simple script to build clones of a standard machine

simple_kvm_mod.py

new_host = 'python-workx64-{:02d}'
new_mac = '52:55:00:00:00:{:02d}'
file_fmt = "python-workx64-{:02d}.xml"
new_uuid = "<uuid>{}</uuid>"

mac_target = '52:55:00:00:00:7f'
file_replacement = "python-workx64-replaceme"
uuid_replacement = "<uuid>e048e39c-270d-1219-dba5-303b127d443e</uuid>"

data = open(file_replacement+'.xml').read()

for i in xrange(0, 20):
    new_data = data.replace('replaceme', '%02d'%i)
    new_data = new_data.replace(mac_target, new_mac.format(i))
    new_data = new_data.replace(uuid_replacement, new_uuid.format(uuid.uuid1()))
    open(file_fmt.format(i), 'w').write(new_data)