COT.deploy_esxi module

Module for deploying VMs to ESXi, vCenter, and vSphere.

Functions

get_object_from_connection

Look up an object by name.

Classes

COTDeployESXi	Submodule for deploying VMs on ESXi and VMware vCenter/vSphere.
SmarterConnection	A smarter version of pyVmomi’s SmartConnection context manager.
PyVmomiVMReconfigSpec	Context manager for reconfiguring an ESXi VM using PyVmomi.

class COTDeployESXi(ui)

Bases: COT.deploy.COTDeploy

Submodule for deploying VMs on ESXi and VMware vCenter/vSphere.

Inherited attributes: UI, package, generic_parser, parser, subparsers, hypervisor, configuration, username, password, power_on, vm_name, network_map serial_connection

Attributes: locator, datastore, ovftool_args

create_subparser()

Add subparser for the CLI of this submodule.

This will create the shared parser, then create our own sub-subparser under subparsers.

fixup_ovftool_args(ovftool_args, target)

Make any needed modifications to the ovftool arguments.

Parameters:

• ovftool_args (list) – Any existing ovftool arguments to begin with.
• target (str) – deployment target URI

Returns:

Updated ovftool arguments

fixup_serial_ports(serial_count)

Use PyVmomi to create and configure serial ports for the new VM.

ready_to_run()

Check whether the module is ready to run().

Returns:(True, ready_message) or (False, reason_why_not)

run()

Do the actual work of this submodule - deploying to ESXi.

Raises:InvalidInputError – if ready_to_run() reports False

datastore = None

ESXi datastore to deploy to.

host = None

vSphere host to deploy to - set implicitly by self.locator.

locator

Target vSphere locator.

ovftool_args

List of CLI arguments to pass through to ovftool.

serial_connection

Mapping of serial ports to various connection types.

server = None

vCenter server or vSphere host - set implicitly by self.locator.

class PyVmomiVMReconfigSpec(conn, vm_name)

Bases: object

Context manager for reconfiguring an ESXi VM using PyVmomi.

class SmarterConnection(ui, server, username, password, port=443)

Bases: pyVim.connect.SmartConnection

A smarter version of pyVmomi’s SmartConnection context manager.

unwrap_connection_error(outer_e)

Extract inner attributes from a ConnectionError.

ConnectionError often wraps another exception with more context; this function dives inside the ConnectionError to find that context.

Parameters:outer_e (ConnectionError) – ConnectionError to unwrap Returns:extracted (errno, inner_message)

get_object_from_connection(conn, vimtype, name)

Look up an object by name.