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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2015, Maciej Delmanowski <drybjed@gmail.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: virt_net
+author: "Maciej Delmanowski"
+version_added: "2.0"
+short_description: Manage libvirt network configuration
+description:
+     - Manage I(libvirt) networks.
+options:
+    name:
+        required: true
+        aliases: ['network']
+        description:
+            - name of the network being managed. Note that network must be previously
+              defined with xml.
+    state:
+        required: false
+        choices: [ "active", "inactive", "present", "absent" ]
+        description:
+            - specify which state you want a network to be in.
+              If 'active', network will be started.
+              If 'present', ensure that network is present but do not change its
+              state; if it's missing, you need to specify xml argument.
+              If 'inactive', network will be stopped.
+              If 'undefined' or 'absent', network will be removed from I(libvirt) configuration.
+    command:
+        required: false
+        choices: [ "define", "create", "start", "stop", "destroy",
+                   "undefine", "get_xml", "list_nets", "facts",
+                   "info", "status"]
+        description:
+            - in addition to state management, various non-idempotent commands are available.
+              See examples.
+    autostart:
+        required: false
+        choices: ["yes", "no"]
+        description:
+            - Specify if a given storage pool should be started automatically on system boot.
+    uri:
+        required: false
+        default: "qemu:///system"
+        description:
+            - libvirt connection uri.
+    xml:
+        required: false
+        description:
+            - XML document used with the define command.
+requirements:
+    - "python >= 2.6"
+    - "python-libvirt"
+    - "python-lxml"
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Define a new network
+- virt_net: command=define name=br_nat xml='{{ lookup("template", "network/bridge.xml.j2") }}'
+
+# Start a network
+- virt_net: command=create name=br_nat
+
+# List available networks
+- virt_net: command=list_nets
+
+# Get XML data of a specified network
+- virt_net: command=get_xml name=br_nat
+
+# Stop a network
+- virt_net: command=destroy name=br_nat
+
+# Undefine a network
+- virt_net: command=undefine name=br_nat
+
+# Gather facts about networks
+# Facts will be available as 'ansible_libvirt_networks'
+- virt_net: command=facts
+
+# Gather information about network managed by 'libvirt' remotely using uri
+- virt_net: command=info uri='{{ item }}'
+  with_items: libvirt_uris
+  register: networks
+
+# Ensure that a network is active (needs to be defined and built first)
+- virt_net: state=active name=br_nat
+
+# Ensure that a network is inactive
+- virt_net: state=inactive name=br_nat
+
+# Ensure that a given network will be started at boot
+- virt_net: autostart=yes name=br_nat
+
+# Disable autostart for a given network
+- virt_net: autostart=no name=br_nat
+'''
+
+VIRT_FAILED = 1
+VIRT_SUCCESS = 0
+VIRT_UNAVAILABLE=2
+
+import sys
+
+try:
+    import libvirt
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_VIRT = False
+else:
+    HAS_VIRT = True
+
+try:
+    from lxml import etree
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_XML = False
+else:
+    HAS_XML = True
+
+ALL_COMMANDS = []
+ENTRY_COMMANDS = ['create', 'status', 'start', 'stop',
+                  'undefine', 'destroy', 'get_xml', 'define']
+HOST_COMMANDS = [ 'list_nets', 'facts', 'info' ]
+ALL_COMMANDS.extend(ENTRY_COMMANDS)
+ALL_COMMANDS.extend(HOST_COMMANDS)
+
+ENTRY_STATE_ACTIVE_MAP = {
+    0 : "inactive",
+    1 : "active"
+}
+
+ENTRY_STATE_AUTOSTART_MAP = {
+    0 : "no",
+    1 : "yes"
+}
+
+ENTRY_STATE_PERSISTENT_MAP = {
+    0 : "no",
+    1 : "yes"
+}
+
+class EntryNotFound(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class LibvirtConnection(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, uri, module):
+
+        self.module = module
+
+        cmd = "uname -r"
+        rc, stdout, stderr = self.module.run_command(cmd)
+
+        if "xen" in stdout:
+            conn = libvirt.open(None)
+        else:
+            conn = libvirt.open(uri)
+
+        if not conn:
+            raise Exception("hypervisor connection failure")
+
+        self.conn = conn
+
+    def find_entry(self, entryid):
+        # entryid = -1 returns a list of everything
+
+        results = []
+
+        # Get active entries
+        entries = self.conn.listNetworks()
+        for name in entries:
+            entry = self.conn.networkLookupByName(name)
+            results.append(entry)
+
+        # Get inactive entries
+        entries = self.conn.listDefinedNetworks()
+        for name in entries:
+            entry = self.conn.networkLookupByName(name)
+            results.append(entry)
+
+        if entryid == -1:
+            return results
+
+        for entry in results:
+            if entry.name() == entryid:
+                return entry
+
+        raise EntryNotFound("network %s not found" % entryid)
+
+    def create(self, entryid):
+        if not self.module.check_mode:
+            return self.find_entry(entryid).create()
+        else:
+            try:
+                state = self.find_entry(entryid).isActive()
+            except:
+                return self.module.exit_json(changed=True)
+            if not state:
+                return self.module.exit_json(changed=True)
+
+    def destroy(self, entryid):
+        if not self.module.check_mode:
+            return self.find_entry(entryid).destroy()
+        else:
+            if self.find_entry(entryid).isActive():
+                return self.module.exit_json(changed=True)
+
+    def undefine(self, entryid):
+        if not self.module.check_mode:
+            return self.find_entry(entryid).undefine()
+        else:
+            if not self.find_entry(entryid):
+                return self.module.exit_json(changed=True)
+
+    def get_status2(self, entry):
+        state = entry.isActive()
+        return ENTRY_STATE_ACTIVE_MAP.get(state,"unknown")
+
+    def get_status(self, entryid):
+        if not self.module.check_mode:
+            state = self.find_entry(entryid).isActive()
+            return ENTRY_STATE_ACTIVE_MAP.get(state,"unknown")
+        else:
+            try:
+                state = self.find_entry(entryid).isActive()
+                return ENTRY_STATE_ACTIVE_MAP.get(state,"unknown")
+            except:
+                return ENTRY_STATE_ACTIVE_MAP.get("inactive","unknown")
+
+    def get_uuid(self, entryid):
+        return self.find_entry(entryid).UUIDString()
+
+    def get_xml(self, entryid):
+        return self.find_entry(entryid).XMLDesc(0)
+
+    def get_forward(self, entryid):
+        xml = etree.fromstring(self.find_entry(entryid).XMLDesc(0))
+        try:
+            result = xml.xpath('/network/forward')[0].get('mode')
+        except:
+            raise ValueError('Forward mode not specified')
+        return result
+
+    def get_domain(self, entryid):
+        xml = etree.fromstring(self.find_entry(entryid).XMLDesc(0))
+        try:
+            result = xml.xpath('/network/domain')[0].get('name')
+        except:
+            raise ValueError('Domain not specified')
+        return result
+
+    def get_macaddress(self, entryid):
+        xml = etree.fromstring(self.find_entry(entryid).XMLDesc(0))
+        try:
+            result = xml.xpath('/network/mac')[0].get('address')
+        except:
+            raise ValueError('MAC address not specified')
+        return result
+
+    def get_autostart(self, entryid):
+        state = self.find_entry(entryid).autostart()
+        return ENTRY_STATE_AUTOSTART_MAP.get(state,"unknown")
+
+    def get_autostart2(self, entryid):
+        if not self.module.check_mode:
+            return self.find_entry(entryid).autostart()
+        else:
+            try:
+                return self.find_entry(entryid).autostart()
+            except:
+                return self.module.exit_json(changed=True)
+
+    def set_autostart(self, entryid, val):
+        if not self.module.check_mode:
+            return self.find_entry(entryid).setAutostart(val)
+        else:
+            try:
+                state = self.find_entry(entryid).autostart()
+            except:
+                return self.module.exit_json(changed=True)
+            if bool(state) != val:
+                return self.module.exit_json(changed=True)
+
+    def get_bridge(self, entryid):
+        return self.find_entry(entryid).bridgeName()
+
+    def get_persistent(self, entryid):
+        state = self.find_entry(entryid).isPersistent()
+        return ENTRY_STATE_PERSISTENT_MAP.get(state,"unknown")
+
+    def define_from_xml(self, entryid, xml):
+        if not self.module.check_mode:
+            return self.conn.networkDefineXML(xml)
+        else:
+            try:
+                state = self.find_entry(entryid)
+            except:
+                return self.module.exit_json(changed=True)
+
+
+class VirtNetwork(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, uri, module):
+        self.module = module
+        self.uri = uri
+        self.conn = LibvirtConnection(self.uri, self.module)
+
+    def get_net(self, entryid):
+        return self.conn.find_entry(entryid)
+
+    def list_nets(self, state=None):
+        entries = self.conn.find_entry(-1)
+        results = []
+        for x in entries:
+            try:
+                if state:
+                    entrystate = self.conn.get_status2(x)
+                    if entrystate == state:
+                        results.append(x.name())
+                else:
+                    results.append(x.name())
+            except:
+                pass
+        return results
+
+    def state(self):
+        entries = self.list_nets()
+        results = []
+        for entry in entries:
+            state_blurb = self.conn.get_status(entry)
+            results.append("%s %s" % (entry,state_blurb))
+        return results
+
+    def autostart(self, entryid):
+        return self.conn.set_autostart(entryid, True)
+
+    def get_autostart(self, entryid):
+        return self.conn.get_autostart2(entryid)
+
+    def set_autostart(self, entryid, state):
+        return self.conn.set_autostart(entryid, state)
+
+    def create(self, entryid):
+        return self.conn.create(entryid)
+
+    def start(self, entryid):
+        return self.conn.create(entryid)
+
+    def stop(self, entryid):
+        return self.conn.destroy(entryid)
+
+    def destroy(self, entryid):
+        return self.conn.destroy(entryid)
+
+    def undefine(self, entryid):
+        return self.conn.undefine(entryid)
+
+    def status(self, entryid):
+        return self.conn.get_status(entryid)
+
+    def get_xml(self, entryid):
+        return self.conn.get_xml(entryid)
+
+    def define(self, entryid, xml):
+        return self.conn.define_from_xml(entryid, xml)
+
+    def info(self, facts_mode='info'):
+        return self.facts(facts_mode)
+
+    def facts(self, facts_mode='facts'):
+        entries = self.list_nets()
+        results = dict()
+        for entry in entries:
+            results[entry] = dict()
+            results[entry]["autostart"] = self.conn.get_autostart(entry)
+            results[entry]["persistent"] = self.conn.get_persistent(entry)
+            results[entry]["state"] = self.conn.get_status(entry)
+            results[entry]["bridge"] = self.conn.get_bridge(entry)
+            results[entry]["uuid"] = self.conn.get_uuid(entry)
+
+            try:
+                results[entry]["forward_mode"] = self.conn.get_forward(entry)
+            except ValueError as e:
+                pass
+
+            try:
+                results[entry]["domain"] = self.conn.get_domain(entry)
+            except ValueError as e:
+                pass
+
+            try:
+                results[entry]["macaddress"] = self.conn.get_macaddress(entry)
+            except ValueError as e:
+                pass
+
+        facts = dict()
+        if facts_mode == 'facts':
+            facts["ansible_facts"] = dict()
+            facts["ansible_facts"]["ansible_libvirt_networks"] = results
+        elif facts_mode == 'info':
+            facts['networks'] = results
+        return facts
+
+
+def core(module):
+
+    state     = module.params.get('state', None)
+    name      = module.params.get('name', None)
+    command   = module.params.get('command', None)
+    uri       = module.params.get('uri', None)
+    xml       = module.params.get('xml', None)
+    autostart = module.params.get('autostart', None)
+
+    v = VirtNetwork(uri, module)
+    res = {}
+
+    if state and command == 'list_nets':
+        res = v.list_nets(state=state)
+        if type(res) != dict:
+            res = { command: res }
+        return VIRT_SUCCESS, res
+
+    if state:
+        if not name:
+            module.fail_json(msg = "state change requires a specified name")
+
+        res['changed'] = False
+        if state in [ 'active' ]:
+            if v.status(name) is not 'active':
+                res['changed'] = True
+                res['msg'] = v.start(name)
+        elif state in [ 'present' ]:
+            try:
+                v.get_net(name)
+            except EntryNotFound:
+                if not xml:
+                    module.fail_json(msg = "network '" + name + "' not present, but xml not specified")
+                v.define(name, xml)
+                res = {'changed': True, 'created': name}
+        elif state in [ 'inactive' ]:
+            entries = v.list_nets()
+            if name in entries:
+                if v.status(name) is not 'inactive':
+                    res['changed'] = True
+                    res['msg'] = v.destroy(name)
+        elif state in [ 'undefined', 'absent' ]:
+            entries = v.list_nets()
+            if name in entries:
+                if v.status(name) is not 'inactive':
+                    v.destroy(name)
+                res['changed'] = True
+                res['msg'] = v.undefine(name)
+        else:
+            module.fail_json(msg="unexpected state")
+
+        return VIRT_SUCCESS, res
+
+    if command:
+        if command in ENTRY_COMMANDS:
+            if not name:
+                module.fail_json(msg = "%s requires 1 argument: name" % command)
+            if command == 'define':
+                if not xml:
+                    module.fail_json(msg = "define requires xml argument")
+                try:
+                    v.get_net(name)
+                except EntryNotFound:
+                    v.define(name, xml)
+                    res = {'changed': True, 'created': name}
+                return VIRT_SUCCESS, res
+            res = getattr(v, command)(name)
+            if type(res) != dict:
+                res = { command: res }
+            return VIRT_SUCCESS, res
+
+        elif hasattr(v, command):
+            res = getattr(v, command)()
+            if type(res) != dict:
+                res = { command: res }
+            return VIRT_SUCCESS, res
+
+        else:
+            module.fail_json(msg="Command %s not recognized" % basecmd)
+
+    if autostart:
+        if not name:
+            module.fail_json(msg = "state change requires a specified name")
+
+        res['changed'] = False
+        if autostart == 'yes':
+            if not v.get_autostart(name):
+                res['changed'] = True
+                res['msg'] = v.set_autostart(name, True)
+        elif autostart == 'no':
+            if v.get_autostart(name):
+                res['changed'] = True
+                res['msg'] = v.set_autostart(name, False)
+
+        return VIRT_SUCCESS, res
+
+    module.fail_json(msg="expected state or command parameter to be specified")
+
+def main():
+
+    module = AnsibleModule (
+        argument_spec = dict(
+            name = dict(aliases=['network']),
+            state = dict(choices=['active', 'inactive', 'present', 'absent']),
+            command = dict(choices=ALL_COMMANDS),
+            uri = dict(default='qemu:///system'),
+            xml = dict(),
+            autostart = dict(choices=['yes', 'no'])
+        ),
+        supports_check_mode = True
+    )
+
+    if not HAS_VIRT:
+        module.fail_json(
+            msg='The `libvirt` module is not importable. Check the requirements.'
+        )
+
+    if not HAS_XML:
+        module.fail_json(
+            msg='The `lxml` module is not importable. Check the requirements.'
+        )
+
+    rc = VIRT_SUCCESS
+    try:
+        rc, result = core(module)
+    except Exception, e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
+
+    if rc != 0: # something went wrong emit the msg
+        module.fail_json(rc=rc, msg=result)
+    else:
+        module.exit_json(**result)
+
+
+# import module snippets
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+main()