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vmpooler-provider-vsphere

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VMware provider for VMPooler
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 Popularity
Downloads
7,733
Stars
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Forks
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Watchers
38
 Releases
Current version
3.3.4
Total releases
13
First release
2021-12-08
Latest release
2023-08-30
 Issues
Open Issues
2
Closed Issues
1
Total Issues
3
Issue Closure Rate
33%
 Pull Requests
Open Pull Requests
1
Closed Pull Requests
12
Merged Pull Requests
45
Pull Request Acceptance Rate
77%
 Development
Primary Language
Ruby
Licenses
Apache-2.0
Average date of last 50 commits
2023-08-24
Reverse Dependencies
0

 Dependencies

Development

climate_control
>= 0.2.0
mock_redis
>= 0.17.0
pry
>= 0
rack-test
>= 0.6
rspec
>= 3.2
rubocop
~> 1.28.2
simplecov
>= 0.11.2
thor
~> 1.0, >= 1.0.1
yarjuf
>= 2.0

Runtime

rbvmomi2
>= 3.1, < 4.0
vmpooler
~> 3.0
 Project Readme

vmpooler-provider-vsphere

  • vmpooler-provider-vsphere
    • Usage
      • Custom VM Config Attribute
    • Update the Gemfile Lock
    • Releasing
    • License

This is a provider for VMPooler allows using vSphere as a source of machines. This provider was originally part of the main VMPooler code base but was extracted to be a standalone gem so that development could be done independently of VMPooler itself.

Usage

Include this gem in the same Gemfile that you use to install VMPooler itself and then define one or more pools with the provider key set to vsphere. VMPooler will take care of the rest.

Examples of deploying VMPooler with this provider can be found in the puppetlabs/vmpooler-deployment repository.

Custom VM Config Attribute

This provider sets a custom attribute on the VM called guestinfo.hostname to the name of the generated VM, which can be queried from inside the guest OS if VMware Tools is isntalled. For example:

macOS: "/Library/Application Support/VMware Tools/vmware-tools-daemon" --cmd "info-get guestinfo.hostname" Linux or Windows Guest: vmtoolsd --cmd "info-get guestinfo.hostname"

See the VMware Tools Administration docs for more information about querying information from the GuestInfo variable.

Update the Gemfile Lock

To update the Gemfile.lock run ./update-gemfile-lock.

Verify, and update if needed, that the docker tag in the script and GitHub action workflows matches what is used in the vmpooler-deployment Dockerfile.

Releasing

Follow these steps to publish a new GitHub release, and build and push the gem to https://rubygems.org.

  1. Bump the "VERSION" in lib/vmpooler-provider-vsphere/version.rb appropriately based on changes in CHANGELOG.md since the last release.
  2. Run ./release-prep to update Gemfile.lock and CHANGELOG.md.
  3. Commit and push changes to a new branch, then open a pull request against main and be sure to add the "maintenance" label.
  4. After the pull request is approved and merged, then navigate to Actions --> Release Gem --> run workflow --> Branch: main --> Run workflow.

License

vmpooler-provider-vsphere is distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See the LICENSE file for more details.