first very rudimentary access to lxd rest api

 class DashboardController < ApplicationController
   def index
+    @lxd_host = LxdHost.find(1)
+    @cert = Certificate.find(1)
+    @lxd = Lxd::Server.by_host @lxd_host, @cert
   end
 end
+# vim: set et ts=2 sw=2:

+module Lxd
+end
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2:

+class Lxd::Server
+	include ActiveModel::Model
+
+  attr_accessor :api_extensions, :api_status, :api_version, :auth, :config,
+		:environment, :public
+
+	def self.by_host(host, certificate)
+		all = Array.new;
+
+		uri = URI.parse(host.uri + '/1.0')
+		http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
+		http.use_ssl = true
+		http.cert = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(certificate.cert)
+		http.key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(certificate.key)
+		http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
+
+		request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
+		response = http.request(request)
+
+		Lxd::Server.new(JSON.parse(response.body)['metadata'])
+	end
+end
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2:

 <h1>Dashboard#index</h1>
-<p>Find me in app/views/dashboard/index.html.erb</p>
+<p><%= @lxd_host.class %></p>
+<p><%= @cert.class %></p>
+<p><%= @lxd.class %></p>
+<p><%= @lxd.auth %></p>