fence_vbox - Fence agent for VirtualBox
fence_vbox is an I/O Fencing agent which can be used with the
virtual machines managed by VirtualBox. It logs via ssh to a dom0 where it
runs VBoxManage to do all of the work.
By default, vbox needs to log in as a user that is a member of the
vboxusers group. Also, you must allow ssh login in your sshd_config.
fence_vbox accepts options on the command line as well as from
stdin. Fenced sends parameters through stdin when it execs the agent.
fence_vbox can be run by itself with command line options. This is useful
for testing and for turning outlets on or off from scripts.
Vendor URL: https://www.virtualbox.org/
- -o,
--action=[action]
- Fencing action (Default Value: reboot)
- -c,
--command-prompt=[prompt]
- Force Python regex for command prompt (Default Value: ['\[EXPECT\]#\ '])
- -k,
--identity-file=[filename]
- Identity file (private key) for SSH
- -4, --inet4-only
- Forces agent to use IPv4 addresses only
- -6, --inet6-only
- Forces agent to use IPv6 addresses only
- -a, --ip=[ip]
- IP address or hostname of fencing device This parameter is always
required.
- -u,
--ipport=[port]
- TCP/UDP port to use for connection with device (Default Value: 22)
- -p,
--password=[password]
- Login password or passphrase
- -S,
--password-script=[script]
- Script to run to retrieve password
- -n, --plug=[id]
- Physical plug number on device, UUID or identification of machine This
parameter is always required.
- -x, --ssh
- Use SSH connection (Default Value: 1)
- --ssh-options=[options]
- SSH options to use (Default Value: -t '/bin/bash -c
"PS1=\[EXPECT\]# /bin/bash --noprofile --norc"')
- -l,
--username=[name]
- Login name This parameter is always required.
- -q, --quiet
- Disable logging to stderr. Does not affect --verbose or --debug-file or
logging to syslog.
- -v, --verbose
- Verbose mode
- -D,
--debug-file=[debugfile]
- Write debug information to given file
- -V, --version
- Display version information and exit
- -h, --help
- Display help and exit
- -C,
--separator=[char]
- Separator for CSV created by 'list' operation (Default Value: ,)
- --delay=[seconds]
- Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)
- --host-os=[os]
- Operating system of the host (linux|macos|windows) (Default Value: linux)
- --login-timeout=[seconds]
- Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5)
- --missing-as-off
- Missing port returns OFF instead of failure
- --power-timeout=[seconds]
- Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20)
- --power-wait=[seconds]
- Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 0)
- --shell-timeout=[seconds]
- Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3)
- --vboxmanage-path=[path]
- Path to VBoxManage on the host (Default Value: VBoxManage)
- --retry-on=[attempts]
- Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)
- --use-sudo
- Use sudo (without password) when calling 3rd party software
- --ssh-path=[path]
- Path to ssh binary (Default Value: /usr/bin/ssh)
- --sudo-path=[path]
- Path to sudo binary (Default Value: /usr/bin/sudo)
- on
- Power on machine.
- off
- Power off machine.
- reboot
- Reboot machine.
- status
- This returns the status of the plug/virtual machine.
- list
- List available plugs with aliases/virtual machines if there is support for
more then one device. Returns N/A otherwise.
- list-status
- List available plugs with aliases/virtual machines and their power state
if it can be obtained without additional commands.
- monitor
- Check the health of fence device
- metadata
- Display the XML metadata describing this resource.
- manpage
-
The operational behavior of this is not known.
- validate-all
- Validate if all required parameters are entered.
- action
- Fencing action (Default Value: reboot)
- command_prompt
- Force Python regex for command prompt (Default Value: ['\[EXPECT\]#\ '])
Obsoletes: cmd_prompt
- identity_file
- Identity file (private key) for SSH
- inet4_only
- Forces agent to use IPv4 addresses only
- inet6_only
- Forces agent to use IPv6 addresses only
- ip
- IP address or hostname of fencing device This parameter is always
required. Obsoletes: ipaddr
- ipport
- TCP/UDP port to use for connection with device (Default Value: 22)
- password
- Login password or passphrase Obsoletes: passwd
- password_script
- Script to run to retrieve password Obsoletes: passwd_script
- plug
- Physical plug number on device, UUID or identification of machine This
parameter is always required. Obsoletes: port
- ssh
- Use SSH connection (Default Value: 1) Obsoletes: secure
- ssh_options
- SSH options to use (Default Value: -t '/bin/bash -c
"PS1=\[EXPECT\]# /bin/bash --noprofile --norc"')
- username
- Login name This parameter is always required. Obsoletes: login
- quiet
- Disable logging to stderr. Does not affect --verbose or --debug-file or
logging to syslog.
- verbose
- Verbose mode
- debug_file
- Write debug information to given file Obsoletes: debug
- version
- Display version information and exit
- help
- Display help and exit
- separator
- Separator for CSV created by 'list' operation (Default Value: ,)
- delay
- Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)
- host_os
- Operating system of the host (linux|macos|windows) (Default Value: linux)
- login_timeout
- Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5)
- missing_as_off
- Missing port returns OFF instead of failure
- power_timeout
- Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20)
- power_wait
- Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 0)
- shell_timeout
- Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3)
- vboxmanage_path
- Path to VBoxManage on the host (Default Value: VBoxManage)
- retry_on
- Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)
- use_sudo
- Use sudo (without password) when calling 3rd party software Obsoletes:
sudo
- ssh_path
- Path to ssh binary (Default Value: /usr/bin/ssh)
- sudo_path
- Path to sudo binary (Default Value: /usr/bin/sudo)