Branch: refs/heads/master
Home: https://github.com/NixOS/charon
Commit: c2119e6ac4f3c12996083b664366b689b1990fc4
https://github.com/NixOS/charon/commit/c2119e6ac4f3c12996083b664366b689b1990fc4
Author: Eelco Dolstra <[email protected]>
Date: 2012-04-25 (Wed, 25 Apr 2012)
Changed paths:
M charon/backends/virtualbox.py
M examples/trivial-vbox.nix
M nix/options.nix
Log Message:
-----------
Add support for running VirtualBox instances in headless mode
Fixes #16.
diff --git a/charon/backends/virtualbox.py b/charon/backends/virtualbox.py
index ae2a806..9bf01eb 100644
--- a/charon/backends/virtualbox.py
+++ b/charon/backends/virtualbox.py
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ def __init__(self, xml):
MachineDefinition.__init__(self, xml)
x = xml.find("attrs/attr[@name='virtualbox']/attrs")
assert x is not None
- self._base_image =
x.find("attr[@name='baseImage']/string").get("value")
- self._memory_size = x.find("attr[@name='memorySize']/int").get("value")
+ self.base_image = x.find("attr[@name='baseImage']/string").get("value")
+ self.memory_size = x.find("attr[@name='memorySize']/int").get("value")
+ self.headless = x.find("attr[@name='headless']/bool").get("value") ==
"true"
def make_state():
return MachineState()
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ def create(self, defn, check):
disk = vm_dir + "/disk1.vdi"
- base_image = defn._base_image
+ base_image = defn.base_image
if base_image == "drv":
try:
base_image = subprocess.check_output(
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ def create(self, defn, check):
if not self._started:
res = subprocess.call(
["VBoxManage", "modifyvm", self._vm_id,
- "--memory", defn._memory_size, "--vram", "10",
+ "--memory", defn.memory_size, "--vram", "10",
"--nictype1", "virtio", "--nictype2", "virtio",
"--nic2", "hostonly", "--hostonlyadapter2", "vboxnet0",
"--nestedpaging", "off"])
@@ -199,8 +200,8 @@ def create(self, defn, check):
res = subprocess.call(
["VBoxManage", "guestproperty", "set", self._vm_id,
"/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/1/V4/IP", ''])
if res != 0: raise Exception("unable to clear IP address of
VirtualBox VM ‘{0}’".format(self.name))
-
- res = subprocess.call(["VBoxManage", "startvm", self._vm_id])
+
+ res = subprocess.call(["VBoxManage", "startvm", self._vm_id] +
(["--type", "headless"] if defn.headless else []))
if res != 0: raise Exception("unable to start VirtualBox VM
‘{0}’".format(self.name))
self._started = True
diff --git a/examples/trivial-vbox.nix b/examples/trivial-vbox.nix
index 6607c08..0244686 100644
--- a/examples/trivial-vbox.nix
+++ b/examples/trivial-vbox.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
{
machine =
{ deployment.targetEnv = "virtualbox";
+ #deployment.virtualbox.headless = true;
};
}
diff --git a/nix/options.nix b/nix/options.nix
index 56fb8e5..4b77de6 100644
--- a/nix/options.nix
+++ b/nix/options.nix
@@ -320,12 +320,21 @@ in
deployment.virtualbox.memorySize = mkOption {
default = 512;
- example = 512;
+ type = types.int;
description = ''
Memory size (M) of virtual machine.
'';
};
+ deployment.virtualbox.headless = mkOption {
+ default = false;
+ description = ''
+ If set, the VirtualBox instance is started in headless mode,
+ i.e., without a visible display on the host's desktop.
+ '';
+ };
+
+
# Computed options useful for referring to other machines in
# network specifications.
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