VNC console support for Qemu VMs.

gns3server/modules/qemu/qemu_vm.py

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ class QemuVM(BaseVM):
         self._hdd_disk_image = ""
         self._mac_address = ""
         self._options = ""
+        self._console_type = "telnet"
         self._ram = 256
         self._ethernet_adapters = []
         self._adapter_type = "e1000"
@@ -513,6 +514,33 @@ class QemuVM(BaseVM):
 
         self._options = options.strip()
 
+    @property
+    def console_type(self):
+        """
+        Returns the console type for this QEMU VM.
+
+        :returns: console type (string)
+        """
+
+        return self._console_type
+
+    @console_type.setter
+    def console_type(self, console_type):
+        """
+        Sets the console type for this QEMU VM.
+
+        :param console_type: console type (string)
+        """
+
+        log.info('QEMU VM "{name}" [{id}] has set the console type to {console_type}'.format(name=self._name,
+                                                                                             id=self._id,
+                                                                                             console_type=console_type))
+
+        if self.is_running() and console_type != self._console_type:
+            raise QemuError("Sorry, changing the console type on a running Qemu VM is not supported.")
+
+        self._console_type = console_type
+
     @property
     def initrd(self):
         """
@@ -1003,6 +1031,14 @@ class QemuVM(BaseVM):
         else:
             return []
 
+    def _vnc_options(self):
+
+        if self._console:
+            vnc_port = self._console - 5900
+            return ["-vnc", "{}:{}".format(self._manager.port_manager.console_host, vnc_port)]
+        else:
+            return []
+
     def _monitor_options(self):
 
         if self._monitor:
@@ -1199,14 +1235,19 @@ class QemuVM(BaseVM):
         disk_options = yield from self._disk_options()
         command.extend(disk_options)
         command.extend(self._linux_boot_options())
-        command.extend(self._serial_options())
+        if self._console_type == "telnet":
+            command.extend(self._serial_options())
+        elif self._console_type == "vnc":
+            command.extend(self._vnc_options())
+        else:
+            raise QemuError("Console type {} is unknown".format(self._console_type))
         command.extend(self._monitor_options())
         additional_options = self._options.strip()
         if additional_options:
             try:
                 command.extend(shlex.split(additional_options))
             except ValueError as e:
-                QemuError("Invalid additional options: {} error {}".format(additional_options, e))
+                raise QemuError("Invalid additional options: {} error {}".format(additional_options, e))
         command.extend(self._network_options())
         command.extend(self._graphic())
         return command

gns3server/schemas/qemu.py

@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ QEMU_CREATE_SCHEMA = {
             "maximum": 65535,
             "type": ["integer", "null"]
         },
+        "console_type": {
+            "description": "console type",
+            "enum": ["telnet", "vnc"]
+        },
         "hda_disk_image": {
             "description": "QEMU hda disk image path",
             "type": "string",
@@ -188,6 +192,10 @@ QEMU_UPDATE_SCHEMA = {
             "maximum": 65535,
             "type": ["integer", "null"]
         },
+        "console_type": {
+            "description": "console type",
+            "enum": ["telnet", "vnc"]
+        },
         "hda_disk_image": {
             "description": "QEMU hda disk image path",
             "type": "string",
@@ -385,6 +393,10 @@ QEMU_OBJECT_SCHEMA = {
             "maximum": 65535,
             "type": "integer"
         },
+        "console_type": {
+            "description": "console type",
+            "enum": ["telnet", "vnc"]
+        },
         "initrd": {
             "description": "QEMU initrd path",
             "type": "string",
@@ -438,7 +450,7 @@ QEMU_OBJECT_SCHEMA = {
         },
     },
     "additionalProperties": False,
-    "required": ["vm_id", "project_id", "name", "qemu_path", "platform", "hda_disk_image", "hdb_disk_image",
+    "required": ["vm_id", "project_id", "name", "qemu_path", "platform", "console_type", "hda_disk_image", "hdb_disk_image",
                  "hdc_disk_image", "hdd_disk_image", "hda_disk_image_md5sum", "hdb_disk_image_md5sum",
                  "hdc_disk_image_md5sum", "hdd_disk_image_md5sum", "ram", "adapters", "adapter_type", "mac_address",
                  "console", "initrd", "kernel_image", "initrd_md5sum", "kernel_image_md5sum", "kernel_command_line",