Command line interface and Node module for managing ievms virtual machines.
For ievms:
- VirtualBox
- Curl (Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install curl) - Linux Only: unar (Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install unar)
For iectrl:
Globally:
$ sudo npm install -g iectrlLocally:
$ npm install iectrlThe iectrl command provides various sub-commands for manipulating one or many
ievms virtual machines. The optional names argument may be a comma-separated
(no spaces) list of virtual machine identifiers. The identifiers consist of
a number representing a given version of IE, an OS name
(WinXP/Vista/Win7/Win8), or an exact virtual machine name (IE6 - WinXP,
IE7 - Vista). See iectrl <sub-command> --help for more information:
$ iectrl --help
Usage: iectrl [options] [command]
Commands:
clean [names] restore virtual machines to the clean snapshot
close [names] close all running IE processes in virtual machines
install [options] [names] install virtual machines with ievms
nuke [names] remove all traces of virtual machines
list list available virtual machines
open [options] [names] [url] open a URL in IE
rearm [options] [names] rearm virtual machines
reinstall [options] [names] reinstall virtual machines
restart [options] [names] restart virtual machines
screenshot [names] [output] save screenshots for virtual machines
shrink [options] [names] shrink disk usage for virtual machines
start [options] [names] start virtual machines
status [options] [names] report the status of one or more vms
stop [options] [names] stop virtual machines
uninstall [options] [names] uninstall virtual machines
uploaded [names] report the last time the VM was uploaded to modern.ie
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version numberSee the annotated source or karma-ievms for usage examples.
Install all WinXP virtual machines from ievms (IE6 - WinXP, IE7 - WinXP,
IE8 - WinXP):
$ iectrl install WinXPReinstall all Win7 virtual machines, plus IE 6 (IE6 - WinXP):
$ iectrl reinstall 6,Win7Shrink the disk usage for IE10 by removing the .ova file used during install:
$ iectrl shrink 10Open IE version 6 and 8 and navigate to http://modern.ie auto-starting the
virtual machines if necessary:
$ iectrl open -s 6,8 http://modern.ieTake a screenshot of the IE7 - Vista virtual machine, saving it to
./shots/IE7 - Vista.png:
$ iectrl screenshot 'IE7 - Vista' ./shotsClose all open IE browser windows:
$ iectrl close