server/hosts/kvm_guest.py

#
# Copyright 2007 Google Inc. Released under the GPL v2

"""
This module defines the Host class.

Implementation details:
You should import the "hosts" package instead of importing each type of host.

        KVMGuest: a KVM virtual machine on which you can run programs
"""

__author__ = """
mbligh@google.com (Martin J. Bligh),
poirier@google.com (Benjamin Poirier),
stutsman@google.com (Ryan Stutsman)
"""


import guest


class KVMGuest(guest.Guest):
    """This class represents a KVM virtual machine on which you can run
    programs.

    Implementation details:
    This is a leaf class in an abstract class hierarchy, it must
    implement the unimplemented methods in parent classes.
    """

    def _init(self, controlling_hypervisor, qemu_options, *args, **dargs):
        """
        Construct a KVMGuest object

        Args:
                controlling_hypervisor: hypervisor object that is
                        responsible for the creation and management of
                        this guest
                qemu_options: options to pass to qemu, these should be
                        appropriately shell escaped, if need be.
        """
        hostname= controlling_hypervisor.new_guest(qemu_options)
        # bypass Guest's __init__
        super(KVMGuest, self)._initialize(hostname, *args, **dargs)
        self.controlling_hypervisor= controlling_hypervisor