kvm.py

'''
All KVM technology specefic functions are implemented inside this module
Two entites belong to this module: a Kvm hypervisor or a Kvm virtual machine
'''


from libvirtwrapper import *
from exceptions import *
import subprocess


class KvmHypervisor(LibvirtHypervisor):
    '''
    Base class of a Kvm Hypervisor
    This class have a attribute hv_type for tagging purposes
    '''
    _instance = None

    def __init__(self):
        super(KvmHypervisor, self).__init__('kvm')
        self.hv_type = 'KVM/QEMU'
    
    
    def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
        '''
        .. note::
            We use singleton design pattern to force only a single instance
            of ourlibvirt hypervisor handle, it's essential since we connect
            with libvirt only on localhost so we must assure one single 
            connection to the hypervisor
        '''
        if cls._instance is None:
            cls._instance = super(KvmHypervisor, cls).__new__(cls, *args,
                                                                **kwargs)
        return cls._instance

   
    def start_vm(self, name, start_options=DEFAULT_VM_START):
        '''
        Starts the vm identified by name
        
        :param name: The name of the virtual machine
        :type nane: :class:`str`

        :param start_options: Options flags while starting vm
        :type start_options: TODO reference to constants

        '''
        for vm in self._vm_list:
            if vm.get_name() == name:
                vm.start()
                return
        raise VMError('Virtual Machine %s not found: '% name)

    def stop_vm(self, name, stop_mode=SOFT_VM_POWEROFF):
        '''
        Poweroff the specifed vm with the specified options

        :param name: the name of the vm:
        :type name: :class:`str`
        '''
        for vm in self._vm_list:
            if vm.get_name() == name:
                vm.shutdown() if stop_mode else vm.force_poweroff()
                return
        raise VMError('Virtual Machine %s not found: '% name)   


    def local_excecute(self, command):
        '''
        Excecutes the command given in command on the local host
        Returns a tuple with (stdout, stderr) from the process that has
        been executed

        ..warning:: This is a dangerous function as it gives the command given
        in paramter to a shell prompt, anything can then be executed locally

        ..warning:: If the command given is a long processing one, this may be
            a deadlock to the node be carefull !

        :param command: the command to execute with it's arguments
        :type command: :class:`str`
        '''
        #FIXME: stop using shell=true and parse arguments with shlex.split()
        p = subprocess.Popen(command, shell=True,
                            bufsize = -1,
                            stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                            stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
        result = p.communicate()
        return result

    def get_network_conf(self):
        raise NotImplementedError

    def get_storage_conf(self):
        raise NotImplementedError

    def get_storage_stats(self):
        raise NotImplementedError