cloudmesh_vagrant - A real simple interface to virtualbox via vagrant
Project description
Cloudmesh Virtualbox/Vagrant Interface
==============================
Virtualbox provides a vonvenient way to manage virtual machines on a
local computer. Graphical user interfaces, a commandline client, but
also vagrant exist to access them. However we noticed that we often
only need a very small subset to start a vm and to tear it
down. Remembering the interfaces is difficult. Previously we developed
a cloudmesh_client that has an easy to remember interface. We leverage
from this experience and introduce a very easy to remember commandline
client. At the same time we also allow a simpl python API to manage
virtual machines on virtualbox. We use vagrant internally. However
vagrants focus on directories and Vagrantfiles in a bit inconvenient
also fo us, so we provided wrappers and utelize the design of vagrant
to our advantage while only exposing the needed functionality.
Manual Page
------------
::
Usage:
cm-vbox version
cm-vbox image list [--format=FORMAT]
cm-vbox vm list [--format=FORMAT]
cm-vbox vm delete NAME
cm-vbox create NAME ([--memory=MEMORY]
[--image=IMAGE]
[--script=SCRIPT] | list)
cm-vbox vm boot NAME ([--memory=MEMORY]
[--image=IMAGE]
[--script=SCRIPT] | list)
Source Code
-----------
* https://github.com/cloudmesh/vagrant
Examples
-------
Listing vms
^^^^^^^^^^^
python v.py vbox vm list
+------+---------+---------+------------+----------------------+
| name | state | id | provider | directory |
+------+---------+---------+------------+----------------------+
| w12 | running | 47347b4 | virtualbox | ~/w12 |
| w1 | running | db913dd | virtualbox | ~/w1 |
+------+---------+---------+------------+----------------------+
Listing images
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
python v.py vbox image list
+-----------------+------------+--------------+
| name | provider | date |
+-----------------+------------+--------------+
| ubuntu/trusty64 | virtualbox | 20160406.0.0 |
+-----------------+------------+--------------+
Booting vms
^^^^^^^^^^^
python v.py vbox vm boot w12
which takes an ubuntu image as default
Destroy a vm
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
python v.py vbox vm delete w12
which deletes the specified vm
Create a Vagrantfile
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
python v.py vbox create w12
creates a Vagrantfile in ./w12/Vagrantfile
==============================
Virtualbox provides a vonvenient way to manage virtual machines on a
local computer. Graphical user interfaces, a commandline client, but
also vagrant exist to access them. However we noticed that we often
only need a very small subset to start a vm and to tear it
down. Remembering the interfaces is difficult. Previously we developed
a cloudmesh_client that has an easy to remember interface. We leverage
from this experience and introduce a very easy to remember commandline
client. At the same time we also allow a simpl python API to manage
virtual machines on virtualbox. We use vagrant internally. However
vagrants focus on directories and Vagrantfiles in a bit inconvenient
also fo us, so we provided wrappers and utelize the design of vagrant
to our advantage while only exposing the needed functionality.
Manual Page
------------
::
Usage:
cm-vbox version
cm-vbox image list [--format=FORMAT]
cm-vbox vm list [--format=FORMAT]
cm-vbox vm delete NAME
cm-vbox create NAME ([--memory=MEMORY]
[--image=IMAGE]
[--script=SCRIPT] | list)
cm-vbox vm boot NAME ([--memory=MEMORY]
[--image=IMAGE]
[--script=SCRIPT] | list)
Source Code
-----------
* https://github.com/cloudmesh/vagrant
Examples
-------
Listing vms
^^^^^^^^^^^
python v.py vbox vm list
+------+---------+---------+------------+----------------------+
| name | state | id | provider | directory |
+------+---------+---------+------------+----------------------+
| w12 | running | 47347b4 | virtualbox | ~/w12 |
| w1 | running | db913dd | virtualbox | ~/w1 |
+------+---------+---------+------------+----------------------+
Listing images
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
python v.py vbox image list
+-----------------+------------+--------------+
| name | provider | date |
+-----------------+------------+--------------+
| ubuntu/trusty64 | virtualbox | 20160406.0.0 |
+-----------------+------------+--------------+
Booting vms
^^^^^^^^^^^
python v.py vbox vm boot w12
which takes an ubuntu image as default
Destroy a vm
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
python v.py vbox vm delete w12
which deletes the specified vm
Create a Vagrantfile
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
python v.py vbox create w12
creates a Vagrantfile in ./w12/Vagrantfile
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