class Fission::Action::VM::Starter

def initialize(vm)

Returns a new VMStarter object

Fission::Action::VMStarter.new @my_vm

Examples:

vm - An instance of VM

Internal: Creates a new VMStarter object. This accepts a VM object. 
def initialize(vm)
  @vm = vm
end

def start(options={})

If there is an error, an unsuccessful Response will be returned.
If successful, the Response's data attribute will be nil.
Returns a Response with the result.

@vm_starter.start :headless => true

@vm_starter.start

Examples

(default: false)
running in order to start the VM headless.
a GUI console. The Fusion GUI must not be
:headless - Boolean which specifies to start the VM without
options - Hash of options:

Public: Starts a VM. The VM must not be running in order to start it. 
def start(options={})
  unless @vm.exists?
    return Response.new :code => 1, :message => 'VM does not exist'
  end
  running_response = @vm.running?
  return running_response unless running_response.successful?
  if running_response.data
    return Response.new :code => 1, :message => 'VM is already running'
  end
  conf_file_response = @vm.conf_file
  return conf_file_response unless conf_file_response.successful?
  unless options[:headless].blank?
    if Fusion.running?
      message = 'It looks like the Fusion GUI is currently running.  '
      message << 'A VM cannot be started in headless mode when the Fusion GUI is running.  '
      message << 'Exit the Fusion GUI and try again.'
      return Response.new :code => 1, :message => message
    end
  end
  command = "#{vmrun_cmd} start "
  command << "'#{conf_file_response.data}' "
  command << (options[:headless].blank? ? 'gui ' : 'nogui ')
  command << '2>&1'
  command_exec = Fission::Action::ShellExecutor.new command
  Response.from_shell_executor command_exec.execute
end

def vmrun_cmd

Fission.config['vmrun_cmd'].
Returns a String for the configured value of

# => "/foo/bar/vmrun -T fusion"
@vm_starter.vmrun_cmd

Examples

Internal: Helper for getting the configured vmrun_cmd value. 
def vmrun_cmd
  Fission.config['vmrun_cmd']
end