NAME

Rex::Box::KVM - Rex/Boxes KVM Module

DESCRIPTION

This is a Rex/Boxes module to use KVM VMs. You need to have libvirt installed.

EXAMPLES

To use this module inside your Rexfile you can use the following commands.

use Rex::Commands::Box;
set box => "KVM";

task "prepare_box", sub {
   box {
      my ($box) = @_;

      $box->name("mybox");
      $box->url("http://box.rexify.org/box/ubuntu-server-12.10-amd64.kvm.qcow2");

      $box->network(1 => {
         name => "default",
      });

      $box->auth(
         user => "root",
         password => "box",
      );

      $box->setup("setup_task");
   };
};

If you want to use a YAML file you can use the following template.

type: KVM
vms:
   vmone:
      url: http://box.rexify.org/box/ubuntu-server-12.10-amd64.kvm.qcow2
      setup: setup_task

And then you can use it the following way in your Rexfile.

use Rex::Commands::Box init_file => "file.yml";

task "prepare_vms", sub {
   boxes "init";
};

METHODS

See also the Methods of Rex::Box::Base. This module inherits all methods of it.

new(name => $vmname)

Constructor if used in OO mode.

my $box = Rex::Box::KVM->new(name => "vmname");

info

Returns a hashRef of vm information.

ip

This method return the ip of a vm on which the ssh daemon is listening.