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Add --headless argument in Parser.py

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Allow user to choose a headless start
for the VMs

Story: 2005051
Task: 47899
Change-Id: Iec6ab9ea2a2b0544f99cd6a4028173706a9c4896
Signed-off-by: Daniel Caires <daniel.caires@encora.com>
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Daniel Caires 2023-04-28 11:22:28 -03:00 committed by Lindley Werner
parent 0fce663636
commit 252481411f
3 changed files with 16 additions and 4 deletions
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virtualbox/pybox/Parser.py
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@ -414,3 +414,11 @@ def parse_other(parser: ArgumentParser):
Turn on host i/o caching
""",
action='store_true')
parser.add_argument("--headless", help=
"""
Instructs VirtualBox to start virtual machines
without a graphical user interface (GUI).
Especially useful in non-GUI systems
""",
action='store_true')
return parser

8
virtualbox/pybox/helper/vboxmanage.py
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@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ def vboxmanage_createmedium(hostname=None, disk_list=None, vbox_home_dir="/home"
time.sleep(5)
def vboxmanage_startvm(hostname=None, force=False):
def vboxmanage_startvm(hostname=None, headless=False, force=False):
"""
This allows you to power on a VM.
"""
@ -805,12 +805,16 @@ def vboxmanage_startvm(hostname=None, force=False):
else:
running_vms = []
interface_type = "gui"
if headless:
interface_type = "headless"
if hostname.encode("utf-8") in running_vms:
LOG.info("Host %s is already started", hostname)
else:
LOG.info("Powering on VM %s", hostname)
result = subprocess.check_output(
["vboxmanage", "startvm", hostname], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT
["vboxmanage", "startvm", hostname, "--type", interface_type], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT
)
LOG.info(result)

4
virtualbox/pybox/install_vbox.py
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@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ def stage_install_controller0():
ctrlr0 = V_BOX_OPTIONS.labname + "-controller-0"
assert ctrlr0 in node_list, "controller-0 not in vm list. Stopping installation."
vboxmanage.vboxmanage_startvm(ctrlr0)
vboxmanage.vboxmanage_startvm(ctrlr0, V_BOX_OPTIONS.headless)
sock = serial.connect(ctrlr0, 10000, getpass.getuser())
cont0_stream = streamexpect.wrap(sock, echo=True, close_stream=False)
@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ def stage_install_nodes(ssh_client):
LOG.info("#### Powered off VMs: %s", powered_off)
for virtual_machine in powered_off:
LOG.info("#### Powering on VM: %s", virtual_machine)
vboxmanage.vboxmanage_startvm(virtual_machine, force=True)
vboxmanage.vboxmanage_startvm(virtual_machine, V_BOX_OPTIONS.headless, force=True)
LOG.info("Give VM 20s to boot.")
time.sleep(20)