============================================================================================ shell scripts for VMs provisioning, cloning in VirtualBox on top of ZFS Volumes (ZVOLs)

vm-create.sh

• creates new VM with given pramaters

accepts vm name as a first input argument (mandatory) other optional arguments (in a given order):

• ostype (default: OpenBSD_64)
• number of vcpu (default: 1)
• amount of RAM (in MB) (default: 256)
• size of ZFS Volume (default value is 7G)

NOTE: paths to the zvol hardcoded into the script custom-tailoring and renaming may be required

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zvol-snapshot.sh

• check for a VirtualBox snapshots for a given VM name (mandatory argument) and if VM is not running
• then create zfs snapshot for a VM's zfs volume

snapshots naming convention:

• new snapshot will be named ${PATH_TO_ZVOL}@Clean
• any existsing ZFS snapshot will be renamed to ${PATH_TO_ZVOL}@Previous

NOTE: paths to the zvol hardcoded into the script custom-tailoring and renaming may be required

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vm-clone.sh

• clone VM and underlying ZVOL with a given parameter:

accepts SOURCE and TARGET vm names as a first and second input arguments (mandatory) other optional arguments (in a given order):

• number of vcpu for TARGET VM (default: 1)
• amount of RAM (in MB) for TARGET (default: 256)

NOTE: paths to the zvol hardcoded into the script custom-tailoring and renaming may be required.

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vm-destroy.sh

• delete specisfied VM from Virtualbox repository and
• destroy underlaying ZFS Volume

pass VM name as an input parameter

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