Add boot mode option

Author: Kristy Wienken

SoftLayer/CLI/virt/create.py

@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ def _parse_create_args(client, args):
         "disks": args['disk'],
         "cpus": args.get('cpu', None),
         "memory": args.get('memory', None),
-        "flavor": args.get('flavor', None)
+        "flavor": args.get('flavor', None),
+        "boot_mode": args.get('boot_mode', None)
     }
 
     # The primary disk is included in the flavor and the local_disk flag is not needed
@@ -175,6 +176,9 @@ def _parse_create_args(client, args):
               help="OS install code. Tip: you can specify <OS>_LATEST")
 @click.option('--image',
               help="Image ID. See: 'slcli image list' for reference")
+@click.option('--boot-mode',
+              help="Specify the mode to boot the OS in",
+              type=click.STRING)
 @click.option('--billing',
               type=click.Choice(['hourly', 'monthly']),
               default='hourly',

SoftLayer/managers/vs.py

@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ def _generate_create_dict(
             dedicated=False, public_vlan=None, private_vlan=None,
             userdata=None, nic_speed=None, disks=None, post_uri=None,
             private=False, ssh_keys=None, public_security_groups=None,
-            private_security_groups=None, **kwargs):
+            private_security_groups=None, boot_mode=None, **kwargs):
         """Returns a dict appropriate to pass into Virtual_Guest::createObject
 
             See :func:`create_instance` for a list of available options.
@@ -410,6 +410,11 @@ def _generate_create_dict(
         if ssh_keys:
             data['sshKeys'] = [{'id': key_id} for key_id in ssh_keys]
 
+        if boot_mode:
+            supplemental_options = data.get('supplementalObjectOptions', {})
+            supplemental_options['bootMode'] = supplemental_options
+            data['supplementalObjectOptions'] = supplemental_options
+
         return data
 
     @retry(logger=LOGGER)