⁠4.16. Example: Starting a Virtual Machine using Python

Starting a virtual machine
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Example 4.17. Starting a virtual machine using Python

This example starts the virtual machine using the start method. 
​from ovirtsdk.api import API 
​from ovirtsdk.xml import params
​
​try:
​    api = API(url="https://HOST",
​              username="USER",
​              password="PASS",
​              ca_file="ca.crt")
​
​    vm = api.vms.get(name="vm1")
​
​    try:
​        vm.start()
​        print "Started '%s'." % vm.get_name()
​    except Exception as ex:
​        print "Unable to start '%s': %s" % (vm.get_name(), ex)
​
​    api.disconnect()
​
​except Exception as ex:
​    print "Unexpected error: %s" % ex
If the start request is successful then the script will output: 
Started 'vm1'.
Note that the status reflects that the virtual machine has been started and is now up.
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