25.5. Identifying guest type and implementation
The script below can identify if the environment an application or script is running in is a para-virtualized, a fully virtualized guest or on the hypervisor. The script below can be used to identify running on:
#!/bin/bash
declare -i IS_HVM=0
declare -i IS_PARA=0
check_hvm()
{
IS_X86HVM="$(strings /proc/acpi/dsdt | grep int-xen)"
if [ x"${IS_X86HVM}" != x ]; then
echo "Guest type is full-virt x86hvm"
IS_HVM=1
fi
}
check_para()
{
if $(grep -q control_d /proc/xen/capabilities); then
echo "Host is dom0"
IS_PARA=1
else
echo "Guest is para-virt domU"
IS_PARA=1
fi
}
if [ -f /proc/acpi/dsdt ]; then
check_hvm
fi
if [ ${IS_HVM} -eq 0 ]; then
if [ -f /proc/xen/capabilities ] ; then
check_para
fi
fi
if [ ${IS_HVM} -eq 0 -a ${IS_PARA} -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Baremetal platform"
fi
