A.9. Evaluating Virtual Machine Custom Properties in a VDSM Hook

Each key set in the Custom Properties field for a virtual machine is appended as an environment variable when calling hook scripts. Although the regular expressions used to validate the Custom Properties field provide some protection you should ensure that your scripts also validate that the inputs provided match their expectations.

#!/usr/bin/python

import os
import sys

if os.environ.has_key('key1'):
	sys.stderr.write('key1 value was : %s\n' % os.environ['key1'])
else:
    sys.exit(0)

#!/usr/bin/python

import os
import sys

if os.environ.has_key('key1'):
	sys.stderr.write('key1 value was : %s\n' % os.environ['key1'])
else:
    sys.exit(0)