KVM Virtualization Cookbook

How to do it...

To start the KVM instance that was defined earlier, to obtain its status and finally to stop it, use the following Python code:

1. Invoke the create() method on the instance object:

In [1]: instance.create()Out[1]: 0In [2]:

2. Ensure the instance is in a running state by calling the isActive() method on the instance object:

In [2]: instance.isActive()Out[2]: 1In [3]:

3. Check the status of the KVM instance from the host OS:

(kvm_python) root@kvm:~/kvm_python# virsh list --all Id   Name        State---------------------------------------------------- 5    kvm_python  running(kvm_python) root@kvm:~/kvm_python#

4. Stop the instance with the destroy() method:

In [3]: instance.destroy()Out[3]: 0In [4]:

5. Ensure the instance has been destroyed: ...