic.getIPv4Address(), 3922, "root", getSystemVMKeyFile(), null, cmd);
+        ret = SshHelper.sshExecute(mgmtNic.getIPv4Address(), 3922, "root", getSystemVMKeyFile(), null, cmd);
         if (!ret.first()) {
             throw new CloudRuntimeException(String.format("failed preparing PXE in virtual router[id:%s], because %s", vr.getId(), ret.second()));
         }
diff --git a/systemvm/debian/etc/sysctl.conf b/systemvm/debian/etc/sysctl.conf
index 8e6d7520006..5b5f818e76d 100644
--- a/systemvm/debian/etc/sysctl.conf
+++ b/systemvm/debian/etc/sysctl.conf
@@ -60,3 +60,6 @@ net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 0
 net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra = 0
 net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0
 net.ipv6.conf.all.autoconf = 0
+
+# Minimum swappiness without disabling it
+vm.swappiness=1
diff --git a/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/journald.conf b/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/journald.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..224f375d6b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/journald.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[Journal]
+Compress=yes
+SystemMaxUse=40M
+SystemMaxFileSize=10M
+RuntimeMaxUse=20M
diff --git a/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/system/baremetal-vr.service b/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/system/baremetal-vr.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f880f0ca18a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/system/baremetal-vr.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=CloudStack Baremetal VR service
+After=network.target local-fs.target
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/cloud/bin
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/python /opt/cloud/bin/baremetal-vr.py
+Restart=on-failure
diff --git a/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/system/cloud-postinit.service b/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/system/cloud-postinit.service
index c23516e67ff..a9abff443fa 100644
--- a/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/system/cloud-postinit.service
+++ b/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/system/cloud-postinit.service
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Description=CloudStack post-patching init script
 After=cloud-early-config.service network.target local-fs.target
 Before=ssh.service
-Requires=network.service
+Requires=networking.service
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/systemvm/debian/opt/cloud/bin/setup/postinit.sh b/systemvm/debian/opt/cloud/bin/setup/postinit.sh
index f0ae5e89f0c..fc92b7e97cd 100755
--- a/systemvm/debian/opt/cloud/bin/setup/postinit.sh
+++ b/systemvm/debian/opt/cloud/bin/setup/postinit.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 # Eject cdrom if any
 eject || true
 
+# Restart journald for setting changes to apply
+systemctl restart systemd-journald
+
 TYPE=$(grep -Po 'type=\K[a-zA-Z]*' /var/cache/cloud/cmdline)
 if [ "$TYPE" == "router" ] || [ "$TYPE" == "vpcrouter" ] || [ "$TYPE" == "dhcpsrvr" ]
 then
@@ -59,8 +62,3 @@ fi
 systemctl enable --now --no-block ssh
 
 date > /var/cache/cloud/boot_up_done
-
-if [ "$TYPE" == "router" ]
-then
-    python /opt/cloud/bin/baremetal-vr.py &
-fi