def get_pnode():
import socket
user=os.environ['OS_USERNAME']
password=os.environ['OS_PASSWORD']
type="NICE"
endpoint = "https://network.cern.ch/sc/soap/soap.fcgi?v=5"
ns = "http://network.cern.ch/NetworkService"
SOAPserver=SOAPpy.SOAPProxy(endpoint, namespace=ns)
#Get the auth token
atoken=SOAPserver.getAuthToken(user,password,type)
#Build the auth header
authStruct=SOAPpy.structType(data = {"token" :atoken})
#authStruct._ns1=("ns1","urn:NetworkService")
authHeader=SOAPpy.headerType(data = {"Auth":authStruct})
hostname = os.environ['HOSTNAME']
SOAPserver.header=authHeader
return SOAPserver.vmGetInfo(hostname).VMParent
