How to open terminals when deploying a lab using the api

[sami-evangelista]

I'm trying to deploy a lab with python's Kathara api. I tried to
mimick the behaviour of the Kathara/cli/command/LstartCommand.py
command. My containers start successfully but I did not manage to have
terminals opened for my two hosts.

This is my lab.conf file:

LAB_NAME=test

pc1[0]="net"
pc2[0]="net"

My deployment script deploy.py:

from Kathara.manager.Kathara import Kathara
from Kathara.setting.Setting import Setting
from Kathara.parser.netkit import LabParser

lab = LabParser.LabParser.parse(".")
Setting.get_instance().open_terminals = True
Setting.get_instance().terminal = "/usr/bin/xterm"
Kathara.get_instance().deploy_lab(lab)

This is the output I get:

$ python deploy.py
$ docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE          COMMAND   CREATED         STATUS         PORTS     NAMES
cd412de5d164   kathara/base   "bash"    7 seconds ago   Up 7 seconds             kathara_user-bpvsyb2oycjyd8isibycna_pc2_CY9rzUYh03PK3k6DJie09g
90539ff1c6bd   kathara/base   "bash"    7 seconds ago   Up 7 seconds             kathara_user-bpvsyb2oycjyd8isibycna_pc1_CY9rzUYh03PK3k6DJie09g

Am I missing something ?

[pratikrath126]

Hey! I took a look at your script. A few things to check:

• Make sure actually exists on the machine running the Python script (not inside the container).
• Kathara's terminal launcher may pass extra args (like hostname) to the terminal. Some terminals need to run a command. You might need to set to something like or use .
• Also double-check that is being read when runs. You could print the setting before deploy to confirm it's .
• If Kathara logs anything about terminal launching, that would help.

If you can share the exact error or lack of output, we can narrow it down. Good luck!

[tcaiazzi]

Hey @sami-evangelista,

Check out issue #148. It should resolve your problem.

Let me know if this helps or if I can help further.

[sami-evangelista]

Hey @tcaiazzi !
Many thanks for your answer.
I feel sorry for not spotting that issue but I only searched in the discussion session.
This seems exactly what I want to achieve.
I will try that and let you know if I face some issue.
Thanks !