Ejemplo n.º 1
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    def create(name, rec=None):
        '''
        Create dirs, copy fs image, lxc_create
        '''
        logger.verbose('sliver_lxc: {} create'.format(name))
        conn = Sliver_Libvirt.getConnection(Sliver_LXC.TYPE)

        vref = rec['vref']
        if vref is None:
            vref = "lxc-f24-x86_64"
            logger.log("sliver_libvirt: {}: WARNING - no vref attached, using hard-wired default {}"
                       .format(name, vref))

        # compute guest arch from vref
        # essentially we want x86_64 (default) or i686 here for libvirt
        try:
            (x, y, arch) = vref.split('-')
            arch = "x86_64" if arch.find("64") >= 0 else "i686"
        except:
            arch = 'x86_64'

        # Get the type of image from vref myplc tags specified as:
        # pldistro = lxc
        # fcdistro = squeeze
        # arch x86_64

        arch = 'x86_64'
        tags = rec['rspec']['tags']
        if 'arch' in tags:
            arch = tags['arch']
            if arch == 'i386':
                arch = 'i686'


        refImgDir    = os.path.join(Sliver_LXC.REF_IMG_BASE_DIR, vref)
        containerDir = os.path.join(Sliver_LXC.CON_BASE_DIR, name)

        # check the template exists -- there's probably a better way..
        if not os.path.isdir(refImgDir):
            logger.log('sliver_lxc: {}: ERROR Could not create sliver - reference image {} not found'
                       .format(name, vref))
            logger.log('sliver_lxc: {}: ERROR Expected reference image in {}'.format(name, refImgDir))
            return

# during some time this fragment had been commented out
# but we're seeing cases where this code might actually be useful, so..
#        this hopefully should be fixed now
#        # in fedora20 we have some difficulty in properly cleaning up /vservers/<slicename>
#        # also note that running e.g. btrfs subvolume create /vservers/.lvref/image /vservers/foo
#        # behaves differently, whether /vservers/foo exists or not:
#        # if /vservers/foo does not exist, it creates /vservers/foo
#        # but if it does exist, then       it creates /vservers/foo/image !!
#        # so we need to check the expected container rootfs does not exist yet
#        # this hopefully could be removed in a future release
        if os.path.exists (containerDir):
            logger.log("sliver_lxc: {}: WARNING cleaning up pre-existing {}".format(name, containerDir))
            command = ['btrfs', 'subvolume', 'delete', containerDir]
            logger.log_call(command, BTRFS_TIMEOUT)
            # re-check
            if os.path.exists (containerDir):
                logger.log('sliver_lxc: {}: ERROR Could not create sliver - could not clean up empty {}'
                           .format(name, containerDir))
                return

        # Snapshot the reference image fs
        # this assumes the reference image is in its own subvolume
        command = ['btrfs', 'subvolume', 'snapshot', refImgDir, containerDir]
        if not logger.log_call(command, timeout=BTRFS_TIMEOUT):
            logger.log('sliver_lxc: ERROR Could not create BTRFS snapshot at {}'
                       .format(containerDir))
            return
        command = ['chmod', '755', containerDir]
        logger.log_call(command)

        # TODO: set quotas...

        # Set hostname. A valid hostname cannot have '_'
        #with open(os.path.join(containerDir, 'etc/hostname'), 'w') as f:
        #    print >>f, name.replace('_', '-')

        # Add slices group if not already present
        try:
            group = grp.getgrnam('slices')
        except:
            command = ['/usr/sbin/groupadd', 'slices']
            logger.log_call(command)

        # Add unix account (TYPE is specified in the subclass)
        command = ['/usr/sbin/useradd', '-g', 'slices', '-s', Sliver_LXC.SHELL, name, '-p', '*']
        logger.log_call(command)
        command = ['mkdir', '/home/{}/.ssh'.format(name)]
        logger.log_call(command)

        # Create PK pair keys to connect from the host to the guest without
        # password... maybe remove the need for authentication inside the
        # guest?
        command = ['su', '-s', '/bin/bash', '-c',
                   'ssh-keygen -t rsa -N "" -f /home/{}/.ssh/id_rsa'.format(name)]
        logger.log_call(command)

        command = ['chown', '-R', '{}:slices'.format(name), '/home/{}/.ssh'.format(name)]
        logger.log_call(command)

        command = ['mkdir', '{}/root/.ssh'.format(containerDir)]
        logger.log_call(command)

        command = ['cp', '/home/{}/.ssh/id_rsa.pub'.format(name),
                   '{}/root/.ssh/authorized_keys'.format(containerDir)]
        logger.log_call(command)

        logger.log("creating /etc/slicename file in {}".format(os.path.join(containerDir, 'etc/slicename')))
        try:
            with open(os.path.join(containerDir, 'etc/slicename'), 'w') as f:
                f.write(name)
        except:
            logger.log_exc("exception while creating /etc/slicename")

        try:
            with open(os.path.join(containerDir, 'etc/slicefamily'), 'w') as f:
                f.write(vref)
        except:
            logger.log_exc("exception while creating /etc/slicefamily")

        uid = None
        try:
            uid = getpwnam(name).pw_uid
        except KeyError:
            # keyerror will happen if user id was not created successfully
            logger.log_exc("exception while getting user id")

        if uid is not None:
            logger.log("uid is {}".format(uid))
            command = ['mkdir', '{}/home/{}'.format(containerDir, name)]
            logger.log_call(command)
            command = ['chown', name, '{}/home/{}'.format(containerDir, name)]
            logger.log_call(command)
            etcpasswd = os.path.join(containerDir, 'etc/passwd')
            etcgroup = os.path.join(containerDir, 'etc/group')
            if os.path.exists(etcpasswd):
                # create all accounts with gid=1001 - i.e. 'slices' like it is in the root context
                slices_gid = 1001
                logger.log("adding user {name} id {uid} gid {slices_gid} to {etcpasswd}"
                           .format(**(locals())))
                try:
                    with open(etcpasswd, 'a') as passwdfile:
                        passwdfile.write("{name}:x:{uid}:{slices_gid}::/home/{name}:/bin/bash\n"
                                         .format(**locals()))
                except:
                    logger.log_exc("exception while updating {}".format(etcpasswd))
                logger.log("adding group slices with gid {slices_gid} to {etcgroup}"
                           .format(**locals()))
                try:
                    with open(etcgroup, 'a') as groupfile:
                        groupfile.write("slices:x:{slices_gid}\n"
                                        .format(**locals()))
                except:
                    logger.log_exc("exception while updating {}".format(etcgroup))
            sudoers = os.path.join(containerDir, 'etc/sudoers')
            if os.path.exists(sudoers):
                try:
                    with open(sudoers, 'a') as f:
                        f.write("{} ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL\n".format(name))
                except:
                    logger.log_exc("exception while updating /etc/sudoers")

        # customizations for the user environment - root or slice uid
        # we save the whole business in /etc/planetlab.profile
        # and source this file for both root and the slice uid's .profile
        # prompt for slice owner, + LD_PRELOAD for transparently wrap bind
        pl_profile = os.path.join(containerDir, "etc/planetlab.profile")
        ld_preload_text = """# by default, we define this setting so that calls to bind(2),
# when invoked on 0.0.0.0, get transparently redirected to the public interface of this node
# see https://svn.planet-lab.org/wiki/LxcPortForwarding"""
        usrmove_path_text = """# VM's before Features/UsrMove need /bin and /sbin in their PATH"""
        usrmove_path_code = """
pathmunge () {
        if ! echo $PATH | /bin/egrep -q "(^|:)$1($|:)" ; then
           if [ "$2" = "after" ] ; then
              PATH=$PATH:$1
           else
              PATH=$1:$PATH
           fi
        fi
}
pathmunge /bin after
pathmunge /sbin after
unset pathmunge
"""
        with open(pl_profile, 'w') as f:
            f.write("export PS1='{}@\H \$ '\n".format(name))
            f.write("{}\n".format(ld_preload_text))
            f.write("if [ -e /etc/planetlab/lib/bind_public.so ] ; then   # Only preload bind_public if it exists.\n")
            f.write("   export LD_PRELOAD=/etc/planetlab/lib/bind_public.so\n")
            f.write("fi\n")
            f.write("{}\n".format(usrmove_path_text))
            f.write("{}\n".format(usrmove_path_code))

        # make sure this file is sourced from both root's and slice's .profile
        enforced_line = "[ -f /etc/planetlab.profile ] && source /etc/planetlab.profile\n"
        for path in [ 'root/.profile', 'home/{}/.profile'.format(name) ]:
            from_root = os.path.join(containerDir, path)
            # if dir is not yet existing let's forget it for now
            if not os.path.isdir(os.path.dirname(from_root)): continue
            found = False
            try:
                with open(from_root) as f:
                    contents = f.readlines()
                    for content in contents:
                        if content == enforced_line:
                            found = True
            except IOError:
                pass
            if not found:
                with open(from_root, "a") as user_profile:
                    user_profile.write(enforced_line)
                # in case we create the slice's .profile when writing
                if from_root.find("/home") >= 0:
                    command = ['chown', '{}:slices'.format(name), from_root]
                    logger.log_call(command)

        # Lookup for xid and create template after the user is created so we
        # can get the correct xid based on the name of the slice
        xid = bwlimit.get_xid(name)

        # Template for libvirt sliver configuration
        template_filename_sliceimage = os.path.join(Sliver_LXC.REF_IMG_BASE_DIR, 'lxc_template.xml')
        if os.path.isfile(template_filename_sliceimage):
            logger.verbose("Using XML template {}".format(template_filename_sliceimage))
            template_filename = template_filename_sliceimage
        else:
            logger.log("Cannot find XML template {}".format(template_filename_sliceimage))
            return

        interfaces = Sliver_Libvirt.get_interfaces_xml(rec)

        try:
            with open(template_filename) as f:
                template = Template(f.read())
                xml  = template.substitute(name=name, xid=xid, interfaces=interfaces, arch=arch)
        except IOError:
            logger.log('Failed to parse or use XML template file {}'.format(template_filename))
            return

        # Lookup for the sliver before actually
        # defining it, just in case it was already defined.
        try:
            dom = conn.lookupByName(name)
        except:
            dom = conn.defineXML(xml)
        logger.verbose('lxc_create: {} -> {}'.format(name, Sliver_Libvirt.dom_details(dom)))
    def create(name, rec=None):
        ''' Create dirs, copy fs image, lxc_create '''
        logger.verbose('sliver_lxc: %s create' % (name))
        conn = Sliver_Libvirt.getConnection(Sliver_LXC.TYPE)

        # Get the type of image from vref myplc tags specified as:
        # pldistro = lxc
        # fcdistro = squeeze
        # arch x86_64

        arch = 'x86_64'
        tags = rec['rspec']['tags']
        if 'arch' in tags:
            arch = tags['arch']
            if arch == 'i386':
                arch = 'i686'

        vref = rec['vref']
        if vref is None:
            vref = "lxc-f14-x86_64"
            logger.log(
                "sliver_libvirt: %s: WARNING - no vref attached, using hard-wired default %s"
                % (name, vref))

        refImgDir = os.path.join(Sliver_LXC.REF_IMG_BASE_DIR, vref)
        containerDir = os.path.join(Sliver_LXC.CON_BASE_DIR, name)

        # check the template exists -- there's probably a better way..
        if not os.path.isdir(refImgDir):
            logger.log(
                'sliver_lxc: %s: ERROR Could not create sliver - reference image %s not found'
                % (name, vref))
            logger.log('sliver_lxc: %s: ERROR Expected reference image in %s' %
                       (name, refImgDir))
            return

        # Snapshot the reference image fs (assume the reference image is in its own
        # subvolume)
        command = ['btrfs', 'subvolume', 'snapshot', refImgDir, containerDir]
        if not logger.log_call(command, timeout=15 * 60):
            logger.log('sliver_lxc: ERROR Could not create BTRFS snapshot at',
                       containerDir)
            return
        command = ['chmod', '755', containerDir]
        logger.log_call(command, timeout=15 * 60)

        # TODO: set quotas...

        # Set hostname. A valid hostname cannot have '_'
        #with open(os.path.join(containerDir, 'etc/hostname'), 'w') as f:
        #    print >>f, name.replace('_', '-')

        # Add slices group if not already present
        try:
            group = grp.getgrnam('slices')
        except:
            command = ['/usr/sbin/groupadd', 'slices']
            logger.log_call(command, timeout=15 * 60)

        # Add unix account (TYPE is specified in the subclass)
        command = [
            '/usr/sbin/useradd', '-g', 'slices', '-s', Sliver_LXC.SHELL, name,
            '-p', '*'
        ]
        logger.log_call(command, timeout=15 * 60)
        command = ['mkdir', '/home/%s/.ssh' % name]
        logger.log_call(command, timeout=15 * 60)

        # Create PK pair keys to connect from the host to the guest without
        # password... maybe remove the need for authentication inside the
        # guest?
        command = [
            'su', '-s', '/bin/bash', '-c',
            'ssh-keygen -t rsa -N "" -f /home/%s/.ssh/id_rsa' % (name)
        ]
        logger.log_call(command, timeout=60)

        command = ['chown', '-R', '%s.slices' % name, '/home/%s/.ssh' % name]
        logger.log_call(command, timeout=30)

        command = ['mkdir', '%s/root/.ssh' % containerDir]
        logger.log_call(command, timeout=10)

        command = [
            'cp',
            '/home/%s/.ssh/id_rsa.pub' % name,
            '%s/root/.ssh/authorized_keys' % containerDir
        ]
        logger.log_call(command, timeout=30)

        logger.log("creating /etc/slicename file in %s" %
                   os.path.join(containerDir, 'etc/slicename'))
        try:
            file(os.path.join(containerDir, 'etc/slicename'), 'w').write(name)
        except:
            logger.log_exc("exception while creating /etc/slicename")

        try:
            file(os.path.join(containerDir, 'etc/slicefamily'),
                 'w').write(vref)
        except:
            logger.log_exc("exception while creating /etc/slicefamily")

        uid = None
        try:
            uid = getpwnam(name).pw_uid
        except KeyError:
            # keyerror will happen if user id was not created successfully
            logger.log_exc("exception while getting user id")

        if uid is not None:
            logger.log("uid is %d" % uid)
            command = ['mkdir', '%s/home/%s' % (containerDir, name)]
            logger.log_call(command, timeout=10)
            command = ['chown', name, '%s/home/%s' % (containerDir, name)]
            logger.log_call(command, timeout=10)
            etcpasswd = os.path.join(containerDir, 'etc/passwd')
            etcgroup = os.path.join(containerDir, 'etc/group')
            if os.path.exists(etcpasswd):
                # create all accounts with gid=1001 - i.e. 'slices' like it is in the root context
                slices_gid = 1001
                logger.log(
                    "adding user %(name)s id %(uid)d gid %(slices_gid)d to %(etcpasswd)s"
                    % (locals()))
                try:
                    file(etcpasswd, 'a').write(
                        "%(name)s:x:%(uid)d:%(slices_gid)d::/home/%(name)s:/bin/bash\n"
                        % locals())
                except:
                    logger.log_exc("exception while updating %s" % etcpasswd)
                logger.log(
                    "adding group slices with gid %(slices_gid)d to %(etcgroup)s"
                    % locals())
                try:
                    file(etcgroup,
                         'a').write("slices:x:%(slices_gid)d\n" % locals())
                except:
                    logger.log_exc("exception while updating %s" % etcgroup)
            sudoers = os.path.join(containerDir, 'etc/sudoers')
            if os.path.exists(sudoers):
                try:
                    file(sudoers,
                         'a').write("%s ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL\n" % name)
                except:
                    logger.log_exc("exception while updating /etc/sudoers")

        # customizations for the user environment - root or slice uid
        # we save the whole business in /etc/planetlab.profile
        # and source this file for both root and the slice uid's .profile
        # prompt for slice owner, + LD_PRELOAD for transparently wrap bind
        pl_profile = os.path.join(containerDir, "etc/planetlab.profile")
        ld_preload_text = """# by default, we define this setting so that calls to bind(2),
# when invoked on 0.0.0.0, get transparently redirected to the public interface of this node
# see https://svn.planet-lab.org/wiki/LxcPortForwarding"""
        usrmove_path_text = """# VM's before Features/UsrMove need /bin and /sbin in their PATH"""
        usrmove_path_code = """
pathmunge () {
        if ! echo $PATH | /bin/egrep -q "(^|:)$1($|:)" ; then
           if [ "$2" = "after" ] ; then
              PATH=$PATH:$1
           else
              PATH=$1:$PATH
           fi
        fi
}
pathmunge /bin after
pathmunge /sbin after
unset pathmunge
"""
        with open(pl_profile, 'w') as f:
            f.write("export PS1='%s@\H \$ '\n" % (name))
            f.write("%s\n" % ld_preload_text)
            f.write("export LD_PRELOAD=/etc/planetlab/lib/bind_public.so\n")
            f.write("%s\n" % usrmove_path_text)
            f.write("%s\n" % usrmove_path_code)

        # make sure this file is sourced from both root's and slice's .profile
        enforced_line = "[ -f /etc/planetlab.profile ] && source /etc/planetlab.profile\n"
        for path in ['root/.profile', 'home/%s/.profile' % name]:
            from_root = os.path.join(containerDir, path)
            # if dir is not yet existing let's forget it for now
            if not os.path.isdir(os.path.dirname(from_root)): continue
            found = False
            try:
                contents = file(from_root).readlines()
                for content in contents:
                    if content == enforced_line: found = True
            except IOError:
                pass
            if not found:
                with open(from_root, "a") as user_profile:
                    user_profile.write(enforced_line)
                # in case we create the slice's .profile when writing
                if from_root.find("/home") >= 0:
                    command = ['chown', '%s:slices' % name, from_root]
                    logger.log_call(command, timeout=5)

        # Lookup for xid and create template after the user is created so we
        # can get the correct xid based on the name of the slice
        xid = bwlimit.get_xid(name)

        # Template for libvirt sliver configuration
        template_filename_sliceimage = os.path.join(
            Sliver_LXC.REF_IMG_BASE_DIR, 'lxc_template.xml')
        if os.path.isfile(template_filename_sliceimage):
            logger.log("WARNING: using compat template %s" %
                       template_filename_sliceimage)
            template_filename = template_filename_sliceimage
        else:
            logger.log("Cannot find XML template %s" %
                       template_filename_sliceimage)
            return

        interfaces = Sliver_Libvirt.get_interfaces_xml(rec)

        try:
            with open(template_filename) as f:
                template = Template(f.read())
                xml = template.substitute(name=name,
                                          xid=xid,
                                          interfaces=interfaces,
                                          arch=arch)
        except IOError:
            logger.log('Failed to parse or use XML template file %s' %
                       template_filename)
            return

        # Lookup for the sliver before actually
        # defining it, just in case it was already defined.
        try:
            dom = conn.lookupByName(name)
        except:
            dom = conn.defineXML(xml)
        logger.verbose('lxc_create: %s -> %s' %
                       (name, Sliver_Libvirt.debuginfo(dom)))
Ejemplo n.º 3
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    def create(name, rec=None):
        ''' Create dirs, copy fs image, lxc_create '''
        logger.verbose ('sliver_lxc: %s create'%(name))
        conn = Sliver_Libvirt.getConnection(Sliver_LXC.TYPE)

        # Get the type of image from vref myplc tags specified as:
        # pldistro = lxc
        # fcdistro = squeeze
        # arch x86_64

        arch = 'x86_64'
        tags = rec['rspec']['tags']
        if 'arch' in tags:
            arch = tags['arch']
            if arch == 'i386':
                arch = 'i686'

        vref = rec['vref']
        if vref is None:
            vref = "lxc-f14-x86_64"
            logger.log("sliver_libvirt: %s: WARNING - no vref attached, using hard-wired default %s" % (name,vref))

        refImgDir    = os.path.join(Sliver_LXC.REF_IMG_BASE_DIR, vref)
        containerDir = os.path.join(Sliver_LXC.CON_BASE_DIR, name)

        # check the template exists -- there's probably a better way..
        if not os.path.isdir(refImgDir):
            logger.log('sliver_lxc: %s: ERROR Could not create sliver - reference image %s not found' % (name,vref))
            logger.log('sliver_lxc: %s: ERROR Expected reference image in %s'%(name,refImgDir))
            return

        # Snapshot the reference image fs (assume the reference image is in its own
        # subvolume)
        command = ['btrfs', 'subvolume', 'snapshot', refImgDir, containerDir]
        if not logger.log_call(command, timeout=15*60):
            logger.log('sliver_lxc: ERROR Could not create BTRFS snapshot at', containerDir)
            return
        command = ['chmod', '755', containerDir]
        logger.log_call(command, timeout=15*60)

        # TODO: set quotas...

        # Set hostname. A valid hostname cannot have '_'
        #with open(os.path.join(containerDir, 'etc/hostname'), 'w') as f:
        #    print >>f, name.replace('_', '-')

        # Add slices group if not already present
        try:
            group = grp.getgrnam('slices')
        except:
            command = ['/usr/sbin/groupadd', 'slices']
            logger.log_call(command, timeout=15*60)

        # Add unix account (TYPE is specified in the subclass)
        command = ['/usr/sbin/useradd', '-g', 'slices', '-s', Sliver_LXC.SHELL, name, '-p', '*']
        logger.log_call(command, timeout=15*60)
        command = ['mkdir', '/home/%s/.ssh'%name]
        logger.log_call(command, timeout=15*60)

        # Create PK pair keys to connect from the host to the guest without
        # password... maybe remove the need for authentication inside the
        # guest?
        command = ['su', '-s', '/bin/bash', '-c', 'ssh-keygen -t rsa -N "" -f /home/%s/.ssh/id_rsa'%(name)]
        logger.log_call(command, timeout=60)

        command = ['chown', '-R', '%s.slices'%name, '/home/%s/.ssh'%name]
        logger.log_call(command, timeout=30)

        command = ['mkdir', '%s/root/.ssh'%containerDir]
        logger.log_call(command, timeout=10)

        command = ['cp', '/home/%s/.ssh/id_rsa.pub'%name, '%s/root/.ssh/authorized_keys'%containerDir]
        logger.log_call(command, timeout=30)

        logger.log("creating /etc/slicename file in %s" % os.path.join(containerDir,'etc/slicename'))
        try:
            file(os.path.join(containerDir,'etc/slicename'), 'w').write(name)
        except:
            logger.log_exc("exception while creating /etc/slicename")

        try:
            file(os.path.join(containerDir,'etc/slicefamily'), 'w').write(vref)
        except:
            logger.log_exc("exception while creating /etc/slicefamily")

        uid = None
        try:
            uid = getpwnam(name).pw_uid
        except KeyError:
            # keyerror will happen if user id was not created successfully
            logger.log_exc("exception while getting user id")

        if uid is not None:
            logger.log("uid is %d" % uid)
            command = ['mkdir', '%s/home/%s' % (containerDir, name)]
            logger.log_call(command, timeout=10)
            command = ['chown', name, '%s/home/%s' % (containerDir, name)]
            logger.log_call(command, timeout=10)
            etcpasswd = os.path.join(containerDir, 'etc/passwd')
            etcgroup = os.path.join(containerDir, 'etc/group')
            if os.path.exists(etcpasswd):
                # create all accounts with gid=1001 - i.e. 'slices' like it is in the root context
                slices_gid=1001
                logger.log("adding user %(name)s id %(uid)d gid %(slices_gid)d to %(etcpasswd)s" % (locals()))
                try:
                    file(etcpasswd,'a').write("%(name)s:x:%(uid)d:%(slices_gid)d::/home/%(name)s:/bin/bash\n" % locals())
                except:
                    logger.log_exc("exception while updating %s"%etcpasswd)
                logger.log("adding group slices with gid %(slices_gid)d to %(etcgroup)s"%locals())
                try:
                    file(etcgroup,'a').write("slices:x:%(slices_gid)d\n"%locals())
                except:
                    logger.log_exc("exception while updating %s"%etcgroup)
            sudoers = os.path.join(containerDir, 'etc/sudoers')
            if os.path.exists(sudoers):
                try:
                    file(sudoers,'a').write("%s ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL\n" % name)
                except:
                    logger.log_exc("exception while updating /etc/sudoers")

        # customizations for the user environment - root or slice uid
        # we save the whole business in /etc/planetlab.profile 
        # and source this file for both root and the slice uid's .profile
        # prompt for slice owner, + LD_PRELOAD for transparently wrap bind
        pl_profile=os.path.join(containerDir,"etc/planetlab.profile")
        ld_preload_text="""# by default, we define this setting so that calls to bind(2),
# when invoked on 0.0.0.0, get transparently redirected to the public interface of this node
# see https://svn.planet-lab.org/wiki/LxcPortForwarding"""
        usrmove_path_text="""# VM's before Features/UsrMove need /bin and /sbin in their PATH"""
        usrmove_path_code="""
pathmunge () {
        if ! echo $PATH | /bin/egrep -q "(^|:)$1($|:)" ; then
           if [ "$2" = "after" ] ; then
              PATH=$PATH:$1
           else
              PATH=$1:$PATH
           fi
        fi
}
pathmunge /bin after
pathmunge /sbin after
unset pathmunge
"""
        with open(pl_profile,'w') as f:
            f.write("export PS1='%s@\H \$ '\n"%(name))
            f.write("%s\n"%ld_preload_text)
            f.write("export LD_PRELOAD=/etc/planetlab/lib/bind_public.so\n")
            f.write("%s\n"%usrmove_path_text)
            f.write("%s\n"%usrmove_path_code)

        # make sure this file is sourced from both root's and slice's .profile
        enforced_line = "[ -f /etc/planetlab.profile ] && source /etc/planetlab.profile\n"
        for path in [ 'root/.profile', 'home/%s/.profile'%name ]:
            from_root=os.path.join(containerDir,path)
            # if dir is not yet existing let's forget it for now
            if not os.path.isdir(os.path.dirname(from_root)): continue
            found=False
            try: 
                contents=file(from_root).readlines()
                for content in contents:
                    if content==enforced_line: found=True
            except IOError: pass
            if not found:
                with open(from_root,"a") as user_profile:
                    user_profile.write(enforced_line)
                # in case we create the slice's .profile when writing
                if from_root.find("/home")>=0:
                    command=['chown','%s:slices'%name,from_root]
                    logger.log_call(command,timeout=5)

        # Lookup for xid and create template after the user is created so we
        # can get the correct xid based on the name of the slice
        xid = bwlimit.get_xid(name)

        # Template for libvirt sliver configuration
        template_filename_sliceimage = os.path.join(Sliver_LXC.REF_IMG_BASE_DIR,'lxc_template.xml')
        if os.path.isfile (template_filename_sliceimage):
            logger.log("WARNING: using compat template %s"%template_filename_sliceimage)
            template_filename=template_filename_sliceimage
        else:
            logger.log("Cannot find XML template %s"%template_filename_sliceimage)
            return

        interfaces = Sliver_Libvirt.get_interfaces_xml(rec)

        try:
            with open(template_filename) as f:
                template = Template(f.read())
                xml  = template.substitute(name=name, xid=xid, interfaces=interfaces, arch=arch)
        except IOError:
            logger.log('Failed to parse or use XML template file %s'%template_filename)
            return

        # Lookup for the sliver before actually
        # defining it, just in case it was already defined.
        try:
            dom = conn.lookupByName(name)
        except:
            dom = conn.defineXML(xml)
        logger.verbose('lxc_create: %s -> %s'%(name, Sliver_Libvirt.debuginfo(dom)))