CCIDifferentOS.py

import SoftLayer
from pprint import pprint as pp

api_username = ''
api_key = ''
guestId = 1234
hostname = 'host1'
domain_name = 'example.com'
operating_system = 'CENTOS_5_64'

client = SoftLayer.Client(
    username=api_username,
    api_key=api_key,
)


def getImageTemplateGUID(templateName):
    mask = "mask[name,globalIdentifier]"
    templates = client['Account'].getBlockDeviceTemplateGroups(mask=mask)
    for template in templates:
        if template['name'] == templateName:
            return template['globalIdentifier']


mask = '''
    mask[
        startCpus,
        maxMemory,
        networkComponents.maxSpeed,
        blockDevices[device, diskImage.capacity],
        localDiskFlag
    ]'''
guest = client['Virtual_Guest'].getObject(id=guestId, mask=mask)
guest['hostname'] = hostname
guest['domain'] = domain_name
guest['hourlyBillingFlag'] = True
guest['blockDevices'] = [guest['blockDevices'][0]]
guest['networkComponents'] = [guest['networkComponents'][0]]
guest['operatingSystemReferenceCode'] = operating_system
order_template = client['Virtual_Guest'].createObject(guest)

pp(order_template)