2.20. Example: Starting a Virtual Machine with Overridden Parameters using Python

from ovirtsdk.api import API 
from ovirtsdk.xml import params

try:
    api = API (url="https://HOST",
               username="USER@DOMAIN",
               password="PASS",
               ca_file="ca.crt")
except Exception as ex:
    print "Failed to connect to API: %s" % ex


try:
    vm = api.vms.get(name="Win_machine")
except Exception as ex:
    print "Failed to retrieve VM: %s" % ex

cdrom = params.CdRom(file=params.File(id="windows_example.iso"))
floppy = params.Floppy(file=params.File(id="virtio-win_x86.vfd"))
try:
    vm.start(
      action=params.Action(
        vm=params.VM(
          os=params.OperatingSystem(
            boot=[params.Boot(dev="cdrom")]
          ),
          cdroms=params.CdRoms(cdrom=[cdrom]),
          floppies=params.Floppies(floppy=[floppy])
        )
      )
    )
except Exception as ex:
    print "Failed to start VM: %s" % ex

from ovirtsdk.api import API 
from ovirtsdk.xml import params

try:
    api = API (url="https://HOST",
               username="USER@DOMAIN",
               password="PASS",
               ca_file="ca.crt")
except Exception as ex:
    print "Failed to connect to API: %s" % ex


try:
    vm = api.vms.get(name="Win_machine")
except Exception as ex:
    print "Failed to retrieve VM: %s" % ex

cdrom = params.CdRom(file=params.File(id="windows_example.iso"))
floppy = params.Floppy(file=params.File(id="virtio-win_x86.vfd"))
try:
    vm.start(
      action=params.Action(
        vm=params.VM(
          os=params.OperatingSystem(
            boot=[params.Boot(dev="cdrom")]
          ),
          cdroms=params.CdRoms(cdrom=[cdrom]),
          floppies=params.Floppies(floppy=[floppy])
        )
      )
    )
except Exception as ex:
    print "Failed to start VM: %s" % ex