# Example showing how to inspect a virtual machine disk. import sys import guestfs if len(sys.argv) < 2: print("inspect_vm: missing disk image to inspect", file=sys.stderr) sys.exit(1) disk = sys.argv[1] # All new Python code should pass python_return_dict=True # to the constructor. It indicates that your program wants # to receive Python dicts for methods in the API that return # hashtables. g = guestfs.GuestFS(python_return_dict=True) # Attach the disk image read-only to libguestfs. g.add_drive_opts(disk, readonly=1) # Run the libguestfs back-end. g.launch() # Ask libguestfs to inspect for operating systems. roots = g.inspect_os() if len(roots) == 0: print("inspect_vm: no operating systems found", file=sys.stderr) sys.exit(1) for root in roots: print("Root device: %s" % root) # Print basic information about the operating system. print(" Product name: %s" % (g.inspect_get_product_name(root))) print(" Version: %d.%d" % (g.inspect_get_major_version(root), g.inspect_get_minor_version(root))) print(" Type: %s" % (g.inspect_get_type(root))) print(" Distro: %s" % (g.inspect_get_distro(root))) # Mount up the disks, like guestfish -i. # # Sort keys by length, shortest first, so that we end up # mounting the filesystems in the correct order. mps = g.inspect_get_mountpoints(root) for device, mp in sorted(mps.items(), key=lambda k: len(k[0])): try: g.mount_ro(mp, device) except RuntimeError as msg: print("%s (ignored)" % msg) # If /etc/issue.net file exists, print up to 3 lines. filename = "/etc/issue.net" if g.is_file(filename): print("--- %s ---" % filename) lines = g.head_n(3, filename) for line in lines: print(line) # Unmount everything. g.umount_all()