How to get the ip address from a vm with using python
How to get the ip address from a vm with using python
My host system is windows. I need a python script for getting the ip address from a running vm. Can you help me?
How to assing an ip adress to a vm using python?
Host: Wnidows 10
Guest: Ubuntu 16.4
Virtualbox 5.1.18
I need to assing an ip address to a vm from my host. How can i do this using python?
Guest: Ubuntu 16.4
Virtualbox 5.1.18
I need to assing an ip address to a vm from my host. How can i do this using python?
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Re: How to get the ip address from a vm with using python
- I don't know Python, but the logic should be translatable.
- You can't always get the IP of a running guest.
- You didn't tell us what the running VM is, but if it has the Guest Additions (GAs) installed, you could run:
VBoxManage guestproperty enumerate "<Your_VM>" | grep IP
- If you don't have the GAs installed, you could try to "translate" the script from 'colmsjo' on the thread: how to get IP of guest operating system?
- Check also the thread: how to know IP of guest under bridge mode from host aside?
- Other than that, there is also the "VBoxNATNetwork.leases" file which you could parse and figure out which MAC address gets which IP.
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Re: How to get the ip address from a vm with using python
Re: How to assing an ip adress to a vm using python?
I merged your two posts. If one should know the (python) answer to one, it could be possible that they know the answer to the 2nd as well.
Ask yourself this: how would you setup the IP address of another computer using python? If you can answer that, you'll have your answer. My guess? You can't.
I merged your two posts. If one should know the (python) answer to one, it could be possible that they know the answer to the 2nd as well.
Ask yourself this: how would you setup the IP address of another computer using python? If you can answer that, you'll have your answer. My guess? You can't.
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Re: How to get the ip address from a vm with using python
Thanks for your reply. My running vm is ubuntu 16.4
Actually I have an idea for how to do it (always). I thought, if i execute this command on vm (from the host):
And then copy this ip.txt file from vm to host, this should do. It's not the most elegant way to do it though.
I've installed pyvbox and got these two examples for this process:
1)--Execute a command in the guest--
2)--How to copy a file from a vm--
i was gonna translate those for my using. However, on >>gs = session.console.guest.create_session("user","pass") step, i'm getting this:
Traceback (most recent call last):
Another issue is, things that i typed in the host is appears in the guest with different keyboard settings although both of them have the same keyboard settings. For example when i typed this:
it goes like this:
Besides, i guess there is a much more easy way. When i looked the pyvbox's guide i can see that. But it poorly documented for my understanding. So i couldn't figure it out.
Anyway, I'm gonna try what you've suggested and let you know the result. Thank you.
Actually I have an idea for how to do it (always). I thought, if i execute this command on vm (from the host):
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/sbin/ifconfig | grep 'inet addr:' | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{print $1} > ip.txt
I've installed pyvbox and got these two examples for this process:
1)--Execute a command in the guest--
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import virtualbox
vbox = virtualbox.VirtualBox()
vm = vbox.find_machine('Win7')
session = vm.create_session()
gs = session.console.guest.create_session("user","pass")
process, stdout, stderr = gs.execute('C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe', ['/C', 'tasklist'])
print (stdout)
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import os
import virtualbox
# Assume machine is already running.
vbox = virtualbox.VirtualBox()
machine = vbox.find_machine("win7")
session = machine.create_session()
# copy notepad.exe to ./notepad.exe
gs = session.console.guest.create_session("mick", "password")
gs.copy_from("C:\\Windows\\System32\\notepad.exe", "notepad.exe")
gs.close()
Traceback (most recent call last):
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File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\Users\testh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\pyvbox-1.0.0-py3.6.egg\virtualbox\library_ext\guest.py", line 24, in create_session
raise SystemError("GuestSession failed to start")
SystemError: GuestSession failed to start
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/sbin/ifconfig | grep 'inet addr:' | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{print $1}
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sb\n/'fconf'g grep @'net addr? @ cut =d? =f2 @ awk @pr'nt")
Anyway, I'm gonna try what you've suggested and let you know the result. Thank you.
Last edited by socratis on 24. Apr 2017, 17:25, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: How to get the ip address from a vm with using python
I did try that and it worked perfectly!socratis wrote:
- I don't know Python, but the logic should be translatable.
- You can't always get the IP of a running guest.
- You didn't tell us what the running VM is, but if it has the Guest Additions (GAs) installed, you could run:
VBoxManage guestproperty enumerate "<Your_VM>" | grep IP
- If you don't have the GAs installed, you could try to "translate" the script from 'colmsjo' on the thread: how to get IP of guest operating system?
- Check also the thread: how to know IP of guest under bridge mode from host aside?
- Other than that, there is also the "VBoxNATNetwork.leases" file which you could parse and figure out which MAC address gets which IP.
Note: I implemented VBoxManage for python with using subprocess.
Thank you!
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Re: How to get the ip address from a vm with using python
This code works for me:
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import virtualbox
vbox = virtualbox.VirtualBox()
vm = vbox.find_machine('running_vb_machine_name')
res = vm.enumerate_guest_properties('/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP')
ip = res[1][0]
print ip
Last edited by noteirak on 25. Mar 2018, 16:41, edited 1 time in total.
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