From 3e8bc26d0f19fd9011109c7bf41399ec05689907 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin McDonald <k3vinmcdonald@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 21:34:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Adds ability to create multiple virtual servers in one
 call/order

---
 SoftLayer/managers/vs.py                    | 15 +++++++++++----
 SoftLayer/testing/fixtures/Virtual_Guest.py |  1 +
 SoftLayer/tests/managers/vs_tests.py        | 13 +++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/SoftLayer/managers/vs.py b/SoftLayer/managers/vs.py
index 71b312d27..708376818 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/managers/vs.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/managers/vs.py
@@ -445,17 +445,24 @@ def create_instance(self, **kwargs):
                                 this VS placed.
         :param int private_vlan: The ID of the public VLAN on which you want
                                  this VS placed.
-        :param bool bare_metal: Flag to indicate if this is a bare metal server
-                                or a dedicated server (default).
         :param list disks: A list of disk capacities for this server.
         :param string post_uri: The URI of the post-install script to run
                                 after reload
         :param bool private: If true, the VS will be provisioned only with
                              access to the private network. Defaults to false
         :param list ssh_keys: The SSH keys to add to the root user
+        :param int nic_speed: The port speed to set
         """
-        create_options = self._generate_create_dict(**kwargs)
-        return self.guest.createObject(create_options)
+        return self.guest.createObject(self._generate_create_dict(**kwargs))
+
+    def create_instances(self, config_list):
+        """ Creates multiple virtual server instances
+
+        This takes a list of dictionaries using the same arguments as
+        create_instance().
+        """
+        return self.guest.createObjects([self._generate_create_dict(**kwargs)
+                                         for kwargs in config_list])
 
     def change_port_speed(self, instance_id, public, speed):
         """ Allows you to change the port speed of a virtual server's NICs.
diff --git a/SoftLayer/testing/fixtures/Virtual_Guest.py b/SoftLayer/testing/fixtures/Virtual_Guest.py
index c1c6d2d7e..4323882d5 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/testing/fixtures/Virtual_Guest.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/testing/fixtures/Virtual_Guest.py
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@
 setPrivateNetworkInterfaceSpeed = True
 setPublicNetworkInterfaceSpeed = True
 createObject = getObject
+createObjects = True
 generateOrderTemplate = {}
 setUserMetadata = ['meta']
 reloadOperatingSystem = 'OK'
diff --git a/SoftLayer/tests/managers/vs_tests.py b/SoftLayer/tests/managers/vs_tests.py
index 8b8337ea4..46576d69a 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/tests/managers/vs_tests.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/tests/managers/vs_tests.py
@@ -142,6 +142,19 @@ def test_create_instance(self, create_dict):
         self.client['Virtual_Guest'].createObject.assert_called_once_with(
             {'test': 1, 'verify': 1})
 
+    def test_create_instances(self):
+        self.vs.create_instances([{'cpus': 1,
+                                   'memory': 1024,
+                                   'hostname': 'server',
+                                   'domain': 'example.com'}])
+        self.client['Virtual_Guest'].createObjects.assert_called_once_with([
+            {'domain': 'example.com',
+             'hourlyBillingFlag': True,
+             'localDiskFlag': True,
+             'maxMemory': 1024, 'hostname':
+             'server',
+             'startCpus': 1}])
+
     def test_generate_os_and_image(self):
         self.assertRaises(
             ValueError,