pl_url = "https://www.planet-lab.eu:443/PLCAPI/"
pl_slice = os.environ.get('PL_SLICE')
- usage = "usage: %prog -u <user> -p <password> -l <url> -S <slice> --assign -b <base_address> -n <prefix>"
+ usage = """Usage:
+ %prog : displays and check current assignments
+or %prog -a -S <slicename> : assigns a range to slice <slicename>"""
parser = OptionParser(usage=usage)
parser.add_option("-u", "--user", dest="pl_user", help="PlanetLab account user name", default=pl_user)
parser.add_option("-p", "--password", dest="pl_pwd", help="PlanetLab account password", default=pl_pwd)
- parser.add_option("-S", "--slice", dest="pl_slice", help="PlanetLab slice name", default=pl_slice)
parser.add_option("-l", "--url", dest="pl_url", help="PlanetLab XMLRPC url", default=pl_url)
- parser.add_option("-b", "--base", dest="basenet", help="Base network address to perform assignment (defaults to 10.0.0.0/8)", default="10.0.0.0/8")
+ parser.add_option("-b", "--base", dest="basenet",
+ help="Base network address to perform assignment (defaults to 10.0.0.0/8)", default="10.0.0.0/8")
parser.add_option("-n", "--prefix", dest="prefix", help="Network prefix for segments (defaults to 21)", default = "21")
parser.add_option("-a", "--assign", action="store_true", dest="assign", default=False,
- help="If specified, assign next available network segment as a vsys_vnet tag to the user slice")
+ help="If specified, assign next available network segment as a vsys_vnet tag to the target slice")
+ parser.add_option("-S", "--slice", dest="pl_slice", default=pl_slice,
+ help="target PlanetLab slice name, for --assign", )
(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
if not pl_slice:
pl_slice = raw_input ("Please, enter your slice name \n")
- if pl_slice in assigned.values():
- print "Error: This slice already has a tag vsys_vnet assigned!!!"
- sys.exit(1)
+ if pl_slice in assigned.values():
+ print "Error: This slice already has a tag vsys_vnet assigned!!!"
+ sys.exit(1)
slice_tag_id = assign_vsys_vent(api, auth, vsys_vnet, pl_slice)