class OvirtSDK4::VmsService

Public Class Methods

new(connection, path) click to toggle source

Creates a new implementation of the service.

@param connection [Connection] The connection to be used by this service.

@param path [String] The relative path of this service, for example `vms/123/disks`.

@api private

# File lib/ovirtsdk4/services.rb, line 33269
def initialize(connection, path)
  @connection = connection
  @path = path
end

Public Instance Methods

add(vm, opts = {}) click to toggle source

Creates a new virtual machine.

The virtual machine can be created in different ways:

  • From a template. In this case the identifier or name of the template must be provided. For example, using a plain shell script and XML:

source,bash

#!/bin/sh -ex

url=“engine.example.com/ovirt-engine/api” user=“admin@internal” password=“…” curl \ –verbose \ –cacert /etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem \ –user “${user}:${password}” \ –request POST \ –header “Version: 4” \ –header “Content-Type: application/xml” \ –header “Accept: application/xml” \ –data ' <vm>

<name>myvm</name>
<template>
  <name>Blank</name>
</template>
<cluster>
  <name>mycluster</name>
</cluster>

</vm> ' \ “${url}/vms”


  • From a snapshot. In this case the identifier of the snapshot has to be provided. For example, using a plain shel script and XML:

source,bash

#!/bin/sh -ex

url=“engine.example.com/ovirt-engine/api” user=“admin@internal” password=“…” curl \ –verbose \ –cacert /etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem \ –user “${user}:${password}” \ –request POST \ –header “Content-Type: application/xml” \ –header “Accept: application/xml” \ –data ' <vm>

<name>myvm</name>
<snapshots>
  <snapshot id="266742a5-6a65-483c-816d-d2ce49746680"/>
</snapshots>
<cluster>
  <name>mycluster</name>
</cluster>

</vm> ' \ “${url}/vms”


When creating a virtual machine from a template or from a snapshot it is usually useful to explicitly indicate in what storage domain to create the disks for the virtual machine. If the virtual machine is created from a template then this is achieved passing a set of `disk_attachment` elements that indicate the mapping:

source,xml

<vm>

...
<disk_attachments>
  <disk_attachment>
    <disk id="8d4bd566-6c86-4592-a4a7-912dbf93c298">
      <storage_domains>
        <storage_domain id="9cb6cb0a-cf1d-41c2-92ca-5a6d665649c9"/>
      </storage_domains>
    </disk>
  <disk_attachment>
</disk_attachments>

</vm>


When the virtual machine is created from a snapshot this set of disks is slightly different, it uses the `image_id` attribute instead of `id`.

source,xml

<vm>

...
<disk_attachments>
  <disk_attachment>
    <disk>
      <image_id>8d4bd566-6c86-4592-a4a7-912dbf93c298</image_id>
      <storage_domains>
        <storage_domain id="9cb6cb0a-cf1d-41c2-92ca-5a6d665649c9"/>
      </storage_domains>
    </disk>
  <disk_attachment>
</disk_attachments>

</vm>


It is possible to specify additional virtual machine parameters in the XML description, e.g. a virtual machine of `desktop` type, with 2 GiB of RAM and additional description can be added sending a request body like the following:

source,xml

<vm>

<name>myvm</name>
<description>My Desktop Virtual Machine</description>
<type>desktop</type>
<memory>2147483648</memory>
...

</vm>


A bootable CDROM device can be set like this:

source,xml

<vm>

...
<os>
  <boot dev="cdrom"/>
</os>

</vm>


In order to boot from CDROM, you first need to insert a disk, as described in the <<services/vm_cdrom, CDROM service>>. Then booting from that CDROM can be specified using the `os.boot.devices` attribute:

source,xml

<vm>

...
<os>
  <boot>
    <devices>
      <device>cdrom</device>
    </devices>
  </boot>
</os>

</vm>


In all cases the name or identifier of the cluster where the virtual machine will be created is mandatory.

@param vm [Vm] The `vm` to add.

@param opts [Hash] Additional options.

@option opts [Boolean] :clone Specifies if the virtual machine should be independent of the template.

When a virtual machine is created from a template by default the disks of the virtual machine depend on
the disks of the template, they are using the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy-on-write[_copy on write_]
mechanism so that only the differences from the template take up real storage space. If this parameter is
specified and the value is `true` then the disks of the created virtual machine will be _cloned_, and
independent of the template. For example, to create an independent virtual machine, send a request like this:

[source]
----
POST /ovirt-engine/vms?clone=true
----

With a request body like this:

[source,xml]
----
<vm>
  <name>myvm<name>
  <template>
    <name>mytemplate<name>
  </template>
  <cluster>
    <name>mycluster<name>
  </cluster>
</vm>
----

NOTE: When this parameter is `true` the permissions of the template will also be copied, as when using
`clone_permissions=true`.

@option opts [Boolean] :clone_permissions Specifies if the permissions of the template should be copied to the virtual machine.

If this optional parameter is provided, and its values is `true` then the permissions of the template (only
the direct ones, not the inherited ones) will be copied to the created virtual machine. For example, to
create a virtual machine from the `mytemplate` template copying its permissions, send a request like this:

[source]
----
POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms?clone_permissions=true
----

With a request body like this:

[source,xml]
----
<vm>
  <name>myvm<name>
  <template>
    <name>mytemplate<name>
  </template>
  <cluster>
    <name>mycluster<name>
  </cluster>
</vm>
----

@return [Vm]

# File lib/ovirtsdk4/services.rb, line 33492
def add(vm, opts = {})
  if vm.is_a?(Hash)
    vm = OvirtSDK4::Vm.new(vm)
  end
  query = {}
  value = opts[:clone]
  unless value.nil?
    value = Writer.render_boolean(value)
    query['clone'] = value
  end
  value = opts[:clone_permissions]
  unless value.nil?
    value = Writer.render_boolean(value)
    query['clone_permissions'] = value
  end
  request = HttpRequest.new(method: :POST, url: @path, query: query)
  begin
    writer = XmlWriter.new(nil, true)
    VmWriter.write_one(vm, writer)
    request.body = writer.string
  ensure
    writer.close
  end
  response = @connection.send(request)
  case response.code
  when 200, 201, 202
    begin
      reader = XmlReader.new(response.body)
      return VmReader.read_one(reader)
    ensure
      reader.close
    end
  else
    check_fault(response)
  end
end
list(opts = {}) click to toggle source

Returns the representation of the object managed by this service.

@param opts [Hash] Additional options.

@option opts [Boolean] :all_content Indicates if all the attributes of the virtual machines should be included in the response.

By default the following attributes are excluded:

- `console`
- `initialization.configuration.data` - The OVF document describing the virtual machine.
- `rng_source`
- `soundcard`
- `virtio_scsi`

For example, to retrieve the complete representation of the virtual machines send a request like this:

....
GET /ovirt-engine/api/vms?all_content=true
....

NOTE: The reason for not including these attributes is performance: they are seldom used and they require
additional queries to the database. So try to use the this parameter only when it is really needed.

@option opts [Boolean] :case_sensitive Indicates if the search performed using the `search` parameter should be performed taking case into

account. The default value is `true`, which means that case is taken into account. If you want to search
ignoring case set it to `false`.

@option opts [Boolean] :filter Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

@option opts [Integer] :max The maximum number of results to return.

@option opts [String] :search A query string used to restrict the returned virtual machines.

@return [Array<Vm>]

# File lib/ovirtsdk4/services.rb, line 33565
def list(opts = {})
  query = {}
  value = opts[:all_content]
  unless value.nil?
    value = Writer.render_boolean(value)
    query['all_content'] = value
  end
  value = opts[:case_sensitive]
  unless value.nil?
    value = Writer.render_boolean(value)
    query['case_sensitive'] = value
  end
  value = opts[:filter]
  unless value.nil?
    value = Writer.render_boolean(value)
    query['filter'] = value
  end
  value = opts[:max]
  unless value.nil?
    value = Writer.render_integer(value)
    query['max'] = value
  end
  value = opts[:search]
  unless value.nil?
    query['search'] = value
  end
  request = HttpRequest.new(method: :GET, url: @path, query: query)
  response = @connection.send(request)
  case response.code
  when 200
    begin
      reader = XmlReader.new(response.body)
      return VmReader.read_many(reader)
    ensure
      reader.close
    end
  else
    check_fault(response)
  end
end
service(path) click to toggle source

Locates the service corresponding to the given path.

@param path [String] The path of the service.

@return [Service] A reference to the service.

# File lib/ovirtsdk4/services.rb, line 33624
def service(path)
  if path.nil? || path == ''
    return self
  end
  index = path.index('/')
  if index.nil?
    return vm_service(path)
  end
  return vm_service(path[0..(index - 1)]).service(path[(index +1)..-1])
end
to_s() click to toggle source

Returns an string representation of this service.

@return [String]

# File lib/ovirtsdk4/services.rb, line 33640
def to_s
  "#<#{VmsService}:#{@path}>"
end
vm_service(id) click to toggle source

Locates the `vm` service.

@param id [String] The identifier of the `vm`.

@return [VmService] A reference to the `vm` service.

# File lib/ovirtsdk4/services.rb, line 33613
def vm_service(id)
  VmService.new(@connection, "#{@path}/#{id}")
end