function create_hybrid_cloud_vm_local($host_resource_id, $name, $mac, $memory, $cpu, $swap, $additional_nic_str)
{
    global $OPENQRM_SERVER_BASE_DIR;
    global $OPENQRM_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS;
    global $OPENQRM_EXEC_PORT;
    global $RESOURCE_INFO_TABLE;
    global $event;
    $max_loop = 30;
    $ip_wait_loop = 0;
    $event->log("create_hybrid_cloud_vm_local", $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'], 5, "hybrid-cloud-cloud-hook", "Creating Cloud VM {$name} on Host resource {$host_resource_id}", "", "", 0, 0, 0);
    $file = $OPENQRM_SERVER_BASE_DIR . "/openqrm/plugins/hybrid-cloud/etc/openqrm-plugin-hybrid-cloud.conf";
    $ini = openqrm_parse_conf($file);
    $hc_default_account_id = $ini['OPENQRM_PLUGIN_HYBRID_CLOUD_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT'];
    $hc = new hybrid_cloud();
    $hc->get_instance_by_id($hc_default_account_id);
    $hc_authentication = '';
    if ($hc->account_type == 'aws' || $hc->account_type == 'euca') {
        $hc_authentication .= ' -O ' . $hc->access_key;
        $hc_authentication .= ' -W ' . $hc->secret_key;
        $hc_authentication .= ' -iz ' . $ini['OPENQRM_PLUGIN_HYBRID_CLOUD_DEFAULT_AVAILABILITY_ZONE'];
        $hc_authentication .= ' -ir ' . $ini['OPENQRM_PLUGIN_HYBRID_CLOUD_DEFAULT_REGION'];
        $hc_authentication .= ' -it ' . $hc->translate_resource_components_to_instance_type($cpu, $memory);
    }
    if ($hc->account_type == 'lc-openstack') {
        $hc_authentication .= ' -u ' . $hc->username;
        $hc_authentication .= ' -p ' . $hc->password;
        $hc_authentication .= ' -q ' . $hc->host;
        $hc_authentication .= ' -x ' . $hc->port;
        $hc_authentication .= ' -g ' . $hc->tenant;
        $hc_authentication .= ' -e ' . $hc->endpoint;
        $hc_authentication .= ' -it ' . $hc->translate_resource_components_to_instance_type($cpu, $memory);
    }
    // set hybrid-cloud account in new resource
    $cloud_resource = new resource();
    $cloud_resource->get_instance_by_mac($mac);
    $cloud_resource->set_resource_capabilities("HCACL", $hc_default_account_id);
    // $event->log("create_hybrid_cloud_vm_local", $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'], 2, "hybrid-cloud-cloud-hook", "!!! Found new resource ".$cloud_resource->id." and set HC account id", "", "", 0, 0, 0);
    // set resource hostname + ip config
    // check to have a ip from the dhcpd-resource hook
    while ($cloud_resource->ip == "0.0.0.0") {
        sleep(1);
        clearstatcache();
        $cloud_resource->get_instance_by_mac($cloud_resource->mac);
        $ip_wait_loop++;
        if ($ip_wait_loop > $max_loop) {
            break;
        }
        // $event->log("create_hybrid_cloud_vm_local", $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'], 2, "hybrid-cloud-cloud-hook", "!!! Waiting for ip address ".$ip_wait_loop."!", "", "", 0, 0, 0);
    }
    // save the mgmt ip in the resource network field
    $rufields["resource_network"] = $cloud_resource->ip;
    $rufields["resource_hostname"] = $hc->account_type . $cloud_resource->id;
    $cloud_resource->update_info($cloud_resource->id, $rufields);
    // $event->log("create_hybrid_cloud_vm_local", $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'], 2, "hybrid-cloud-cloud-hook", "!!! Updated resource with hostname + ip", "", "", 0, 0, 0);
    // we need to find the ami name from the appliance->image->root-device
    $appliance = new appliance();
    $appliance->get_instance_by_name($name);
    $image = new image();
    $image->get_instance_by_id($appliance->imageid);
    // $event->log("create_hybrid_cloud_vm_local", $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'], 2, "hybrid-cloud-cloud-hook", "!!! Found AMI ".$image->name." root-dev: ".$image->rootdevice, "", "", 0, 0, 0);
    $openqrm = new openqrm_server();
    $command = $OPENQRM_SERVER_BASE_DIR . "/openqrm/plugins/hybrid-cloud/bin/openqrm-hybrid-cloud-vm create ";
    $command .= ' -i ' . $hc->id;
    $command .= ' -n ' . $hc->account_name;
    $command .= ' -t ' . $hc->account_type;
    $command .= $hc_authentication;
    $command .= ' -in ' . $hc->account_type . $cloud_resource->id;
    $command .= ' -im ' . $mac;
    $command .= ' -a ' . $image->rootdevice;
    $command .= ' -ig ' . $ini['OPENQRM_PLUGIN_HYBRID_CLOUD_DEFAULT_SECURITY_GROUP'];
    $command .= ' -ik ' . $ini['OPENQRM_PLUGIN_HYBRID_CLOUD_DEFAULT_KEYPAIR'];
    $command .= ' --openqrm-cmd-mode background';
    // $event->log("create_hybrid_cloud_vm_local", $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'], 2, "hybrid-cloud-cloud-hook", "Running $command", "", "", 0, 0, 0);
    $openqrm->send_command($command, NULL, true);
}