README-libvirt.rst

Working with Libvirt

from neos.hypervisor.libvirt import NeosHypervisorLibvirt

# dbus authentication (default)
h = NeosHypervisorLibvirt()

h.family
'QUEMU'

h.uri
'qemu:///system'

# list all VMS
h.list_all_vms
[<NeosLibvirtVM (stopped): iptables-67b>,
 <NeosLibvirtVM (stopped): katello_foreman>,
 <NeosLibvirtVM (stopped): rhel7.1-yum-keepcache>,
 <NeosLibvirtVM (running): android>]

# list only stopped vms
h.list_all_vms
[<NeosLibvirtVM (stopped): iptables-67b>,
 <NeosLibvirtVM (stopped): katello_foreman>,
 <NeosLibvirtVM (stopped): rhel7.1-yum-keepcache>]

# list only running vms
h.list_running_vms
[<NeosLibvirtVM (running): android>]


# starting a VM
vm1 = h.get_vm('iptables-67b')

# checking vm status
vm1.status
'stopped'

# checking vm name
vm1.name
'iptables-67b'

# starting vm
vm1.start()
True

# checking vm status
vm1.status
'running'