VirtualBMC
Overview
A virtual BMC for controlling virtual machines using IPMI commands.
This software is intended for CI and development use only. Please do not run VirtualBMC in a production environment for any reason.
Installation
pip install virtualbmc
Supported IPMI commands
# Power the virtual machine on, off, graceful off, NMI and reset
ipmitool -I lanplus -U admin -P password -H 127.0.0.1 power on|off|soft|diag|reset
# Check the power status
ipmitool -I lanplus -U admin -P password -H 127.0.0.1 power status
# Set the boot device to network, hd or cdrom
ipmitool -I lanplus -U admin -P password -H 127.0.0.1 chassis bootdev pxe|disk|cdrom
# Get the current boot device
ipmitool -I lanplus -U admin -P password -H 127.0.0.1 chassis bootparam get 5
# Connect to the VM's default serial console
ipmitool -I lanplus -C 3 -U admin -P password -H 127.0.0.1 sol activate
Serial-over-LAN
SOL bridges one authenticated IPMI client to the libvirt domain’s default console. It supports activation while powered off and reconnects the stream after VM power cycles. See doc/source/user/sol.rst for prerequisites and limitations.
Project resources
Documentation: https://docs.openstack.org/virtualbmc/latest
Release Notes: https://docs.openstack.org/releasenotes/virtualbmc/
For information on how to contribute to VirtualBMC, see https://docs.openstack.org/virtualbmc/latest/contributor
Metadata
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