NAME

Rex::Commands::Box - Functions / Class to manage Virtual Machines

DESCRIPTION

This is a Module to manage Virtual Machines or Cloud Instances in a simple way. Currently it supports only VirtualBox.

Version <= 1.0: All these functions will not be reported.

SYNOPSIS

use Rex::Commands::Box;

set box => "VBox";

group all_my_boxes => map { get_box($_->{name})->{ip} } list_boxes;

task mytask => sub {

  box {
    my ($box) = @_;
    $box->name("boxname");
    $box->url("http://box.rexify.org/box/base-image.box");

    $box->network(1 => {
     type => "nat",
    });

    $box->network(1 => {
     type => "bridged",
     bridge => "eth0",
    });

    $box->forward_port(ssh => [2222, 22]);

    $box->share_folder(myhome => "/home/myuser");

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

    $box->setup(qw/task_to_customize_box/);

  };

};

EXPORTED FUNCTIONS

new(name => $box_name)

Constructor if used in OO mode.

my $box = Rex::Commands::Box->new(name => "box_name");

box(sub {})

With this function you can create a new Rex/Box. The first parameter of this function is the Box object. With this object you can define your box.

box {
  my ($box) = @_;
  $box->name("boxname");
  $box->url("http://box.rexify.org/box/base-image.box");

  $box->network(1 => {
   type => "nat",
  });

  $box->network(1 => {
   type => "bridged",
   bridge => "eth0",
  });

  $box->forward_port(ssh => [2222, 22]);

  $box->share_folder(myhome => "/home/myuser");

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

  $box->setup(qw/task_to_customize_box/);
};

list_boxes

This function returns an array of hashes containing all information that can be gathered from the hypervisor about the Rex/Box. This function doesn't start a Rex/Box.

use Data::Dumper;
task "get_infos", sub {
  my @all_boxes = list_boxes;
  print Dumper(\@all_boxes);
};

get_box($box_name)

This function tries to gather all information of a Rex/Box. This function also starts a Rex/Box to gather all information of the running system.

use Data::Dumper;
task "get_box_info", sub {
  my $data = get_box($box_name);
  print Dumper($data);
};

boxes($action, @data)

With this function you can control your boxes. Currently there are 3 actions.

init

This action can only be used if you're using a YAML file to describe your Rex/Boxes.

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

start

This action start one or more Rex/Boxes.

task "start_boxes", sub {
  boxes "start", "box1", "box2";
};

stop

This action stop one or more Rex/Boxes.

task "stop_boxes", sub {
  boxes "stop", "box1", "box2";
};