Python libvirt example

Xen sucks for my purposes. Xen is an extremely powerful virtualization platform and is why I don't need it. Few people do for development or experimental purposes. This is where KVM, QEMU, and Libvirt come in handy. I can use Python to easily write a simple application to create virtual machines and manipulate them as needed using the Libvirt Python binding. So, here is a simple example of how to get started using Libvirt in Python.

#Simple Python libvirt example.

import libvirt

if __name__=='__main__':
   conn=libvirt.open('qemu:///system')
   print 'Listing running domains'
   for id in conn.listDomainsID():
       dom=conn.lookupByID(id)
       print dir(dom)
          
   print 'Listing defined domains'
   for id in conn.listDefinedDomains():
       dom=conn.lookupByName(id)
       print dir(dom)

The great thing about Libvirt is that, in theory, should decide I want to use Xen, this same code should work. Libvirt is still in its' infancy with a long way to go but the ideas are right.