add the before_start_hook #251
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this is a PoC for #198.
I'm looking for suggestions about the name of the configuration property, currently, its called
before_start_hook.if you agree with this change, I'll later will be adding the missing documentation.
the
before_start_hookconfiguration setting contains the command that will be executed after the vm is configured, but before its started.the command receives the current vm configuration as a json in its stdin
the hook command is expected to return a json with the modified configuration, typically, this document should only contain the properties that you want to actually modify.
the following example is modifying the
ide0andide1media fromcdromtodisk, something that is useful when we have a disk image instead of an iso:Closes #198