[ovirt-users] Re: Ovirt API and CLI

@Derek, You're talking about a client the should up-port, but before having a client, my question is is there a documented API (server) to interact with through that client? Eugene NG Le jeu. 27 févr. 2020 à 14:57, Derek Atkins <derek(a)ihtfp.com&gt; a écrit : > Eugene, > > On Thu, February 27, 2020 4:53 am, Eugène Ngontang wrote: > > Yes Ansible ovirt_vms module is useful, I use it for > > provisioning/deployment, but once my VM created, I'd like to > > administrate/interact with them, I don't think I should write > playbooks > > for > > that. > > > > But I'll find a solution. > > I am in a similar boat as you. I wrote some management scripts around > ovirt-shell when I first started using ovirt (4.0), in order to mimic > some > vmware-server features that I needed. I run a single-host hosted-engine > environment, so when the system boots up (e.g. from a power failure) I > wanted all my VMs to auto-start, and to start in the correct order. I > can't use the ovirt power management utilities because it's only a > single > host. So I wrote a relatively small script around ovirt-shell that > would > do the following: > > 1) Wait for the engine to respond > 2) Wait for the storage to come online > 3) Start my VMs, with appropriate order and delay between > (e.g., ensure my DNS server and KDC come up before other VMs) > > I know that SOME of these features are now in Ovirt (and I think they > are > even in 4.4), but my understanding is that they only return the system > to > previous state and wont auto-start a VM that was cleanly shut down. > Also > the ordering is, IIUC, somewhat course (low/medium/high). > > At this point I plan to delay my deployment of 4.4 or beyond because > what > I have in 4.3 is working (still), and frankly I have no interest in > learning Ansible or Python just to replace what should be a relatively > simple script. > > I honestly find it very sad that the developers wont up-port > ovirt-client > to SDK4. If SDK4 is "so good" vs SDK3 then I don't see why it would be > hard to do that. And if it IS that hard to do, then how do they expect > us > to use it? > > Maybe I will find some time to play with OV4.4 on a test system in order > to play with the auto-start features. In my copious amounts of free > time. :( > > Thanks, > > -derek > > -- > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > derek(a)ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > -- LesCDN <http://lescdn.com> engontang(a)lescdn.com ------------------------------------------------------------ *Aux hommes il faut un chef, et au* * chef il faut des hommes!L'habit ne fait pas le moine, mais lorsqu'on te voit on te juge!*