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Virtual BMC
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A virtual BMC for controlling virtual machines using IPMI commands.

Installation
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.. code-block:: bash

  pip install virtualbmc

Supported IPMI commands
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.. code-block:: bash

  # Power the virtual machine on or off
  ipmitool -I lanplus -U admin -P password -H 127.0.0.1 power on|off

  # Check the power status
  ipmitool -I lanplus -U admin -P password -H 127.0.0.1 power status

  # Set the boot device to network, hd or cdrom
  ipmitool -I lanplus -U admin -P password -H 127.0.0.1 chassis bootdev pxe|disk|cdrom

  # Get the current boot device
  ipmitool -I lanplus -U admin -P password -H 127.0.0.1 chassis bootparam get 5