Virtualization Server

This application provides a REST API that communicates with the libvirt daemon to create, modify, and delete virtual machines.

It assumes that you have libvirt installed and configured along the lines of this blog post.

API Documentation

Virtual Machines

The /virtual_machines/ namespace is where all CRUD operations for a virtual machine and their dependents live.

List all virtual machines

Request:

$ curl -s http://localhost:4567/virtual_machines

Response:

200 OK

[
  {
    "uuid": "2de02519-c347-432c-9923-3753c3538e02",
    "state": "shut off",
    "cpus": 2,
    "memory": 8388608
  }
]

View a single virtual machine

Request:

$ curl -s http://localhost:4567/virtual_machines/2de02519-c347-432c-9923-3753c3538e02

Response:

200 OK

{
  "uuid": "2de02519-c347-432c-9923-3753c3538e02",
  "state": "shut off",
  "cpus": 2,
  "memory": 8388608
}

Create a virtual machine

Request:

$ curl -s http://localhost:4567/virtual_machines -X POST -d '{"cpus": 2, "memory": 8388608}'

Response:

201 Created

{
  "uuid": "2de02519-c347-432c-9923-3753c3538e02",
  "state": "shut off",
  "cpus": 2,
  "memory": 8388608
}

Update a virtual machine

Request:

$ curl -s http://localhost:4567/virtual_machines/2de02519-c347-432c-9923-3753c3538e02 -X PATCH -d '{"state":"started"}'

Input

Name	Type	Description
state	string	The state of the virtual machine. Can be one of started, shutdown (graceful), or halted (forced).

Response:

200 OK

{
  "uuid": "2de02519-c347-432c-9923-3753c3538e02",
  "state": "started",
  "cpus": 2,
  "memory": 8388608
}

Destroy a virtual machine

Request:

$ curl -s http://localhost:4567/virtual_machines/2de02519-c347-432c-9923-3753c3538e02 -X DELETE

Response:

200 OK

Setup

Bootstrapping

git clone https://github.com/neptune-networks/virtualization-server
script/bootstrap

Running the server

The server requires libvirt installed on your computer, assuming that you are running on a Mac, you should be able to get everything running by running:

brew install libvirt qemu
script/server

Running tests

script/test