Starting, stopping, and deleting KVM instances with Python

In this recipe we are going to use the create() method on the instance object we defined in the previous recipe to start it and the destroy() method to stop it.

To obtain more information on the create() method, run:

In [1]: instance.create?
Type: instancemethod
String Form:<bound method virDomain.create of <libvirt.virDomain object at 0x7fc5d9b97d90>>
File: /root/kvm_python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py
Definition: instance.create(self)
Docstring:
Launch a defined domain. If the call succeeds the domain moves from the
defined to the running domains pools. The domain will be paused only
if restoring from managed state created from a paused domain. For more
control, see virDomainCreateWithFlags().

In [2]:

Getting ready

For this recipe we are going to need the following:

• An Ubuntu host, with libvirt and QEMU installed and configured
• The debian.img raw image file we built in the Installing custom OS on the image with...