import os import blivet from blivet.size import Size from blivet.util import set_up_logging, create_sparse_tempfile set_up_logging() b = blivet.Blivet() # create an instance of Blivet (don't add system devices) # create a disk image file on which to create new devices disk1_file = create_sparse_tempfile("disk1", Size("100GiB")) b.disk_images["disk1"] = disk1_file disk2_file = create_sparse_tempfile("disk2", Size("100GiB")) b.disk_images["disk2"] = disk2_file b.reset() try: disk1 = b.devicetree.get_device_by_name("disk1") disk2 = b.devicetree.get_device_by_name("disk2") b.initialize_disk(disk1) b.initialize_disk(disk2) pv = b.new_partition(size=Size("50GiB"), fmt_type="lvmpv", parents=[disk1]) b.create_device(pv) pv2 = b.new_partition(size=Size("50GiB"), fmt_type="lvmpv", parents=[disk2]) b.create_device(pv2) # allocate the partitions (decide where and on which disks they'll reside) blivet.partitioning.do_partitioning(b) vg = b.new_vg(parents=[pv, pv2]) b.create_device(vg) # create 80 GiB VDO pool # there can be only one VDO LV on the pool and these are created together # with one LVM call, we have 2 separate devices because there are two block # devices in the end and it allows to control the different "physical" size of # the pool and "logical" size of the VDO LV (which is usually bigger, accounting # for the saved space with deduplication and/or compression) pool = b.new_lv(size=Size("80GiB"), parents=[vg], name="vdopool", vdo_pool=True, deduplication=True, compression=True) b.create_device(pool) # create the VDO LV with 400 GiB "virtual size" and ext4 filesystem on the VDO # pool lv = b.new_lv(size=Size("400GiB"), parents=[pool], name="vdolv", vdo_lv=True, fmt_type="ext4") b.create_device(lv) print(b.devicetree) # write the new partitions to disk and format them as specified b.do_it() print(b.devicetree) input("Check the state and hit ENTER to trigger cleanup") finally: b.devicetree.teardown_disk_images() os.unlink(disk1_file) os.unlink(disk2_file)