NAME

Rex::Commands::Box - Functions / Class to manage Virtual Machines

DESCRIPTION

This is a Module to manage Virtual Machines or Cloud Instances in a simple way. Currently it supports Amazon, KVM and VirtualBox.

Version <= 1.0: All these functions will not be reported.

SYNOPSIS

 use Rex::Commands::Box;
 
 set box => "VBox";
 
 group all_my_boxes => map { get_box($_->{name})->{ip} } list_boxes;
 
 task mytask => sub {
 
   box {
     my ($box) = @_;
     $box->name("boxname");
     $box->url("http://box.rexify.org/box/base-image.box");
 
     $box->network(1 => {
      type => "nat",
     });
 
     $box->network(1 => {
      type => "bridged",
      bridge => "eth0",
     });
 
     $box->forward_port(ssh => [2222, 22]);
 
     $box->share_folder(myhome => "/home/myuser");
 
     $box->auth(
      user => "root",
      password => "box",
     );
 
     $box->setup(qw/task_to_customize_box/);
 
   };
 
 };

EXPORTED FUNCTIONS

new(name => $box_name)

Constructor if used in OO mode.

 my $box = Rex::Commands::Box->new(name => "box_name");

box(sub {})

With this function you can create a new Rex/Box. The first parameter of this function is the Box object. With this object you can define your box.

 box {
   my ($box) = @_;
   $box->name("boxname");
   $box->url("http://box.rexify.org/box/base-image.box");
 
   $box->network(1 => {
    type => "nat",
   });
 
   $box->network(1 => {
    type => "bridged",
    bridge => "eth0",
   });
 
   $box->forward_port(ssh => [2222, 22]);
 
   $box->share_folder(myhome => "/home/myuser");
 
   $box->auth(
    user => "root",
    password => "box",
   );
 
   $box->setup(qw/task_to_customize_box/);
 };

list_boxes

This function returns an array of hashes containing all information that can be gathered from the hypervisor about the Rex/Box. This function doesn't start a Rex/Box.

 use Data::Dumper;
 task "get_infos", sub {
   my @all_boxes = list_boxes;
   print Dumper(\@all_boxes);
 };

get_box($box_name)

This function tries to gather all information of a Rex/Box. This function also starts a Rex/Box to gather all information of the running system.

 use Data::Dumper;
 task "get_box_info", sub {
   my $data = get_box($box_name);
   print Dumper($data);
 };

boxes($action, @data)

With this function you can control your boxes. Currently there are 3 actions.

init

This action can only be used if you're using a YAML file to describe your Rex/Boxes.

 task "prepare_boxes", sub {
   boxes "init";
 };

start

This action start one or more Rex/Boxes.

 task "start_boxes", sub {
   boxes "start", "box1", "box2";
 };

stop

This action stop one or more Rex/Boxes.

 task "stop_boxes", sub {
   boxes "stop", "box1", "box2";
 };