Better management of the GNS3 VM with VirtualBox

gns3server/controller/gns3vm/__init__.py

@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ class GNS3VM:
             "engine_id": "vmware",
             "description": 'VMware is the recommended choice for best performances.<br>The GNS3 VM can be <a href="{}">downloaded here</a>.'.format(download_url),
             "support_when_exit": True,
-            "support_headless": True
+            "support_headless": True,
+            "support_ram": True
         }
         if sys.platform.startswith("darwin"):
             vmware_informations["name"] = "VMware Fusion"
@@ -73,7 +74,8 @@ class GNS3VM:
             "name": "VirtualBox",
             "description": 'VirtualBox doesn\'t support nested virtualization, this means running Qemu based VM could be very slow.<br>The GNS3 VM can be <a href="{}">downloaded here</a>'.format(download_url),
             "support_when_exit": True,
-            "support_headless": True
+            "support_headless": True,
+            "support_ram": True
         }
 
         remote_informations = {
@@ -81,7 +83,8 @@ class GNS3VM:
             "name": "Remote",
             "description": "Use a remote GNS3 server as the GNS3 VM.",
             "support_when_exit": False,
-            "support_headless": False
+            "support_headless": False,
+            "support_ram": False
         }
 
         return [
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ class GNS3VM:
         else:
             # When user fix something on his system and try again
             if not self._current_engine().running and self.enable:
-                yield from self.auto_start_vm()
+                yield from self.start()
 
     def _get_engine(self, engine):
         """

gns3server/controller/gns3vm/virtualbox_gns3_vm.py

@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class VirtualBoxGNS3VM(BaseGNS3VM):
             if json_data:
                 for interface in json_data:
                     if "name" in interface and interface["name"] == "eth{}".format(hostonly_interface_number - 1):
-                        if "ip_address" in interface:
+                        if "ip_address" in interface and len(interface["ip_address"]) > 0:
                             return interface["ip_address"]
             remaining_try -= 1
             yield from asyncio.sleep(1)
@@ -265,7 +265,27 @@ class VirtualBoxGNS3VM(BaseGNS3VM):
         Stops the GNS3 VM.
         """
 
+        vm_state = yield from self._get_state()
+        if vm_state == "poweroff":
+            self.running = False
+            return
+
         yield from self._execute("controlvm", [self._vmname, "acpipowerbutton"], timeout=3)
+        trial = 120
+        while True:
+            try:
+                vm_state = yield from self._get_state()
+            # During a small amount of time the command will fail
+            except GNS3VMError:
+                vm_state = "running"
+            if vm_state == "poweroff":
+                break
+            trial -= 1
+            if trial == 0:
+                yield from self._execute("controlvm", [self._vmname, "poweroff"], timeout=3)
+                break
+            yield from asyncio.sleep(1)
+
         log.info("GNS3 VM has been stopped")
         self.running = False