nova/nova/virt/connection.py

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"""Abstraction of the underlying virtualization API."""
import sys
from nova import flags
from nova import log as logging
from nova import utils
from nova.virt import driver
from nova.virt import fake
from nova.virt.libvirt import connection as libvirt_conn
from nova.virt import vmwareapi_conn
from nova.virt.xenapi import connection as xenapi_conn
LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
"""
In case of baremetal (FLAGS.connection_type),
specific driver is set by FLAGS.baremetal_driver
"""
if FLAGS.connection_type == 'baremetal':
from nova.virt.baremetal import proxy
def get_connection(read_only=False):
"""
Returns an object representing the connection to a virtualization
platform.
This could be :mod:`nova.virt.fake.FakeConnection` in test mode,
a connection to KVM, QEMU, or UML via :mod:`libvirt_conn`, or a connection
to XenServer or Xen Cloud Platform via :mod:`xenapi`.
Any object returned here must conform to the interface documented by
:mod:`FakeConnection`.
**Related flags**
:connection_type: A string literal that falls through a if/elif structure
to determine what virtualization mechanism to use.
Values may be
* fake
* libvirt
* xenapi
* vmwareapi
"""
# TODO(termie): maybe lazy load after initial check for permissions
# TODO(termie): check whether we can be disconnected
t = FLAGS.connection_type
if t == 'fake':
conn = fake.get_connection(read_only)
elif t == 'libvirt':
conn = libvirt_conn.get_connection(read_only)
elif t == 'xenapi':
conn = xenapi_conn.get_connection(read_only)
elif t == 'vmwareapi':
conn = vmwareapi_conn.get_connection(read_only)
elif t == 'baremetal':
conn = proxy.get_connection(read_only)
else:
raise Exception('Unknown connection type "%s"' % t)
if conn is None:
LOG.error(_('Failed to open connection to the hypervisor'))
sys.exit(1)
return utils.check_isinstance(conn, driver.ComputeDriver)