core-admin/dom0/qvm-tools/qvm-clone-template

#!/usr/bin/python2.6
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# Copyright (C) 2010  Joanna Rutkowska <joanna@invisiblethingslab.com>
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from qubes.qubes import QubesVmCollection
from qubes.qubes import QubesException
from optparse import OptionParser;
import sys

def main():
    usage = "usage: %prog [options] <src-template-name> <new-template-name>\n"\
            "Clones an existing template by copying all its disk files"
          
    parser = OptionParser (usage)
    parser.add_option ("-q", "--quiet", action="store_false", dest="verbose", default=True)
    parser.add_option ("-p", "--path", dest="dir_path",
                       help="Specify path to the template directory")

    (options, args) = parser.parse_args ()
    if (len (args) != 2):
        parser.error ("You must specify at least the src and dst TemplateVM names!")
    srcname = args[0]
    dstname = args[1]

    qvm_collection = QubesVmCollection()
    qvm_collection.lock_db_for_writing()
    qvm_collection.load()

    src_tvm = qvm_collection.get_vm_by_name(srcname)
    if src_tvm is  None:
        print >> sys.stderr, "ERROR: A VM with the name '{0}' does not exist in the system.".format(srcname)
        exit(1)

    if qvm_collection.get_vm_by_name(dstname) is not None:
        print >> sys.stderr, "ERROR: A VM with the name '{0}' already exists in the system.".format(dstname)
        exit(1)

    dst_tvm = qvm_collection.clone_templatevm(src_template_vm=src_tvm,
                                              name=dstname, 
                                              dir_path=options.dir_path)

    try:
        dst_tvm.clone_disk_files (src_template_vm=src_tvm, verbose=options.verbose)
    except (IOError, OSError) as err:
        print >> sys.stderr, "ERROR: {0}".format(err)
        qvm_collection.pop(dst_tvm.qid)
        exit (1)

    qvm_collection.save()
    qvm_collection.unlock_db()
    
main()