def start(self):
debugmsg(2, "xVBOXInstance::start()")
global WORKDIR
self.vmname = self.image
if self.console_support == 'True':
p = re.compile('\s+', re.UNICODE)
pipe_name = p.sub("_", self.vmname)
if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
pipe_name = r'\\.\pipe\VBOX\%s' % pipe_name
elif os.path.exists(WORKDIR):
pipe_name = WORKDIR + os.sep + "pipe_%s" % pipe_name
else:
pipe_name = "/tmp/pipe_%s" % pipe_name
else:
pipe_name = None
started = self.vbc.start(self.vmname, self.nics, self.udp, self.capture, self.netcard, self.first_nic_managed, self.headless_mode, pipe_name)
if started:
self.vbc.setName(self.name)
if started and self.console_support == 'True' and int(self.console) and self.console_telnet_server == 'True':
global IP
if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
try:
self.pipe = open(pipe_name, 'a+b')
except:
return started
self.pipeThread = PipeProxy(self.vmname, msvcrt.get_osfhandle(self.pipe.fileno()), IP, int(self.console))
self.pipeThread.setDaemon(True)
self.pipeThread.start()
else:
try:
self.pipe = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
self.pipe.connect(pipe_name)
except socket.error, err:
print "connection to pipe %s failed -> %s" % (pipe_name, err[1])
return started
self.pipeThread = PipeProxy(self.vmname, self.pipe, IP, int(self.console))
self.pipeThread.setDaemon(True)
self.pipeThread.start()
