I've only just got round to implementing this but can confirm it works a
treat. Thanks very much for the suggestion. I'd be curious to know what
extra bits you use in production but no problems if its a hassle to provide
Paul
2009/4/27 dane foster <dane.fos...@gmail.com>
> 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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