VMWare put out SDK's for a number of languages if you don't want to use perl. Python being another *nix based one. The SDK's come with a number of example scripts that you can cut and paste without much effort to form a script that should do everything you might want. Or you can wrap them up with something simple like bash to get the same results.
I personally don't like vmware templates as you then have to manage and upgrade them on a semi-regular basis, might as well look after a kickstart environment and be done with it. Deployment time can be a little longer but as it's automated I don't think it really matters for my purposes. YMMV. On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Dan White <y...@comcast.net> wrote: > That might work for me if I did not hate Perl. > > No offense to folks that like it, but I had a very nasty experience with > it early in my computer-career that pushed me away from it. > > I will still check it out. Thanks for the pointer. > > I am currently using Cobbler with Puppet. I know this combo can create > VM’s -- already did it -- but I have been gaining understanding how VMWare > works from its own kind of “templates”, and I would like to see if I can > handle them with Puppet. I know Enterprise Puppet can do it, but I do not > have access to a bottomless budget :( > > On Jun 20, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Michael Dodwell wrote: > > Take a look at the Viper toolkit from VMWare. You can then create a script > with the examples given and then use puppet to run the scripts to do stuff > that you want. > > http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/viperltoolkit/ > > Personally I use a VMA server to create instances, Razor to kickstart and > register them against a puppetmaster, then puppet master to configure and > deploy.. > > On the VMA server I've setup some php to allow users to kick off perl > scripts that start the build process. > > If only PL would release a reasonably priced Enterprise (without support > even!) edition.... > > On Friday, June 21, 2013 7:39:57 AM UTC+10, Ygor wrote: >> >> But I'd rather be certain of the answer than guess or try it and go down >> in flames: >> >> The question: Can one integrate VMWare with Open Source Puppet ? Or is >> this a Puppet-Enterprise-only thing ? >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/puppet-users/kiPo7zf2lo0/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
