* On 2018-02-02 at 18:24 GMT, George Linn via smartos-discuss wrote: > I am trying to figure out how to script some vmadm commands in a bash > script. For a basic scenario, the bash script calls vmadm to create a VM and > that works fine. However, I am trying to capture the UUID of the newly > created VM. > I receive the following message on the screen: > "Successfully created VM 0999429a-6b52-edfd-f0b7-997ca26df1fc" > > Can someone provide an example of how bash can call "vmadm create -f" and > record the UUID if the VM is successfully created?
Rather than parsing the output which shouldn't be considered stable, you might want to try the approach of performing a lookup after the zone has been created based on the alias you used. So, for example, after creating a zone with the 'myzonealias' alias (catchy I know!): $ vmadm create <<-EOF > .. > "alias": "myzonealias", > .. > EOF You can use 'vmadm lookup' to retrive the UUID: $ myzoneuuid=$(vmadm lookup -1 alias=myzonealias) As long as you don't have duplicate aliases (which would probably be a bad idea in the first place anyway), this should work fine. -- Jonathan Perkin - Joyent, Inc. - www.joyent.com ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
