• Simple and User-Friendly
  • Allows you to conveniently create a script in a visualized way and realize flexible script configurations by adding custom parameters.
  • You can include complex commands in a script. By executing this script, VM instances can complete complex operations, thus reducing the difficulty of manual O&M.
• Convenient O&M
  • Provides a dedicated page, Script Library, for the central management of multiple scripts. On the Script Library page, you can flexibly create scripts and delete or modify existing scripts.
  • A script can be stored in the script library for long-term reuse. In addition, a script can be executed on multiple VM instances simultaneously without interference, thus effectively improving your O&M efficiency on large-scale scenarios.
  • Provides detailed script execution records, recording the VM instances that executed this script, execution start time, execution completion time, and execution result, facilitating your operation tracking and troubleshooting.
• Diversity: Supports diversified command types, including Shell, Python, Perl, Bat, and Powershell. You can select a command type as you need.

• Flexibility
  • ZStack Cube Ultimate manages XML Hooks as separate script files, helping separate temporary or customized configurations from the core logic code. By attaching/detaching XML Hooks to/from VM instances, you can dynamically adjust VM configurations without manually modifying core codes.
  • On ZStack Cube Ultimate, XML Hooks can be stored long-term and reused. An XML Hook can be attached to multiple VM instances simultaneously, effectively improving O&M efficiency in large-scale scenarios.
• Scalability

  By defining and using XML Hooks, you can flexibly modify VM XML files, thus achieving configurations that cannot be directly completed through UI operations. This effectively extends the capabilities of VM instances and helps meet customized requirements, such as modifying QEMU custom parameters and disabling TSO for vNICs.

• To use XML Hooks, you must be familiar with VM instance configurations and XML Hook writing rules. If the XML Hook contains syntax errors or leads to configuration errors, the VM instances attached with this XML Hook fail to reboot or start.
• If you need to upgrade the QEMU/Libvirt or a VM instance which has an XML Hook attached, confirm in advance whether the expected QEMU/Libvirt version is compatible with the XML Hook to prevent the VM reboot/start failure because of XML Hook incompatibility after the upgrade.

class XmlHook:
 
    def get_value_of_element(self, xmlbranch):
            """ Get the text content of an XML element. """

        # Params:
            xmlbranch: Element. The XML element object.

        # Return: String. The text content of the element.
        return
 
    def get_value_of_attribute(self, xmlbranch, attribute):
        """ Get the value of an attribute of an XML element. """
 
        # Params:
            xmlbranch: Element. The XML element object.
            attribute: String. The attribute name.
 
        # Return: String. The attribute value.
        return
 
    def get_value_of_attribute_from_parent(self, parent_xmlbranch, element, attribute):
        """  Get the value of an attribute of a child element from the parent element. """
 
        # Params:
            parent_xmlbranch: Element. The parent XML element object.
            element: String. The tag name of the child XML element object.
            attribute: String. The attribute name.
 
        # Return: String. The attribute value.
        return
 
    def found_attribute(self, xmlbranch, attribute):
        """ Check whether an XML element contain a specified attribute. """

        # Params:
            xmlbranch: Element. The XML element object.
            attribute: String. The attribute name.
 
        # Return: Boolean. Whether the element contains the attribute or not.
        return
 
    def modify_value_of_element(self, xmlbranch, value):
        """ Modify the text content of an XML element. """

        # Params:
            xmlbranch: Element. The XML element object.
            value: String. The new text content.
 
        # Return: None
        return
 
    def add_value_of_element(self, xmlbranch, value):
        """ Add or modify the text content of an XML element. """

        # Params:
            xmlbranch: Element. The XML element object.
            value: String. The new text content.
 
        # Return: None
        return
 
    def set_value_of_attribute(self, xmlbranch, attribute, attribute_value):
        """ Set the value of an attribute of an XML element (Crete the attribute if it does not exist). """
 
        # Params:
            xmlbranch: Element. The XML element object.
            attribute: String. The attribute name.
            attribute_value: String. The attribute value.
 
        # Return: None
        return
 
    def modify_value_of_attribute(self, xmlbranch, attribute, attribute_value):
        """ Modify the value of an attribute of an XML element (Do not modify if the attribute does not exist). """
 
        # Params:
            xmlbranch: Element. The XML element object.
            attribute: String. The attribute name.
            attribute_value: String. The attribute value.
 
        # Return: None
 
    def add_attribute(self, xmlbranch, attribute, attribute_value):
        """ Add an attribute to an XML element. """
        # Params:
            xmlbranch: Element. The XML element object.
            attribute: String. The attribute name.
            attribute_value: String. The attribute value.
 
        # Return: None
        return
 
    def delete_attribute(self, xmlbranch, attribute):
        """ Delete an attribute of an XML element. """

        # Params:
            xmlbranch: Element. The XML element object.
            attribute: String. The attribute name.
 
        # Return: None
        return
 
    def get_index_of_element(self, root, element_key):
        """ Get the index of an element in the parent element. """
 
        # Params:
            root: Element. The parent element object.
            element_key: String. The tag name of the element.
 
        # Return: Integer. The element index. If the index does not exist, the returned integer is -1.
        return
 
    def found_element(self, root, element_key):
        """ Check whether a parent element contains a child element with the specified tag name or not. """
 
        # Params:
            root: Element. The parent element object.
            element_key: String. The tag name of the element.
 
        # Return: Boolean. Whether the element exists or not.
        return
 
    def delete_element_from_parent(self, child_xmlbranch, parent_xmlbranch):
        """ Delete a child element from a parent element. """
        # Params:
            child_xmlbranch: Element. The child element object.
            parent_xmlbranch: Element. The parent element object.
 
        # Return: None
        return
 
    def add_element_to_parent(self, child_xmlbranch, parent_xmlbranch, index=-1):
        """ Add a child element to a parent element (You can set an index to specify the insertion position of the child element). """
        # Params:
            child_xmlbranch: Element. The child element object.
            parent_xmlbranch: Element. The parent element object.
            index: Integer. The child element index. Default: -1 (append to the end).
 
        # Return: Root element object.
        return
 
    def get_changed_xmlstr(self, root_xmlbranch):
        """ Get the modified XML string and format it for output. """
 
        # Params:
            root_xmlbranch: Element. The root element object.

        # Return: String. The formatted XML String.
        return
 
    def create_element(self, element_name):
        """ Create a XML element. """
 
        # Params:
            element_name: String. The tag name of the element.

        # Return: The new XML element object.
        return

• root: Element. The root XML object, usually referring to the complete XML file of a VM instance.
• hook: Indicates the XmlHook class object.

• Original XML

  <domain>
      <devices>
          <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='no'>
              <source>
                  <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x0a' function='0x0'/>
              </source>
          </hostdev>
      </devices>
  </domain>

• XML Hook

  def config_gpu_passthrough(root, hook, gpu_uuid):
      for devices in root.findall("devices"):
          for hostdev in devices.findall("hostdev"):
              hostdev_type = hook.get_value_of_attribute(hostdev, "type")
              if hostdev_type == "pci":
                  hook.modify_value_of_attribute(hostdev, "type", "mdev")
                  hook.add_attribute(hostdev, "model", "vfio-pci")
                  hook.add_attribute(hostdev, "display", "on")
              for source in hostdev.findall("source"):
                  for address in source.findall("address"):
                      hook.delete_element_from_parent(address, source)
                      source_address = hook.create_element("address")
                      hook.add_attribute(source_address, "uuid", gpu_uuid)
                      hook.add_element_to_parent(source_address, source)
   
  config_gpu_passthrough(root, hook, "4162a71b-f41e-4b06-b9ee-c503114dff29")

• XML Modified by the XML Hook

  <domain>
      <devices>
          <hostdev display="on" managed="no" mode="subsystem" model="vfio-pci" type="mdev">
              <source>
                  <address uuid="4162a71b-f41e-4b06-b9ee-c503114dff29"/>
              </source>
          </hostdev>
      </devices>
  </domain>

• Original XML

  <domain>
      <cpu mode='custom' match='exact' check='full'>
          <topology sockets='1' cores='1' threads='1'/>
          <feature policy='require' name='hypervisor'/>
      </cpu>
  </domain>

• XML Hook

  def config_cpu_mode(root, cpu_mode, hook):
      for cpu in root.findall("cpu"):
          hook.modify_value_of_attribute(cpu, "mode", cpu_mode)
   
  config_cpu_mode(root, "host-model", hook)

• XML Modified by XML Hook

  <domain>
      <cpu mode='host-model' match='exact' check='full'>
          <topology sockets='1' cores='1' threads='1'/>
          <feature policy='require' name='hypervisor'/>
      </cpu>
  </domain>

• Original XML

  <domain>
      <devices>
          <disk type="file" device="disk">
              <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
              <target bus="virtio" dev="vda"/>
          </disk>
          <disk type="file" device="cdrom">
              <target bus="ide" dev="hdc"/>
              <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
          </disk>
          <disk type="file" device="disk">
              <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
              <target bus="ide" dev="vdb"/>
          </disk>
          <disk type="file" device="disk">
              <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
              <target bus="virtio" dev="vdc"/>
          </disk>
      </devices>
  </domain>

• XML Hook

  def config_virtio_disk_queue_number(root, queue_number, hook):
      def config_disk_queue_number(disk):
          for driver in disk.findall("driver"):
              hook.set_value_of_attribute(driver, "queues", str(queue_number))
       
      # find virtio_disks from all_disks
      for devices in root.findall("devices"):
          for disks in devices.findall("disk"):
              for target in disks.findall("target"):
                  bus = hook.get_value_of_attribute(target, "bus")
                  if bus == "virtio":
                      config_disk_queue_number(disks)
   
  config_virtio_disk_queue_number(root, 4, hook)

• XML Modified by XML Hook

  <domain>
      <devices>
          <disk type="file" device="disk">
              <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' queues="4"/>
              <target bus="virtio" dev="vda"/>
          </disk>
          <disk type="file" device="cdrom">
              <target bus="ide" dev="hdc"/>
              <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
          </disk>
          <disk type="file" device="disk">
              <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
              <target bus="ide" dev="vdb"/>
          </disk>
          <disk type="file" device="disk">
              <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' queues="4"/>
              <target bus="virtio" dev="vdc"/>
          </disk>
      </devices>
  </domain>

• Original XML

  <domain>
      <devices>
          <interface type='default'>
              <mac address='fa:af:36:ba:c2:00'/>
              <mtu size='1500'/>
          </interface>
          <interface type='bridge'>
              <mac address='fa:88:98:8e:73:01'/>
              <mtu size='8888'/>
          </interface>
      </devices>
  </domain>

• XML Hook

  def config_mac_address_by_mtu(root, hook, mac_address, expect_mtu_number):
      def config_mac_address(interface):
          for mac in interface.findall("mac"):
              hook.modify_value_of_attribute(mac, "address", mac_address)
   
      # find network (interface) card with specific mtu
      for devices in root.findall("devices"):
          for interface in devices.findall("interface"):
              for mtu in interface.findall("mtu"):
                  mtu_number = hook.get_value_of_attribute(mtu, "size")
                  if mtu_number == str(expect_mtu_number):
                      config_mac_address(interface)
   
  config_mac_address_by_mtu(root, hook, "23:1a:d0:4e:3b:1e", 8888)

• XML Modified by XML Hook

  <domain>
      <devices>
          <interface type='default'>
              <mac address='fa:af:36:ba:c2:00'/>
              <mtu size='1500'/>
          </interface>
          <interface type='bridge'>
              <mac address='23:1a:d0:4e:3b:1e'/>
              <mtu size='8888'/>
          </interface>
      </devices>
  </domain>

• Original XML

  <domain>
  	<cpu mode='custom' match='exact' check='full'>
  		<topology sockets='32' dies='1' cores='4' threads='1'/>
  	</cpu>
  </domain>

• XML Hook

  def config_cpu_topology(root, sockets, dies, cores, threads, hook):
  
      for cpu in root.findall("cpu"):
          for topology in cpu.findall("topology"):
              hook.modify_value_of_attribute(topology, "sockets", str(sockets))
              hook.modify_value_of_attribute(topology, "dies", str(dies))
              hook.modify_value_of_attribute(topology, "cores", str(cores))
              hook.modify_value_of_attribute(topology, "threads", str(threads))
              
  config_cpu_topology(root, sockets=2, dies=1, cores=64, threads=1, hook=hook)

• XML Modified by XML Hook

  <domain>
  	<cpu mode='custom' match='exact' check='full'>
  		<topology sockets='2' dies='1' cores='64' threads='1'/>
  	</cpu>
  </domain>

• Original XML

  <domain>
      <cpu mode='custom' match='exact' check='full'>
      <feature policy='require' name='x2apic'/>
      <feature policy='require' name='hypervisor'/>
      <feature policy='require' name='lahf_lm'/>
      </cpu>
  </domain>

• XML Hook

  def config_cpu_feature(root, hook):
      for cpu in root.findall("cpu"):
          feature = hook.create_element("feature")
          hook.add_attribute(feature, "policy", "disable")
          hook.add_attribute(feature, "name", "svm")
          hook.add_element_to_parent(feature, cpu)
  
  config_cpu_feature(root, hook)

• XML Modified by XML Hook

  <domain>
      <cpu mode='custom' match='exact' check='full'>
      <feature policy='require' name='x2apic'/>
      <feature policy='require' name='hypervisor'/>
      <feature policy='require' name='lahf_lm'/>
      <feature policy='disable' name='svm'/>
      </cpu>
  </domain>

• Original XML

  <domain>
      <cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='none'>
        <topology sockets='2' cores='2' threads='1'/>
      </cpu>
      <qemu:commandline>
        <qemu:arg value='-qmp'/>
        <qemu:arg value='unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/zstack/af45d04006114268a7ed0801fc46e961.sock,server,nowait'/>
      </qemu:commandline>
  </domain>

• XML Hook

  def hide_cpu_emulator(root, hook):
      for cpu in root.findall("cpu"):
          for child in list(cpu):
              cpu.remove(child)
          cpu.set("mode", "host-passthrough")
          cpu.set("check", "none")
          feature = hook.create_element("feature")
          hook.add_attribute(feature, "policy", "disable")
          hook.add_attribute(feature, "name", "hypervisor")
          hook.add_element_to_parent(feature, cpu)
   
  def config_namespace(root, hook):
      import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree
      etree.register_namespace("zs", "http://zstack.org")
      etree.register_namespace("qemu", "http://libvirt.org/schemas/domain/qemu/1.0")
   
  def hide_hardware_vendor(root, hook):
      qemu_namespace = {'qemu': 'http://libvirt.org/schemas/domain/qemu/1.0'}
      for cmd in root.findall('qemu:commandline', qemu_namespace):
          # for CPU
          if not cmd.find("qemu:arg[@value='-cpu']", qemu_namespace):
              cpu_cfg = hook.create_element("qemu:arg")
              hook.add_attribute(cpu_cfg, "value", "-cpu")
              hook.add_element_to_parent(cpu_cfg, cmd)
  
          # for HOST KVM
          if not cmd.find("qemu:arg[@value='host,kvm=off']", qemu_namespace):
              host_kvm_cfg = hook.create_element("qemu:arg")
              hook.add_attribute(host_kvm_cfg, "value", "host,kvm=off")
              hook.add_element_to_parent(host_kvm_cfg, cmd)
  
          # for BIOS-VENDOR
          if not cmd.find("qemu:arg[@value='-smbios']", qemu_namespace):
              bios_cfg = hook.create_element("qemu:arg")
              hook.add_attribute(bios_cfg, "value", "-smbios")
              hook.add_element_to_parent(bios_cfg, cmd)
  
          # for VENDOR
          type0_value = "type=0,vendor=LENOVO,version=FBKTB4AUS,date=07/01/2015,release=1.180"
          xpath_type0 = "qemu:arg[@value='{}']".format(type0_value)
          if not cmd.find(xpath_type0, qemu_namespace):
              vendor_cfg = hook.create_element("qemu:arg")
              hook.add_attribute(vendor_cfg, "value", type0_value)
              hook.add_element_to_parent(vendor_cfg, cmd)
  
          # for BIOS-FACTORY
          smbios_args = cmd.findall("qemu:arg[@value='-smbios']", qemu_namespace)
          if len(smbios_args) < 2:
              bios_cfg_2 = hook.create_element("qemu:arg")
              hook.add_attribute(bios_cfg_2, "value", "-smbios")
              hook.add_element_to_parent(bios_cfg_2, cmd)
  
          # for FACTORY
          type1_value = "type=1,manufacturer=LENOVO,product=30AH001GPB,version=ThinkStation P300,serial=S4M88119,uuid=cecf333d-6603-e511-97d5-6c0b843f98ba,sku=LENOVO_MT_30AH,family=P3"
          xpath_type1 = "qemu:arg[@value='{}']".format(type1_value)
          if not cmd.find(xpath_type1, qemu_namespace):
              factory_cfg = hook.create_element("qemu:arg")
              hook.add_attribute(factory_cfg, "value", type1_value)
              hook.add_element_to_parent(factory_cfg, cmd)
  
  config_namespace(root, hook)
  hide_cpu_emulator(root, hook)
  hide_hardware_vendor(root, hook)
  

• XML Modified by XML Hook

  <domain>
      <cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='none'>
          <topology sockets='2' cores='2' threads='1'/>
          <feature name="hypervisor" policy="disable"/>
      </cpu>
      <qemu:commandline>
          <qemu:arg value="-qmp"/>
          <qemu:arg value="unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/zstack/af45d04006114268a7ed0801fc46e961.sock,server,nowait"/>
          <qemu:arg value="-cpu"/>
          <qemu:arg value="host,kvm=off"/>
          <qemu:arg value="-smbios"/>
          <qemu:arg value="type=0,vendor=LENOVO,version=FBKTB4AUS,date=07/01/2015,release=1.180"/>
          <qemu:arg value='-smbios'/>
          <qemu:arg value="type=1,manufacturer=LENOVO,product=30AH001GPB,version=ThinkStation P300,serial=S4M88119,uuid=cecf333d-6603-e511-97d5-6c0b843f98ba,sku=LENOVO_MT_30AH,family=P3"/>
      </qemu:commandline>
  </domain>

• A scheduled job defines that a specific action be implemented at a specified time based on a scheduler.
  • You can associate any available scheduled job with a scheduler.
  • You can select Disable, Enable, Attach, and Detach actions for a scheduled job based on your actual production environments.
  • If you delete a scheduler, the scheduled jobs associated with the scheduler will be disassociated. You can associate the scheduled jobs with other schedulers.
  • Operations triggered by scheduled jobs are all recorded by the Audit feature.
• A scheduler is used to schedule jobs. It is suitable for business scenarios that last for a long time.
  • A scheduler defines the implementation rules for a scheduled job.
  • A scheduler can be used for long-term operations, for example, creating snapshots at a specified interval for a VM instance.
  • If you delete a scheduler, the scheduled jobs associated with the scheduler will be disassociated. You can associate the scheduled jobs with other schedulers.
  • Operations triggered by schedulers are all recorded by the Audit feature.