VMBuilder.vm.VM

Class VM

object --+ | VM

The VM object has the following attributes of relevance to plugins: distro: A distro object, representing the distro running in the vm disks: The disk images for the vm. filesystems: The filesystem images for the vm. result_files: A list of the files that make up the entire vm. The ownership of these files will be fixed up. optparser: Will be of interest mostly to frontends. Any sort of option a plugin accepts will be represented in the optparser.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, conf=None)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

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distro_help(self)

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hypervisor_help(self)

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register_setting(self, *args, **kwargs)

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register_setting_group(self, group)

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setting_group(self, *args, **kwargs)

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add_disk(self, *args, **kwargs)
Adds a disk image to the virtual machine

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add_filesystem(self, *args, **kwargs)
Adds a filesystem to the virtual machine

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call_hooks(self, func)

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preflight_check(self)

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create(self)
The core vm creation method

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Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Instance Variables

hypervisor
hypervisor object, representing the hypervisor the vm is destined for

destdir
final destination for the disk images

workdir
tempdir where we do all the work

rootmnt
mount point where the disk images will be mounted

tmproot
directory where we build up the guest filesystem

Properties

Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

init(self, conf=None)
(Constructor)

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x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

Overrides: object.__init__: (inherited documentation)

create(self)

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The core vm creation method

The VM creation happens in the following steps:

A series of preliminary checks are performed:

We check if we're being run as root, since the filesystem handling requires root priv's
Each plugin's preflight_check method is called. See VMBuilder.plugins.Plugin documentation for details
create_directory_structure is called
VMBuilder.disk.create_partitions is called
VMBuilder.disk.create_filesystems is called
.mount_partitions is called
.install is called

Class VM

__init__(self, conf=None) (Constructor)

create(self)

init(self, conf=None)
(Constructor)