Hi,

It took me about 5 seconds to google for "ovirt sdk4" and the first link
is:  https://github.com/oVirt/ovirt-engine-sdk/tree/master/sdk

NB: I am not an ovirt dev (nor am I a python programmer, although I do
play one on TV sometimes ;-).

-derek

On Fri, February 28, 2020 1:12 pm, Eugène Ngontang wrote:
> Yes I know ovirt-shell.
>
> But if the Interface (API) is well exposed, we could ourself code add-hoc
> client to interact with, as we know how it's defined and structured.
>
> Please do you have useful links about those SDK4 and others API/CLI
> related
> stuff?
>
> Regards,
> Eugène NG
>
> Le ven. 28 févr. 2020 à 16:50, Derek Atkins <derek@ihtfp.com> a écrit :
>
>> Yes.  The devs call it "SDK4", which has been around for a few releases
>> now.
>> The CLI, however, uses SDK3, which was removed from Ovirt 4.4.
>> Search for "ovirt-shell".
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> On Fri, February 28, 2020 10:47 am, Eugène Ngontang wrote:
>> > @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@ihtfp.com> 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@ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
>> >>        Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > --
>> > LesCDN <http://lescdn.com>
>> > engontang@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!*
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>>        Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>>        derek@ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
>>        Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>>
>>
>
> --
> LesCDN <http://lescdn.com>
> engontang@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!*
>


--
       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
       derek@ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
       Computer and Internet Security Consultant