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+#coding=utf8
+
+# This file is part of CloudControl.
+#
+# CloudControl is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# CloudControl is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with CloudControl.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+CloudControl server command
+"""
+
+import json
+
+from cloudcontrol.cli.exception import cmdBadArgument
+from cloudcontrol.cli.printer import color
+from cloudcontrol.cli.command import RemoteCommand
+
+
+class Command_allocate(RemoteCommand):
+    """VM allocation command"""
+
+    def __init__(self, cli, argv0):
+        RemoteCommand.__init__(self, cli, argv0)
+        self.set_usage("%prog [options] <path to vmspec>")
+        self.add_option("-t", dest="target", default="id", help="target on which to spawn VMs")
+
+    def __call__(self, argv):
+        self.parse_args(argv)
+        if len(self.args) != 1:
+            raise cmdBadArgument()
+
+        # Load vmspec
+        try:
+            vmspec = json.load(open(self.args[0]))
+        except IOError as err:
+            self.printer.error("Unable to load vmspec: %s" % err.args[1])
+        else:
+            job_id = self.rpc.call("allocate", vmspec, self.options.target)
+
+            self.printer.out("\n%sA job doing this allocation has been started.%s" % (color["light"], color["reset"]))
+            self.printer.out("%sWatch it%s: watch list id:%s$duration$state$status$title" % (color["light"], color["reset"], job_id))
+            self.printer.out("%sGet logs:%s attachment id:%s logs" % (color["light"], color["reset"], job_id))
+            self.printer.out("%sGet results:%s attachment id:%s results\n" % (color["light"], color["reset"], job_id))
+
+    def remote_functions(self):
+        return set(("allocate",))