+ @cherrypy.tools.mako(filename="/help.mako")
+ def help(self, subject=None, simple=False):
+ """Handler for help messages."""
+
+ help_mapping = {
+ 'Autoinstalls': """
+The autoinstaller builds a minimal Debian or Ubuntu system to run as a
+ParaVM. You can access the resulting system by logging into the <a
+href="help?simple=true&subject=ParaVM+Console">serial console server</a>
+with your Kerberos tickets; there is no root password so sshd will
+refuse login.</p>
+
+<p>Under the covers, the autoinstaller uses our own patched version of
+xen-create-image, which is a tool based on debootstrap. If you log
+into the serial console while the install is running, you can watch
+it.
+""",
+ 'ParaVM Console': """
+ParaVM machines do not support local console access over VNC. To
+access the serial console of these machines, you can SSH with Kerberos
+to %s, using the name of the machine as your
+username.""" % config.console.hostname,
+ 'HVM/ParaVM': """
+HVM machines use the virtualization features of the processor, while
+ParaVM machines rely on a modified kernel to communicate directly with
+the hypervisor. HVMs support boot CDs of any operating system, and
+the VNC console applet. The three-minute autoinstaller produces
+ParaVMs. ParaVMs typically are more efficient, and always support the
+<a href="help?subject=ParaVM+Console">console server</a>.</p>
+
+<p>More details are <a
+href="https://xvm.scripts.mit.edu/wiki/Paravirtualization">on the
+wiki</a>, including steps to prepare an HVM guest to boot as a ParaVM
+(which you can skip by using the autoinstaller to begin with.)</p>
+
+<p>We recommend using a ParaVM when possible and an HVM when necessary.
+""",
+ 'CPU Weight': """
+Don't ask us! We're as mystified as you are.""",
+ 'Owner': """
+The owner field is used to determine <a
+href="help?subject=Quotas">quotas</a>. It must be the name of a
+locker that you are an AFS administrator of. In particular, you or an
+AFS group you are a member of must have AFS rlidwka bits on the
+locker. You can check who administers the LOCKER locker using the
+commands 'attach LOCKER; fs la /mit/LOCKER' on Athena.) See also <a
+href="help?subject=Administrator">administrator</a>.""",
+ 'Administrator': """
+The administrator field determines who can access the console and
+power on and off the machine. This can be either a user or a moira
+group.""",
+ 'Quotas': """
+Quotas are determined on a per-locker basis. Each locker may have a
+maximum of 512 mebibytes of active ram, 50 gibibytes of disk, and 4
+active machines.""",
+ 'Console': """
+<strong>Framebuffer:</strong> At a Linux boot prompt in your VM, try
+setting <tt>fb=false</tt> to disable the framebuffer. If you don't,
+your machine will run just fine, but the applet's display of the
+console will suffer artifacts.
+""",
+ 'Windows': """
+<strong>Windows Vista:</strong> The Vista image is licensed for all MIT students and will automatically activate off the network; see <a href="/static/msca-email.txt">the licensing confirmation e-mail</a> for details. The installer requires 512 MiB RAM and at least 7.5 GiB disk space (15 GiB or more recommended).<br>
+<strong>Windows XP:</strong> This is the volume license CD image. You will need your own volume license key to complete the install. We do not have these available for the general MIT community; ask your department if they have one, or visit <a href="http://msca.mit.edu/">http://msca.mit.edu/</a> if you are staff/faculty to request one.
+"""
+ }
+
+ if not subject:
+ subject = sorted(help_mapping.keys())
+ if not isinstance(subject, list):
+ subject = [subject]
+
+ return dict(simple=simple,
+ subjects=subject,
+ mapping=help_mapping)
+ help._cp_config['tools.require_login.on'] = False
+
+ def parseCreate(self, fields):
+ kws = dict([(kw, fields[kw]) for kw in
+ 'name description owner memory disksize vmtype cdrom autoinstall'.split()
+ if fields[kw]])
+ validate = validation.Validate(cherrypy.request.login,
+ cherrypy.request.state,
+ strict=True, **kws)
+ return dict(contact=cherrypy.request.login, name=validate.name,
+ description=validate.description, memory=validate.memory,
+ disksize=validate.disksize, owner=validate.owner,
+ machine_type=getattr(validate, 'vmtype', Defaults.type),
+ cdrom=getattr(validate, 'cdrom', None),
+ autoinstall=getattr(validate, 'autoinstall', None))
+
+ @cherrypy.expose
+ @cherrypy.tools.mako(filename="/list.mako")
+ @cherrypy.tools.require_POST()
+ def create(self, **fields):
+ """Handler for create requests."""
+ try:
+ parsed_fields = self.parseCreate(fields)
+ machine = controls.createVm(cherrypy.request.login,
+ cherrypy.request.state, **parsed_fields)
+ except InvalidInput, err:
+ pass
+ else:
+ err = None
+ cherrypy.request.state.clear() #Changed global state
+ d = getListDict(cherrypy.request.login, cherrypy.request.state)
+ d['err'] = err
+ if err:
+ for field, value in fields.items():
+ setattr(d['defaults'], field, value)
+ else:
+ d['new_machine'] = parsed_fields['name']
+ return d
+
+ @cherrypy.expose