[pve-devel] [RFC common] add 'pve-vmid-optional' format and standard option

[Thomas Lamprecht]

This will be used in cases where the VMID may not be important. For
example some users do not care which VMID a CT/VM gets, they just
want a CT/VM.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Lamprecht <t.lamprecht at proxmox.com>
---
 src/PVE/JSONSchema.pm | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/PVE/JSONSchema.pm b/src/PVE/JSONSchema.pm
index caeefe2..7a4a601 100644
--- a/src/PVE/JSONSchema.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/JSONSchema.pm
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ register_standard_option('pve-vmid', {
     minimum => 1
 });
 
+register_standard_option('pve-vmid-optional', {
+    description => "The (unique) ID of the VM or a '.' to autogenerate one.",
+    type => 'string', format => 'pve-vmid-optional',
+});
+
 register_standard_option('pve-node', {
     description => "The cluster node name.",
     type => 'string', format => 'pve-node',
@@ -155,6 +160,17 @@ sub pve_verify_vmid {
     return $vmid;
 }
 
+register_format('pve-vmid-optional', \&pve_verify_vmid_optional);
+sub pve_verify_vmid_optional {
+    my ($vmid, $noerr) = @_;
+
+    if ($vmid !~ m/^([1-9][0-9]{2,8}|\.)$/) {
+	return undef if $noerr;
+	die "value does not look like a valid optional VM ID\n";
+    }
+    return $vmid;
+}
+
 register_format('pve-node', \&pve_verify_node_name);
 sub pve_verify_node_name {
     my ($node, $noerr) = @_;
-- 
2.1.4