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 x.__class__.__doc__ 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

Properties

Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

init(self, conf=None)
(Constructor)

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x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ 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)