Action "lxc.network.create"

Create a network or update a network configuration

Output

$status True if the network was created/updated

Example

const {$status} = await nikita.lxc.network({
  network: 'lxbr0'
  properties: {
    'ipv4.address': '172.89.0.0/24',
    'ipv6.address': 'none'
  }
})
console.info(`Network was created: ${$status}`)

Schema definitions

definitions =
  config:
    type: 'object'
    properties:
      'network':
        type: 'string'
        description: '''
        The network name to create.
        '''
      'properties':
        type: 'object'
        patternProperties:
          'dns\\.domain':
            type: 'string'
            format: 'hostname'
            description: '''
            Domain to advertise to DHCP clients and use for DNS resolution.
            Note, single label domains like `nikita` are supported by LXD but
            are not valid. For exemple, FreeIPA will fail to Initialize. Use
            `nikita.local` instead.
            '''
          '.*': type: ['string', 'boolean', 'number']
        description: '''
        The network configuration, see [available
        fields](https://lxc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/networks/).
        '''
    required: ['network']

Handler

handler = ({config}) ->
  # Normalize config
  for k, v of config.properties
    continue if typeof v is 'string'
    config.properties[k] = v.toString()
  # Command if the network does not yet exist
  {stdout, code, $status} = await @execute
    # return code 5 indicates a version of lxc where 'network' command is not implemented
    command: """
    lxc network 2>/dev/null || exit 5
    lxc network show #{config.network} && exit 42
    #{[
      'lxc',
      'network',
      'create'
      config.network
      ...(
        "#{key}='#{value.replace '\'', '\\\''}'" for key, value of config.properties
      )
    ].join ' '}
    """
    code: [0, [5, 42]]
  throw Error "This version of lxc does not support the network command." if code is 5
  return $status: $status unless code is 42 # was created
  # Network already exists, find the changes
  return unless config?.properties
  current = yaml.load stdout
  changes = diff current.config, merge current.config, config.properties
  {$status} = await @execute (
    command: [
      'lxc', 'network', 'set'
      config.network
      key, "'#{value.replace '\'', '\\\''}'"
    ].join ' '
  ) for key, value of changes
  $status: $status

Exports

module.exports =
  handler: handler
  metadata:
    definitions: definitions

Dependencies

yaml = require 'js-yaml'
diff = require 'object-diff'
{merge} = require 'mixme'

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