availability_zone_index: Index of availability_zone_list to use for this this VM. None if not AV required
availability_zone_list: list of availability zones given by user in the VNFD descriptor. Ignore if
availability_zone_index is None
- Returns the instance identifier or raises an exception on error
+ Returns a tuple with the instance identifier and created_items or raises an exception on error
+ created_items can be None or a dictionary where this method can include key-values that will be passed to
+ the method delete_vminstance and action_vminstance. Can be used to store created ports, volumes, etc.
+ Format is vimconnector dependent, but do not use nested dictionaries and a value of None should be the same
+ as not present.
"""
raise vimconnNotImplemented( "Should have implemented this" )
"""Returns the VM instance information from VIM"""
raise vimconnNotImplemented( "Should have implemented this" )
- def delete_vminstance(self, vm_id):
- """Removes a VM instance from VIM
- Returns the instance identifier"""
+ def delete_vminstance(self, vm_id, created_items=None):
+ """
+ Removes a VM instance from VIM and each associate elements
+ :param vm_id: VIM identifier of the VM, provided by method new_vminstance
+ :param created_items: dictionary with extra items to be deleted. provided by method new_vminstance and/or method
+ action_vminstance
+ :return: None or the same vm_id. Raises an exception on fail
+ """
raise vimconnNotImplemented( "Should have implemented this" )
def refresh_vms_status(self, vm_list):
"""
raise vimconnNotImplemented( "Should have implemented this" )
- def action_vminstance(self, vm_id, action_dict):
- """Send and action over a VM instance from VIM
- Returns the vm_id if the action was successfully sent to the VIM"""
+ def action_vminstance(self, vm_id, action_dict, created_items={}):
+ """
+ Send and action over a VM instance. Returns created_items if the action was successfully sent to the VIM.
+ created_items is a dictionary with items that
+ :param vm_id: VIM identifier of the VM, provided by method new_vminstance
+ :param action_dict: dictionary with the action to perform
+ :param created_items: provided by method new_vminstance is a dictionary with key-values that will be passed to
+ the method delete_vminstance. Can be used to store created ports, volumes, etc. Format is vimconnector
+ dependent, but do not use nested dictionaries and a value of None should be the same as not present. This
+ method can modify this value
+ :return: None, or a console dict
+ """
raise vimconnNotImplemented( "Should have implemented this" )
def get_vminstance_console(self, vm_id, console_type="vnc"):