Auto-login for Windows 7 VirtualBox VM. Uses gnome-keyring to retrieve password.

login_win7

#!/usr/bin/python2

"""
This code is old. I would probably use secret-tool and
Python's subprocess to extract the password now.
"""

import sys
import time
import gnomekeyring as gk
from vboxapi import VirtualBoxManager


VM_NAME = 'windows_7'
USERNAME = 'myusername'
DOMAIN = 'windows_domain'
KEYRING_NAME = 'login'
SECRET_NAME = 'mysecret'


def startvm(vm_name, username, password, domain):
    mgr = VirtualBoxManager(None, None)
    vbox = mgr.vbox
    machine = vbox.findMachine(vm_name)
    session = mgr.mgr.getSessionObject(vbox)
    progress = machine.launchVMProcess(session, "gui", "")
    progress.waitForCompletion(-1)

    # Wait for a bit before setting credentials in case it does not register.
    # Though it should register; just being extra cautious.
    time.sleep(10)

    guest = session.console.guest
    guest.setCredentials(username, password, domain, True)

    mgr.closeMachineSession(session)


def get_password(keyring_name, secret_name):
    secret = None
    keys = gk.list_item_ids_sync(keyring_name)
    for key in keys:
        item_info = gk.item_get_info_sync(keyring_name, key)
        if item_info.get_display_name() == secret_name:
            secret = item_info.get_secret()
    return secret



def main():
    if not gk.is_available():
        sys.exit('GNOME keyring not available')

    password = get_password(KEYRING_NAME, SECRET_NAME)

    if password is None:
        sys.exit('Could not obtain password')

    startvm(VM_NAME, USERNAME, password, DOMAIN)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()