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-rwxr-xr-xmorphlib/exts/virtualbox-ssh.write20
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/morphlib/exts/virtualbox-ssh.write b/morphlib/exts/virtualbox-ssh.write
index f18ef804..369c0d61 100755
--- a/morphlib/exts/virtualbox-ssh.write
+++ b/morphlib/exts/virtualbox-ssh.write
@@ -106,6 +106,19 @@ class VirtualBoxPlusSshWriteExtension(morphlib.writeexts.WriteExtension):
str(os.path.getsize(raw_disk))],
stdin=f)
+ def virtualbox_version(self, ssh_host):
+ 'Get the version number of the VirtualBox running on the remote host.'
+
+ # --version gives a build id, which looks something like
+ # 1.2.3r456789, so we need to strip the suffix off and get a tuple
+ # of the (major, minor, patch) version, since comparing with a
+ # tuple is more reliable than a string and more convenient than
+ # comparing against the major, minor and patch numbers directly
+ self.status(msg='Checking version of remote VirtualBox')
+ build_id = cliapp.ssh_runcmd(ssh_host, ['VBoxManage', '--version'])
+ version_string = re.match(r"^([0-9\.])+.*$", build_id.strip()).group(1)
+ return tuple(int(s or '0') for s in version_string.split('.'))
+
def create_virtualbox_guest(self, ssh_host, vm_name, vdi_path, autostart):
'''Create the VirtualBox virtual machine.'''
@@ -117,6 +130,11 @@ class VirtualBoxPlusSshWriteExtension(morphlib.writeexts.WriteExtension):
hostonly_iface = self.get_host_interface(ssh_host)
+ if self.virtualbox_version(ssh_host) < (4, 3):
+ sataportcount_option = '--sataportcount'
+ else:
+ sataportcount_option = '--portcount'
+
commands = [
['createvm', '--name', vm_name, '--ostype', 'Linux26_64',
'--register'],
@@ -125,7 +143,7 @@ class VirtualBoxPlusSshWriteExtension(morphlib.writeexts.WriteExtension):
'--nic1', 'hostonly', '--hostonlyadapter1', hostonly_iface,
'--nic2', 'nat', '--natnet2', 'default'],
['storagectl', vm_name, '--name', 'SATA Controller',
- '--add', 'sata', '--bootable', 'on', '--sataportcount', '2'],
+ '--add', 'sata', '--bootable', 'on', sataportcount_option, '2'],
['storageattach', vm_name, '--storagectl', 'SATA Controller',
'--port', '0', '--device', '0', '--type', 'hdd', '--medium',
vdi_path],