If you install the VI Perl SDK, you'll get all sorts of fun sample
scripts.
A manifest to use the sample scripts would be something like:
define esx_guest($datacenter=ha-datacenter,
$datastore,
$disk_size,
$guest_id=rhel5_64Guest,
$memory,
$nic1_net,
$nic2_net,
$num_cpu=2,
$vmhost,
$vmname,
$server,
$ensure) {
case $ensure {
running: {
exec{"vmprovision.pl --operation create --vmname $name \
--datacenter $datacenter \
--datastore $datastore \
--disksize $disk_size \
--guestid $guest_id \
--memory $memory \
--nic_network $nic1_net \
--nic_network2 $nic2_net \
--num_cpus $num_cpu \
--vmhost $vmhost \
--server $vmhost":
unless => "datacenterlisting.pl --datacenter
$datacenter --server $vmhost | grep $name",
alias => "esx_create_${name}"
}
exec{"powerops.pl --operation poweron --vmname $name --
server $vmhost":
require => Exec["esx_create_$name"]
}
}
stopped: {
exec{"powerops.pl --operation poweroff --vmname $name --
server $vmhost":}
}
}
}
This validates, but can't guarantee more ! We're using something
slightly different in production, but not terribly so. If I get
pestered enough I could put the proper manifest up, but this should
get you going. Obviously you need to realize this define on a machine
that has the SDK, and access to create the VMs in ESX(i). Perl scripts
are all pretty bog standard SDK included samples.
On Apr 27, 2009, at 8:19 PM, Bjørn Dyre Dyresen wrote:
> Would you mind sharing a manifest showing how you are doing this?
>
> Regards
>
>
> 2009/4/25 dane foster <dane.fos...@gmail.com>
> You can create snapshots via either the perl vi api, or the rcli
> tools. We're using puppet to call the perl api and provision guests
> within ESXi, works a treat.
>
> /dane
>
>
> On Apr 25, 2009, at 2:59 AM, paul matthews wrote:
>
>> Actually Ohad, I think your script relates to VMware Server. My
>> question related to the other free VMware product - ESXi which I
>> think may be a non starter in puppet terms due to the difficulties
>> with getting ruby on as Mike has suggested
>>
>> Cheers
>> Paul
>>
>> 2009/4/24 paul matthews <paulsmatth...@googlemail.com>
>> Ohad,
>> That's superb - I'll give that a try
>> Cheers
>> Paul
>>
>> 2009/4/24 Ohad Levy <ohadl...@gmail.com>
>>
>> if you are talking about normal vmware "free server edition" you
>> can give this a try:
>> http://github.com/ohadlevy/puppet-vmware/tree/master
>>
>> Ohad
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Mike Pountney <mike.pount...@gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>> Paul, are you talking about ESXi or the full blown ESX? I would
>> expect
>> that it would be possible to puppetize the service console, but for
>> ESXi I would not expect it to be possible to get ruby on there.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 23 Apr 2009, at 16:51, paul matthews wrote:
>>
>> > When I say busybox it's actually VMware ESX server which seems to
>> > use busybox (which I guess is the case a number of other software
>> > appliances) . Reason for wanting to install puppet is to run the
>> cli
>> > tools to create nightly vmware snapshots.
>> > I'm happy to give it a go (and add the docs to the wiki) but I'm
>> not
>> > too sure at this stage how big a task this might be and what, if
>> > any, are the potential pitfalls
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> > Paul
>> >
>> > >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Paul Matthews
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Paul Matthews
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
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>
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