AWS - VIM Support 17/1617/1
authorahmadsa <saboor.ahmad@xflowresearch.com>
Fri, 21 Apr 2017 01:17:28 +0000 (18:17 -0700)
committerahmadsa <saboor.ahmad@xflowresearch.com>
Fri, 21 Apr 2017 01:17:28 +0000 (18:17 -0700)
Signed-off-by: ahmadsa <saboor.ahmad@xflowresearch.com>
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+##
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+
+'''
+AWS-connector implements all the methods to interact with AWS using the BOTO client
+'''
+
+__author__ = "Saboor Ahmad"
+__date__ = "10-Apr-2017"
+
+import vimconn
+import yaml
+import logging
+import netaddr
+import time
+
+try:
+    import boto
+    import boto.ec2
+    import boto.vpc
+except:
+    exit("Boto not avialable. Try activating your virtualenv OR `pip install boto`")
+
+
+class vimconnector(vimconn.vimconnector):
+    def __init__(self, uuid, name, tenant_id, tenant_name, url, url_admin=None, user=None, passwd=None, log_level=None,
+                 config={}):
+        """ Params: uuid - id asigned to this VIM
+                name - name assigned to this VIM, can be used for logging
+                tenant_id - ID to be used for tenant
+                tenant_name - name of tenant to be used VIM tenant to be used
+                url_admin - optional, url used for administrative tasks
+                user - credentials of the VIM user
+                passwd - credentials of the VIM user
+                log_level - if must use a different log_level than the general one
+                config - dictionary with misc VIM information
+                    region_name - name of region to deploy the instances
+                    vpc_cidr_block - default CIDR block for VPC
+                    security_groups - default security group to specify this instance
+        """
+
+        vimconn.vimconnector.__init__(self, uuid, name, tenant_id, tenant_name, url, url_admin, user, passwd, log_level,
+                                      config)
+        self.a_creds = {}
+        if user:
+            self.a_creds['aws_access_key_id'] = user
+        else:
+            raise vimconn.vimconnAuthException("Username is not specified")
+        if passwd:
+            self.a_creds['aws_secret_access_key'] = passwd
+        else:
+            raise vimconn.vimconnAuthException("Password is not specified")
+        if 'region_name' in config:
+            self.region = config.get('region_name')
+        else:
+            raise vimconn.vimconnNotFoundException("AWS region_name is not specified at config")
+
+        self.vpc_data = {}
+        self.subnet_data = {}
+        self.conn = None
+        self.conn_vpc = None
+        self.account_id = None
+
+        self.vpc_id = self.get_tenant_list()[0]['id']
+        # we take VPC CIDR block if specified, otherwise we use the default CIDR
+        # block suggested by AWS while creating instance
+        self.vpc_cidr_block = '10.0.0.0/24'
+
+        if tenant_id:
+            self.vpc_id = tenant_id
+        if 'vpc_cidr_block' in config:
+            self.vpc_cidr_block = config['vpc_cidr_block']
+
+        self.security_groups = None
+        if 'security_groups' in config:
+            self.security_groups = config['security_groups']
+
+        self.key_pair = None
+        if 'key_pair' in config:
+            self.key_pair = config['key_pair']
+
+        self.flavor_info = None
+        if 'flavor_info' in config:
+            flavor_data = config.get('flavor_info')
+            if isinstance(flavor_data, str):
+                try:
+                    with open(flavor_data[1:], 'r') as stream:
+                        self.flavor_info = yaml.load(stream)
+                except yaml.YAMLError as e:
+                    self.flavor_info = None
+                    raise vimconn.vimconnException("Bad format at file '{}': {}".format(flavor_data[1:], e))
+                except IOError as e:
+                    raise vimconn.vimconnException("Error reading file '{}': {}".format(flavor_data[1:], e))
+            elif isinstance(flavor_data, dict):
+                self.flavor_data = flavor_data
+
+        self.logger = logging.getLogger('openmano.vim.aws')
+        if log_level:
+            self.logger.setLevel(getattr(logging, log_level))
+
+    def __setitem__(self, index, value):
+        """Params: index - name of value of set
+                   value - value to set
+        """
+        if index == 'user':
+            self.a_creds['aws_access_key_id'] = value
+        elif index == 'passwd':
+            self.a_creds['aws_secret_access_key'] = value
+        elif index == 'region':
+            self.region = value
+        else:
+            vimconn.vimconnector.__setitem__(self, index, value)
+
+    def _reload_connection(self):
+        """Returns: sets boto.EC2 and boto.VPC connection to work with AWS services
+        """
+
+        try:
+            self.conn = boto.ec2.connect_to_region(self.region, aws_access_key_id=self.a_creds['aws_access_key_id'],
+                                                   aws_secret_access_key=self.a_creds['aws_secret_access_key'])
+            self.conn_vpc = boto.vpc.connect_to_region(self.region, aws_access_key_id=self.a_creds['aws_access_key_id'],
+                                                       aws_secret_access_key=self.a_creds['aws_secret_access_key'])
+            # client = boto3.client("sts", aws_access_key_id=self.a_creds['aws_access_key_id'], aws_secret_access_key=self.a_creds['aws_secret_access_key'])
+            # self.account_id = client.get_caller_identity()["Account"]
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    def format_vimconn_exception(self, e):
+        """Params: an Exception object
+        Returns: Raises the exception 'e' passed in mehtod parameters
+        """
+
+        self.conn = None
+        self.conn_vpc = None
+        raise vimconn.vimconnConnectionException(type(e).__name__ + ": " + str(e))
+
+    def get_availability_zones_list(self):
+        """Obtain AvailabilityZones from AWS
+        """
+
+        try:
+            self._reload_connection()
+            az_list = []
+            for az in self.conn.get_all_zones():
+                az_list.append(az.name)
+            return az_list
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    def get_tenant_list(self, filter_dict={}):
+        """Obtain tenants of VIM
+        filter_dict dictionary that can contain the following keys:
+            name: filter by tenant name
+            id: filter by tenant uuid/id
+            <other VIM specific>
+        Returns the tenant list of dictionaries, and empty list if no tenant match all the filers:
+            [{'name':'<name>, 'id':'<id>, ...}, ...]
+        """
+
+        try:
+            self._reload_connection()
+            vpc_ids = []
+            tfilters = {}
+            if filter_dict != {}:
+                if 'id' in filter_dict:
+                    vpc_ids.append(filter_dict['id'])
+                    tfilters['name'] = filter_dict['id']
+            tenants = self.conn_vpc.get_all_vpcs(vpc_ids, tfilters)
+            tenant_list = []
+            for tenant in tenants:
+                tenant_list.append({'id': str(tenant.id), 'name': str(tenant.id), 'status': str(tenant.state),
+                                    'cidr_block': str(tenant.cidr_block)})
+            return tenant_list
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    def new_tenant(self, tenant_name, tenant_description):
+        """Adds a new tenant to VIM with this name and description, this is done using admin_url if provided
+        "tenant_name": string max lenght 64
+        "tenant_description": string max length 256
+        returns the tenant identifier or raise exception
+        """
+
+        self.logger.debug("Adding a new VPC")
+        try:
+            self._reload_connection()
+            vpc = self.conn_vpc.create_vpc(self.vpc_cidr_block)
+            self.conn_vpc.modify_vpc_attribute(vpc.id, enable_dns_support=True)
+            self.conn_vpc.modify_vpc_attribute(vpc.id, enable_dns_hostnames=True)
+
+            gateway = self.conn_vpc.create_internet_gateway()
+            self.conn_vpc.attach_internet_gateway(gateway.id, vpc.id)
+            route_table = self.conn_vpc.create_route_table(vpc.id)
+            self.conn_vpc.create_route(route_table.id, '0.0.0.0/0', gateway.id)
+
+            self.vpc_data[vpc.id] = {'gateway': gateway.id, 'route_table': route_table.id,
+                                     'subnets': self.subnet_sizes(len(self.get_availability_zones_list()),
+                                                                  self.vpc_cidr_block)}
+            return vpc.id
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    def delete_tenant(self, tenant_id):
+        """Delete a tenant from VIM
+        tenant_id: returned VIM tenant_id on "new_tenant"
+        Returns None on success. Raises and exception of failure. If tenant is not found raises vimconnNotFoundException
+        """
+
+        self.logger.debug("Deleting specified VPC")
+        try:
+            self._reload_connection()
+            vpc = self.vpc_data.get(tenant_id)
+            if 'gateway' in vpc and 'route_table' in vpc:
+                gateway_id, route_table_id = vpc['gateway'], vpc['route_table']
+                self.conn_vpc.detach_internet_gateway(gateway_id, tenant_id)
+                self.conn_vpc.delete_vpc(tenant_id)
+                self.conn_vpc.delete_route(route_table_id, '0.0.0.0/0')
+            else:
+                self.conn_vpc.delete_vpc(tenant_id)
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    def subnet_sizes(self, availability_zones, cidr):
+        """Calcualtes possible subnets given CIDR value of VPC
+        """
+
+        if availability_zones != 2 and availability_zones != 3:
+            self.logger.debug("Number of AZs should be 2 or 3")
+            raise vimconn.vimconnNotSupportedException("Number of AZs should be 2 or 3")
+
+        netmasks = ('255.255.252.0', '255.255.254.0', '255.255.255.0', '255.255.255.128')
+        ip = netaddr.IPNetwork(cidr)
+        mask = ip.netmask
+
+        if str(mask) not in netmasks:
+            self.logger.debug("Netmask " + str(mask) + " not found")
+            raise vimconn.vimconnNotFoundException("Netmask " + str(mask) + " not found")
+
+        if availability_zones == 2:
+            for n, netmask in enumerate(netmasks):
+                if str(mask) == netmask:
+                    subnets = list(ip.subnet(n + 24))
+        else:
+            for n, netmask in enumerate(netmasks):
+                if str(mask) == netmask:
+                    pub_net = list(ip.subnet(n + 24))
+                    pri_subs = pub_net[1:]
+                    pub_mask = pub_net[0].netmask
+            pub_split = list(ip.subnet(26)) if (str(pub_mask) == '255.255.255.0') else list(ip.subnet(27))
+            pub_subs = pub_split[:3]
+            subnets = pub_subs + pri_subs
+
+        return map(str, subnets)
+
+    def new_network(self, net_name, net_type, ip_profile=None, shared=False, vlan=None):
+        """Adds a tenant network to VIM
+        Params:
+            'net_name': name of the network
+            'net_type': one of:
+                'bridge': overlay isolated network
+                'data':   underlay E-LAN network for Passthrough and SRIOV interfaces
+                'ptp':    underlay E-LINE network for Passthrough and SRIOV interfaces.
+            'ip_profile': is a dict containing the IP parameters of the network (Currently only IPv4 is implemented)
+                'ip-version': can be one of ["IPv4","IPv6"]
+                'subnet-address': ip_prefix_schema, that is X.X.X.X/Y
+                'gateway-address': (Optional) ip_schema, that is X.X.X.X
+                'dns-address': (Optional) ip_schema,
+                'dhcp': (Optional) dict containing
+                    'enabled': {"type": "boolean"},
+                    'start-address': ip_schema, first IP to grant
+                    'count': number of IPs to grant.
+            'shared': if this network can be seen/use by other tenants/organization
+            'vlan': in case of a data or ptp net_type, the intended vlan tag to be used for the network
+        Returns the network identifier on success or raises and exception on failure
+        """
+
+        self.logger.debug("Adding a subnet to VPC")
+        try:
+            self._reload_connection()
+            subnet = None
+            vpc_id = self.vpc_id
+            if self.vpc_data.get(vpc_id, None):
+                cidr_block = list(set(self.vpc_data[vpc_id]['subnets']) - set(self.get_network_details({'tenant_id': vpc_id}, detail='cidr_block')))[0]
+            else:
+                vpc = self.get_tenant_list({'id': vpc_id})[0]
+                subnet_list = self.subnet_sizes(len(self.get_availability_zones_list()), vpc['cidr_block'])
+                cidr_block = list(set(subnet_list) - set(self.get_network_details({'tenant_id': vpc['id']}, detail='cidr_block')))[0]
+            subnet = self.conn_vpc.create_subnet(vpc_id, cidr_block)
+            return subnet.id
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    def get_network_details(self, filters, detail):
+        """Get specified details related to a subnet
+        """
+        detail_list = []
+        subnet_list = self.get_network_list(filters)
+        for net in subnet_list:
+            detail_list.append(net[detail])
+        return detail_list
+
+    def get_network_list(self, filter_dict={}):
+        """Obtain tenant networks of VIM
+        Params:
+            'filter_dict' (optional) contains entries to return only networks that matches ALL entries:
+                name: string  => returns only networks with this name
+                id:   string  => returns networks with this VIM id, this imply returns one network at most
+                shared: boolean >= returns only networks that are (or are not) shared
+                tenant_id: sting => returns only networks that belong to this tenant/project
+                ,#(not used yet) admin_state_up: boolean => returns only networks that are (or are not) in admin state active
+                #(not used yet) status: 'ACTIVE','ERROR',... => filter networks that are on this status
+        Returns the network list of dictionaries. each dictionary contains:
+            'id': (mandatory) VIM network id
+            'name': (mandatory) VIM network name
+            'status': (mandatory) can be 'ACTIVE', 'INACTIVE', 'DOWN', 'BUILD', 'ERROR', 'VIM_ERROR', 'OTHER'
+            'error_msg': (optional) text that explains the ERROR status
+            other VIM specific fields: (optional) whenever possible using the same naming of filter_dict param
+        List can be empty if no network map the filter_dict. Raise an exception only upon VIM connectivity,
+            authorization, or some other unspecific error
+        """
+
+        self.logger.debug("Getting all subnets from VIM")
+        try:
+            self._reload_connection()
+            tfilters = {}
+            if filter_dict != {}:
+                if 'tenant_id' in filter_dict:
+                    tfilters['vpcId'] = filter_dict['tenant_id']
+            subnets = self.conn_vpc.get_all_subnets(subnet_ids=filter_dict.get('id', None), filters=tfilters)
+            net_list = []
+            for net in subnets:
+                net_list.append(
+                    {'id': str(net.id), 'name': str(net.id), 'status': str(net.state), 'vpc_id': str(net.vpc_id),
+                     'cidr_block': str(net.cidr_block)})
+            return net_list
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    def get_network(self, net_id):
+        """Obtain network details from the 'net_id' VIM network
+        Return a dict that contains:
+            'id': (mandatory) VIM network id, that is, net_id
+            'name': (mandatory) VIM network name
+            'status': (mandatory) can be 'ACTIVE', 'INACTIVE', 'DOWN', 'BUILD', 'ERROR', 'VIM_ERROR', 'OTHER'
+            'error_msg': (optional) text that explains the ERROR status
+            other VIM specific fields: (optional) whenever possible using the same naming of filter_dict param
+        Raises an exception upon error or when network is not found
+        """
+
+        self.logger.debug("Getting Subnet from VIM")
+        try:
+            self._reload_connection()
+            subnet = self.conn_vpc.get_all_subnets(net_id)[0]
+            return {'id': str(subnet.id), 'name': str(subnet.id), 'status': str(subnet.state),
+                    'vpc_id': str(subnet.vpc_id), 'cidr_block': str(subnet.cidr_block)}
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    def delete_network(self, net_id):
+        """Deletes a tenant network from VIM
+        Returns the network identifier or raises an exception upon error or when network is not found
+        """
+
+        self.logger.debug("Deleting subnet from VIM")
+        try:
+            self._reload_connection()
+            self.logger.debug("DELETING NET_ID: " + str(net_id))
+            self.conn_vpc.delete_subnet(net_id)
+            return net_id
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    def refresh_nets_status(self, net_list):
+        """Get the status of the networks
+        Params:
+            'net_list': a list with the VIM network id to be get the status
+        Returns a dictionary with:
+            'net_id':         #VIM id of this network
+                status:     #Mandatory. Text with one of:
+                    #  DELETED (not found at vim)
+                    #  VIM_ERROR (Cannot connect to VIM, authentication problems, VIM response error, ...)
+                    #  OTHER (Vim reported other status not understood)
+                    #  ERROR (VIM indicates an ERROR status)
+                    #  ACTIVE, INACTIVE, DOWN (admin down),
+                    #  BUILD (on building process)
+                error_msg:  #Text with VIM error message, if any. Or the VIM connection ERROR
+                vim_info:   #Text with plain information obtained from vim (yaml.safe_dump)
+            'net_id2': ...
+        """
+
+        self._reload_connection()
+        try:
+            dict_entry = {}
+            for net_id in net_list:
+                subnet_dict = {}
+                subnet = None
+                try:
+                    subnet = self.conn_vpc.get_all_subnets(net_id)[0]
+                    if subnet.state == "pending":
+                        subnet_dict['status'] = "BUILD"
+                    elif subnet.state == "available":
+                        subnet_dict['status'] = 'ACTIVE'
+                    else:
+                        subnet_dict['status'] = 'ERROR'
+                    subnet_dict['error_msg'] = ''
+                except Exception as e:
+                    subnet_dict['status'] = 'DELETED'
+                    subnet_dict['error_msg'] = 'Network not found'
+                finally:
+                    try:
+                        subnet_dict['vim_info'] = yaml.safe_dump(subnet, default_flow_style=True, width=256)
+                    except yaml.YAMLError as e:
+                        subnet_dict['vim_info'] = str(subnet)
+                dict_entry[net_id] = subnet_dict
+            return dict_entry
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    def get_flavor(self, flavor_id):
+        """Obtain flavor details from the VIM
+        Returns the flavor dict details {'id':<>, 'name':<>, other vim specific }
+        Raises an exception upon error or if not found
+        """
+
+        self.logger.debug("Getting instance type")
+        try:
+            if flavor_id in self.flavor_info:
+                return self.flavor_info[flavor_id]
+            else:
+                raise vimconn.vimconnNotFoundException("Cannot find flavor with this flavor ID/Name")
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    def get_flavor_id_from_data(self, flavor_dict):
+        """Obtain flavor id that match the flavor description
+        Params:
+            'flavor_dict': dictionary that contains:
+                'disk': main hard disk in GB
+                'ram': memory in MB
+                'vcpus': number of virtual cpus
+                #todo: complete parameters for EPA
+        Returns the flavor_id or raises a vimconnNotFoundException
+        """
+
+        self.logger.debug("Getting flavor id from data")
+        try:
+            flavor = None
+            for key, values in self.flavor_info.iteritems():
+                if (values["memory"], values["cores"], values["disk"]) == (
+                flavor_dict["ram"], flavor_dict["cpus"], flavor_dict["disk"]):
+                    flavor = (key, values)
+                    break
+                elif (values["memory"], values["cores"], values["disk"]) >= (
+                flavor_dict["ram"], flavor_dict["cpus"], flavor_dict["disk"]):
+                    if not flavor:
+                        flavor = (key, values)
+                    else:
+                        if (flavor[1]["memory"], flavor[1]["cores"], flavor[1]["disk"]) >= (
+                        values["memory"], values["cores"], values["disk"]):
+                            flavor = (key, values)
+            if flavor:
+                return flavor[0]
+            raise vimconn.vimconnNotFoundException("Cannot find flavor with this flavor ID/Name")
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    def new_image(self, image_dict):
+        """ Adds a tenant image to VIM
+        Params: image_dict
+                    name (string) - The name of the AMI. Valid only for EBS-based images.
+                    description (string) - The description of the AMI.
+                    image_location (string) - Full path to your AMI manifest in Amazon S3 storage. Only used for S3-based AMI’s.
+                    architecture (string) - The architecture of the AMI. Valid choices are: * i386 * x86_64
+                    kernel_id (string) -  The ID of the kernel with which to launch the instances
+                    root_device_name (string) - The root device name (e.g. /dev/sdh)
+                    block_device_map (boto.ec2.blockdevicemapping.BlockDeviceMapping) - A BlockDeviceMapping data structure describing the EBS volumes associated with the Image.
+                    virtualization_type (string) - The virutalization_type of the image. Valid choices are: * paravirtual * hvm
+                    sriov_net_support (string) - Advanced networking support. Valid choices are: * simple
+                    snapshot_id (string) - A snapshot ID for the snapshot to be used as root device for the image. Mutually exclusive with block_device_map, requires root_device_name
+                    delete_root_volume_on_termination (bool) - Whether to delete the root volume of the image after instance termination. Only applies when creating image from snapshot_id. Defaults to False. Note that leaving volumes behind after instance termination is not free
+        Returns: image_id - image ID of the newly created image
+        """
+
+        try:
+            self._reload_connection()
+            image_location = image_dict.get('image_location', None)
+            if image_location:
+                image_location = str(self.account_id) + str(image_location)
+
+            image_id = self.conn.register_image(image_dict.get('name', None), image_dict.get('description', None),
+                                                image_location, image_dict.get('architecture', None),
+                                                image_dict.get('kernel_id', None),
+                                                image_dict.get('root_device_name', None),
+                                                image_dict.get('block_device_map', None),
+                                                image_dict.get('virtualization_type', None),
+                                                image_dict.get('sriov_net_support', None),
+                                                image_dict.get('snapshot_id', None),
+                                                image_dict.get('delete_root_volume_on_termination', None))
+            return image_id
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    def delete_image(self, image_id):
+        """Deletes a tenant image from VIM
+        Returns the image_id if image is deleted or raises an exception on error"""
+
+        try:
+            self._reload_connection()
+            self.conn.deregister_image(image_id)
+            return image_id
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    def get_image_id_from_path(self, path):
+        '''
+        Params: path - location of the image
+        Returns: image_id - ID of the matching image
+        '''
+        self._reload_connection()
+        try:
+            filters = {}
+            if path:
+                tokens = path.split('/')
+                filters['owner_id'] = tokens[0]
+                filters['name'] = '/'.join(tokens[1:])
+            image = self.conn.get_all_images(filters=filters)[0]
+            return image.id
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    def get_image_list(self, filter_dict={}):
+        """Obtain tenant images from VIM
+        Filter_dict can be:
+            name: image name
+            id: image uuid
+            checksum: image checksum
+            location: image path
+        Returns the image list of dictionaries:
+            [{<the fields at Filter_dict plus some VIM specific>}, ...]
+            List can be empty
+        """
+
+        self.logger.debug("Getting image list from VIM")
+        try:
+            self._reload_connection()
+            image_id = None
+            filters = {}
+            if 'id' in filter_dict:
+                image_id = filter_dict['id']
+            if 'name' in filter_dict:
+                filters['name'] = filter_dict['name']
+            if 'location' in filter_dict:
+                filters['location'] = filter_dict['location']
+            # filters['image_type'] = 'machine'
+            # filter_dict['owner_id'] = self.account_id
+            images = self.conn.get_all_images(image_id, filters=filters)
+            image_list = []
+            for image in images:
+                image_list.append({'id': str(image.id), 'name': str(image.name), 'status': str(image.state),
+                                   'owner': str(image.owner_id), 'location': str(image.location),
+                                   'is_public': str(image.is_public), 'architecture': str(image.architecture),
+                                   'platform': str(image.platform)})
+            return image_list
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    def new_vminstance(self, name, description, start, image_id, flavor_id, net_list, cloud_config=None,
+                       disk_list=None):
+        """Create a new VM/instance in AWS
+        Params: name
+                decription
+                start: (boolean) indicates if VM must start or created in pause mode.
+                image_id - image ID in AWS
+                flavor_id - instance type ID in AWS
+                net_list
+                    name
+                    net_id - subnet_id from AWS
+                    vpci - (optional) virtual vPCI address to assign at the VM. Can be ignored depending on VIM capabilities
+                    model: (optional and only have sense for type==virtual) interface model: virtio, e2000, ...
+                    mac_address: (optional) mac address to assign to this interface
+                    type: (mandatory) can be one of:
+                        virtual, in this case always connected to a network of type 'net_type=bridge'
+                        PF - (passthrough): depending on VIM capabilities it can be connected to a data/ptp network ot it
+                               can created unconnected
+                        VF - (SRIOV with VLAN tag): same as PF for network connectivity.
+                        VFnotShared - (SRIOV without VLAN tag) same as PF for network connectivity. VF where no other VFs
+                            are allocated on the same physical NIC
+                    bw': (optional) only for PF/VF/VFnotShared. Minimal Bandwidth required for the interface in GBPS
+                    port_security': (optional) If False it must avoid any traffic filtering at this interface. If missing or True, it must apply the default VIM behaviour
+                    vim_id': must be filled/added by this method with the VIM identifier generated by the VIM for this interface. 'net_list' is modified
+                    elastic_ip - True/False to define if an elastic_ip is required
+                cloud_config': (optional) dictionary with:
+                    key-pairs': (optional) list of strings with the public key to be inserted to the default user
+                    users': (optional) list of users to be inserted, each item is a dict with:
+                        name': (mandatory) user name,
+                        key-pairs': (optional) list of strings with the public key to be inserted to the user
+                    user-data': (optional) string is a text script to be passed directly to cloud-init
+                    config-files': (optional). List of files to be transferred. Each item is a dict with:
+                        dest': (mandatory) string with the destination absolute path
+                        encoding': (optional, by default text). Can be one of:
+                            b64', 'base64', 'gz', 'gz+b64', 'gz+base64', 'gzip+b64', 'gzip+base64'
+                        content' (mandatory): string with the content of the file
+                        permissions': (optional) string with file permissions, typically octal notation '0644'
+                        owner: (optional) file owner, string with the format 'owner:group'
+                    boot-data-drive: boolean to indicate if user-data must be passed using a boot drive (hard disk)
+                    security-groups:
+                        subnet_id
+                        security_group_id
+                disk_list': (optional) list with additional disks to the VM. Each item is a dict with:
+                    image_id': (optional). VIM id of an existing image. If not provided an empty disk must be mounted
+                    size': (mandatory) string with the size of the disk in GB
+        Returns: instance identifier or raises an exception on error
+        """
+
+        self.logger.debug("Creating a new VM instance")
+        try:
+            self._reload_connection()
+            instance = None
+            userdata = None
+            if isinstance(cloud_config, dict):
+                if cloud_config.get("user-data"):
+                    userdata = cloud_config["user-data"]
+                if cloud_config.get("config-files") or cloud_config.get("users") or cloud_config.get("key-pairs"):
+                    if userdata:
+                        raise vimconn.vimconnConflictException(
+                            "Cloud-config cannot contain both 'userdata' and 'config-files'/'users'/'key-pairs'")
+                    userdata_dict = {}
+                    # default user
+                    if cloud_config.get("key-pairs"):
+                        userdata_dict["ssh-authorized-keys"] = cloud_config["key-pairs"]
+                        userdata_dict["users"] = [{"default": None, "ssh-authorized-keys": cloud_config["key-pairs"]}]
+                    if cloud_config.get("users"):
+                        if "users" not in userdata_dict:
+                            userdata_dict["users"] = ["default"]
+                        for user in cloud_config["users"]:
+                            user_info = {
+                                "name": user["name"],
+                                "sudo": "ALL = (ALL)NOPASSWD:ALL"
+                            }
+                            if "user-info" in user:
+                                user_info["gecos"] = user["user-info"]
+                            if user.get("key-pairs"):
+                                user_info["ssh-authorized-keys"] = user["key-pairs"]
+                            userdata_dict["users"].append(user_info)
+
+                    if cloud_config.get("config-files"):
+                        userdata_dict["write_files"] = []
+                        for file in cloud_config["config-files"]:
+                            file_info = {
+                                "path": file["dest"],
+                                "content": file["content"]
+                            }
+                            if file.get("encoding"):
+                                file_info["encoding"] = file["encoding"]
+                            if file.get("permissions"):
+                                file_info["permissions"] = file["permissions"]
+                            if file.get("owner"):
+                                file_info["owner"] = file["owner"]
+                            userdata_dict["write_files"].append(file_info)
+                    userdata = "#cloud-config\n"
+                    userdata += yaml.safe_dump(userdata_dict, indent=4, default_flow_style=False)
+                self.logger.debug("userdata: %s", userdata)
+            elif isinstance(cloud_config, str):
+                userdata = cloud_config
+
+            if not net_list:
+                reservation = self.conn.run_instances(
+                    image_id,
+                    key_name=self.key_pair,
+                    instance_type=flavor_id,
+                    security_groups=self.security_groups,
+                    user_data=userdata
+                )
+                instance = reservation.instances[0]
+            else:
+                net_list = [net_list[0]]
+                for index, subnet in enumerate(net_list):
+                    net_intr = boto.ec2.networkinterface.NetworkInterfaceSpecification(subnet_id=subnet.get('net_id'),
+                                                                                       groups=None,
+                                                                                       associate_public_ip_address=True)
+
+                    if subnet.get('elastic_ip'):
+                        eip = self.conn.allocate_address()
+                        self.conn.associate_address(allocation_id=eip.allocation_id, network_interface_id=net_intr.id)
+
+                    if index == 0:
+                        reservation = self.conn.run_instances(
+                            image_id,
+                            key_name=self.key_pair,
+                            instance_type=flavor_id,
+                            security_groups=self.security_groups,
+                            network_interfaces=boto.ec2.networkinterface.NetworkInterfaceCollection(net_intr),
+                            user_data=userdata
+                        )
+                        instance = reservation.instances[0]
+                    else:
+                        while True:
+                            try:
+                                self.conn.attach_network_interface(
+                                    network_interface_id=boto.ec2.networkinterface.NetworkInterfaceCollection(net_intr),
+                                    instance_id=instance.id, device_index=0)
+                                break
+                            except:
+                                time.sleep(10)
+            return instance.id
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    def get_vminstance(self, vm_id):
+        """Returns the VM instance information from VIM"""
+
+        try:
+            self._reload_connection()
+            reservation = self.conn.get_all_instances(vm_id)
+            return reservation[0].instances[0].__dict__
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    def delete_vminstance(self, vm_id):
+        """Removes a VM instance from VIM
+        Returns the instance identifier"""
+
+        try:
+            self._reload_connection()
+            self.logger.debug("DELETING VM_ID: " + str(vm_id))
+            self.conn.terminate_instances(vm_id)
+            return vm_id
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    def refresh_vms_status(self, vm_list):
+        """ Get the status of the virtual machines and their interfaces/ports
+        Params: the list of VM identifiers
+        Returns a dictionary with:
+            vm_id:          #VIM id of this Virtual Machine
+                status:     #Mandatory. Text with one of:
+                            #  DELETED (not found at vim)
+                            #  VIM_ERROR (Cannot connect to VIM, VIM response error, ...)
+                            #  OTHER (Vim reported other status not understood)
+                            #  ERROR (VIM indicates an ERROR status)
+                            #  ACTIVE, PAUSED, SUSPENDED, INACTIVE (not running),
+                            #  BUILD (on building process), ERROR
+                            #  ACTIVE:NoMgmtIP (Active but any of its interface has an IP address
+                            #
+                error_msg:  #Text with VIM error message, if any. Or the VIM connection ERROR
+                vim_info:   #Text with plain information obtained from vim (yaml.safe_dump)
+                interfaces: list with interface info. Each item a dictionary with:
+                    vim_interface_id -  The ID of the ENI.
+                    vim_net_id - The ID of the VPC subnet.
+                    mac_address - The MAC address of the interface.
+                    ip_address - The IP address of the interface within the subnet.
+        """
+        self.logger.debug("Getting VM instance information from VIM")
+        try:
+            self._reload_connection()
+            reservation = self.conn.get_all_instances(vm_list)[0]
+            instances = {}
+            instance_dict = {}
+            for instance in reservation.instances:
+                try:
+                    if instance.state in ("pending"):
+                        instance_dict['status'] = "BUILD"
+                    elif instance.state in ("available", "running", "up"):
+                        instance_dict['status'] = 'ACTIVE'
+                    else:
+                        instance_dict['status'] = 'ERROR'
+                    instance_dict['error_msg'] = ""
+                    instance_dict['interfaces'] = []
+                    interface_dict = {}
+                    for interface in instance.interfaces:
+                        interface_dict['vim_interface_id'] = interface.id
+                        interface_dict['vim_net_id'] = interface.subnet_id
+                        interface_dict['mac_address'] = interface.mac_address
+                        interface_dict['ip_address'] = interface.private_ip_address
+                        instance_dict['interfaces'].append(interface_dict)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    self.logger.error("Exception getting vm status: %s", str(e), exc_info=True)
+                    instance_dict['status'] = "DELETED"
+                    instance_dict['error_msg'] = str(e)
+                finally:
+                    try:
+                        instance_dict['vim_info'] = yaml.safe_dump(instance, default_flow_style=True, width=256)
+                    except yaml.YAMLError as e:
+                        # self.logger.error("Exception getting vm status: %s", str(e), exc_info=True)
+                        instance_dict['vim_info'] = str(instance)
+                instances[instance.id] = instance_dict
+            return instances
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.logger.error("Exception getting vm status: %s", str(e), exc_info=True)
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)
+
+    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"""
+
+        self.logger.debug("Action over VM '%s': %s", vm_id, str(action_dict))
+        try:
+            self._reload_connection()
+            if "start" in action_dict:
+                self.conn.start_instances(vm_id)
+            elif "stop" in action_dict or "stop" in action_dict:
+                self.conn.stop_instances(vm_id)
+            elif "terminate" in action_dict:
+                self.conn.terminate_instances(vm_id)
+            elif "reboot" in action_dict:
+                self.conn.reboot_instances(vm_id)
+            return vm_id
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.format_vimconn_exception(e)