The VirtualBox plugin will allow you to execute VirtualBox command in Clarive and view its result.

VirtualBox is a software virtualization package that installs on an operating system as an application. VirtualBox allows additional operating systems to be installed on it as a Guest OS, and be run in a virtual environment.

To be able to use the plugin correctly, you must have VirtualBox installed on the server where you wish to run the command. Also the system must enable calling of VirtualBox command from anywhere.

To install the plugin, place the cla-virtualbox-plugin folder inside $CLARIVE_BASE/plugins directory in the Clarive instance.

The various parameters are:

• Server (variable name: server) - The GenericServer Resource where you wish to execute the command.
• Command (command) - List of commands to launch with the service:
  • Start VM ("startvm") - Start a virtual machine.
  • Clone VM ("clonevm") - Clone an existing virtual machine.
  • List ("list") - List of virtual machines.
  • Create VM ("createvm") - Create a virtual machine.
  • Modify VM ("modifyvm") - Modify a virtual machine.
  • Register VM ("registervm") - Register a virtual machine.
  • Unregister VM ("unregistervm") - Unregister a virtual machine.
  • Custom command ("custom") - Allows creation of a customized command.
• VirtualBox parameters (virtualbox_args) - Additional flags for the VirtualBox command or the custom command for VirtualBox management.

Only Clarive EE

• Errors and Output - These two fields deal with management of control errors. The options are:
  • Fail and Output error - Search for a configured error pattern in the script output. If found, an error message is displayed in the monitor showing the match.
  • Warn and Output warning - Search for a configured warning pattern in the script output. If found, an error message is displayed in the monitor showing the match.
  • Custom - If the combo box Errors is set to custom, a new form is displayed to define the behavior with the following fields:
  • OK - Range of return code values for the script to have succeeded. No message will be displayed in the monitor.
  • Warn - Range of return code values to warn the user. A warning will be displayed in the monitor.
  • Error - Range of return code values for the script to have failed. An error message will be displayed in the monitor. The plugin will return all the console output of the command.s
  • Silent - Silence all errors found.

Once the plugin is placed in its folder, you can find this service in the palette in the section of generic service and can be used like any other palette op.

Op Name: Manage VirtualBox

Example:

      Server: virtualBox_server
      Command: Create VM
      VirtualBox parameters: --name VBox-Machine

If you want to use the plugin through the Rulebook, in any do block, use this ops as examples to configure the different parameters:

rule: VirtualBox demo
do:
   - virtualbox_task:
       server: virtualbox_server  # Required. Use the mid set to the resource you created
       user: ${username}
       command: "startvm"         # Required
       virtualbox_args: ['--name VBox-Machine']

The service will return the console output for the command.

do:
   - virtualbox_task:
       server: virtualbox_server  # Required. Use the mid set to the resource you created
       user: ${username}
       command: "custom"          # Required
       virtualbox_args: ['-v']

For this command the output will be similar to this one:

5.1.30r118389

Task failed

You will get the error output from the console.

Variable required

Error in rulebook (compile): Required argument(s) missing for op "virtualbox_task": "command"

Make sure you have all required variables defined.

Not allowed variable

Error in rulebook (compile): Argument `Command` not available for op "virtualbox_task"

Make sure you are using the correct paramaters (make sure you are writing the variable names correctly).

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