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#
# 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