Get IP from running virtualbox machine

[akozyreva]

ENVIRONMENT

• Operating System: Linux 5.12.9-1-MANJARO x86_64 21.0.7 Ornara
• Python version: Python 3.9.5
• VirtualBox version: 6.1
• VirtualBox SDK version: 6.1.22
• Location where VirtualBox SDK is installed: /home/akozyreva/projects/ftp-testing/
• virtualbox-python / pyvbox version: 2.1.1
• [x] Happens in latest master branch?

SUMMARY

I have installed Ubuntu Server in Virtualbox. I can run this machine, using code from documentation.

import virtualbox
vbox = virtualbox.VirtualBox()
session = virtualbox.Session()

print([m.name for m in vbox.machines])
machine = vbox.find_machine('Ubuntu Server')
proc = machine.launch_vm_process(session, "gui", [])
proc.wait_for_completion()

Then I need to retrieve somehow public IP from that machine. Inside of virtualbox I can run ifconfig and get public IP. How can I do it via virtualbox-python package?

[alainpannetier]

Hum, that's why I came to the SDK today. :+1: I don't know yet but, assuming you'd have installed the guest additions, the following would work

vboxmanage guestproperty enumerate "Alpine 01" | grep VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/1/V4/IP

Let's see if there is a guestproperty object somewhere.

import virtualbox

vbox = virtualbox.VirtualBox()
machine = vbox.find_machine("Alpine 01")
for a in machine.enumerate_guest_properties("/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/1/V4/IP"):
    print(a)

Yields

['/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/1/V4/IP']
['192.168.57.10']
[1638084766103149000]
['']

[sethmlarson]

Closing this, thanks @alainpannetier!