vCenter - Import static virtual machines into CloudShell #1524

Quali-Community · 2022-12-25T13:23:31Z

Quali-Community
Dec 25, 2022
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vCenter - Import static virtual machines into CloudShell

This solution enables you to import static virtual machines and use them as CloudShell inventory resources. Static virtual machines are external machines that are "always on", CloudShell will not manage them as part of the reservation life-cycle processes.

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Name vCenterShell Owner QualiSystems Type Other Category Cloud Min. Compatible CloudShell Version 7.1	Link 1.15.0^{(Version / Tag)} TAR / ZIP 1.15.0 (TAR) 1.15.0 (ZIP) Author Costya-Y Published On 06/11/2020 09:01 AM	A repository for projects providing out of the box capabilities within CloudShell to define VMWare vCenter instances in CloudShell and leverage vCenter's capabilities to deploy and connect apps in CloudShell sandboxes. Projects Deployment Drivers These projects extend CloudShell apps with new deployment types deploy_from_image App deployment type driver for deploying from vCenter OVF images deploy_from_template App deployment type driver for cloning from vCenter templates deploy_clone_vm_from_vm App deployment type driver for creating clones from existing VMs deploy_vm_from_linked_clone App deployment type driver for deploying a linked clone (deploy from snapshot) package The vCenter Python package hosted in PyPi. The package contains most of the logic relate to working with the vCenter API. vcentershell_driver The CloudShell driver for controlling vCenter via CloudShell. Installation QualiSystems CloudShell pyvmomi 6.0 jsonpickle latest Getting Started Download vCenterShell.zip from Releases page Drag it into your CloudShell Portal Set vCenter connection details on the vCenter resource according to your enviorment. Update VM Deployment App to set correct "vCenter Template" attribute according to your enviorment. Reserve Virtualisation Starter environment Add VM Deployment from App/Services for each required virtual application Add VLAN Auto from App/Services for each required virtual network Connect them as needed Run Deploy command on each VM Deployment Run Connect All command Links [Offline Package] (https://support.quali.com/hc/en-us/articles/231613247) [VmWare vCenter] (https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/tree/master/docs) License Apache License 2.0
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