Class: Virtuoso::API::Hypervisor

Inherits:

Object

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Virtuoso::API::Hypervisor

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Defined in:: lib/virtuoso/api/hypervisor.rb

Overview

Base class specifying the API for all hypervisors. Every feature in this base class must be overloaded by any hypervisors.

Direct Known Subclasses

VirtualBox::Hypervisor

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

#connection ⇒ Object readonly
The libvirt connection instance.

Instance Method Summary collapse

#find(id) ⇒ VM
Searches for a VM with the given ID and returns it if it finds it, and otherwise returns nil.
#initialize(connection) ⇒ Hypervisor constructor
Initializes a hypervisor with the given libvirt connection.
#new_vm ⇒ VM
Returns a new VM instance that can be used to create a new virtual machine.

Constructor Details

#initialize(connection) ⇒ `Hypervisor`

Initializes a hypervisor with the given libvirt connection. The connection should be established through Virtuoso.connect, which also chooses the correct hypervisor.



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# File 'lib/virtuoso/api/hypervisor.rb', line 12

def initialize(connection)
  @connection = connection
end

Instance Attribute Details

#connection ⇒ `Object` (readonly)

The libvirt connection instance.



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# File 'lib/virtuoso/api/hypervisor.rb', line 7

def connection
  @connection
end

Instance Method Details

#find(id) ⇒ `VM`

Searches for a VM with the given ID and returns it if it finds it, and otherwise returns nil. The exact semantics of the find are up to the hypervisor but typically it searches by both name and UUID.

Returns:

(VM)

27	# File 'lib/virtuoso/api/hypervisor.rb', line 27 def find(id); end

#new_vm ⇒ `VM`

Returns a new VM instance that can be used to create a new virtual machine.