virtbulk 0.0.3

CLI to operate libvirt machines matched with globs

VirtBulk

Description

virtbulk is a CLI to apply basic operations on multiple libvirt virtual machines (so called "domains") matched with globs.

Installation

pip3 install virtbulk

Usage

virtbulk FLAGS COMMAND TARGET [TARGET ...]

Most useful flags:

• -c, --uri to set alternative libvirt URI
• -n, --dry-run to show assumed changes and exit
• -f, --format to change output format
• -h, --help to show comprehensive options and commans list
• ...

Most useful commands:

• state shows current states of machines
• start turns machines on
• shutdown sends command to shutdown
• ...

Some commands provides STATE_1 -> STATE_2 output format.

• -> means a state change
• -X means the requested change can not be commit
• -! means error while applying the change

TODO

• Unit tests
• help command
• man page

Links

• virsh
• libvirt Python API