func (d *Driver) Start() error {
machineState, err := d.GetState()
if err != nil {
return err
}
switch machineState {
case state.Running:
log.Infof("VM %s has already been started", d.MachineName)
return nil
case state.Stopped:
// TODO add transactional or error handling in the following steps
vcConn := NewVcConn(d)
err := vcConn.VMPowerOn()
if err != nil {
return err
}
// this step waits for the vm to start and fetch its ip address;
// this guarantees that the opem-vmtools has started working...
_, err = vcConn.VMFetchIP()
if err != nil {
return err
}
d.IPAddress, err = d.GetIP()
return err
}
return errors.NewInvalidStateError(d.MachineName)
}
func (d *Driver) GetIP() (string, error) {
status, err := d.GetState()
if status != state.Running {
return "", errors.NewInvalidStateError(d.MachineName)
}
vcConn := NewVcConn(d)
rawIP, err := vcConn.VMFetchIP()
if err != nil {
return "", err
}
ip := strings.Trim(strings.Split(rawIP, "\n")[0], " ")
return ip, nil
}