state
method returns the state of the domain.
Example 4.20. Fetch the state of the Domain
# Example-56.py #!/usr/bin/env python3 import sys import libvirt from xml.dom import minidom domName = 'CentOS7' conn = None try: conn = libvirt.open("qemu:///system") except libvirt.libvirtError as e: print(repr(e), file=sys.stderr) exit(1) dom = None try: dom = conn.lookupByName(domName) except libvirt.libvirtError as e: print(repr(e), file=sys.stderr) exit(1) state, reason = dom.state() if state == libvirt.VIR_DOMAIN_NOSTATE: print('The state is VIR_DOMAIN_NOSTATE') elif state == libvirt.VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING: print('The state is VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING') elif state == libvirt.VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCKED: print('The state is VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCKED') elif state == libvirt.VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED: print('The state is VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED') elif state == libvirt.VIR_DOMAIN_SHUTDOWN: print('The state is VIR_DOMAIN_SHUTDOWN') elif state == libvirt.VIR_DOMAIN_SHUTOFF: print('The state is VIR_DOMAIN_SHUTOFF') elif state == libvirt.VIR_DOMAIN_CRASHED: print('The state is VIR_DOMAIN_CRASHED') elif state == libvirt.VIR_DOMAIN_PMSUSPENDED: print('The state is VIR_DOMAIN_PMSUSPENDED') else: print(' The state is unknown.') print('The reason code is ' + str(reason)) conn.close() exit(0)