COT.commands.deploy_esxi
module¶
Module for deploying VMs to ESXi, vCenter, and vSphere.
Classes
COTDeployESXi |
Sub-command 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. |
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class
COTDeployESXi
(ui)[source]¶ Bases:
COT.commands.deploy.COTDeploy
Sub-command 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
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__init__
(ui)[source]¶ Instantiate this command with the given UI.
Parameters: ui (UI) – User interface instance.
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create_subparser
()[source]¶ Add subparser for the CLI of this command.
This will create the shared
parser
, then create our own sub-subparser undersubparsers
.
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fixup_ovftool_args
(ovftool_args, target)[source]¶ Make any needed modifications to the ovftool arguments.
Parameters: Returns: list – Updated ovftool arguments
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fixup_serial_ports
()[source]¶ Use PyVmomi to create and configure serial ports for the new VM.
Raises: NotImplementedError
– If anySerialConnection
inserial_connection
has akind
other than ‘tcp’, ‘telnet’, or ‘device’
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ready_to_run
()[source]¶ Check whether the module is ready to
run()
.Returns: tuple – (True, ready_message)
or(False, reason_why_not)
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run
()[source]¶ Do the actual work of this command - deploying to ESXi.
Raises: InvalidInputError
– ifready_to_run()
reportsFalse
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datastore
= None¶ ESXi datastore to deploy to.
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host
= None¶ vSphere host to deploy to - set implicitly by self.locator.
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locator
¶ Target vSphere locator.
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ovftool_args
¶ List of CLI arguments to pass through to
ovftool
.
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serial_connection
¶ Mapping of serial ports to various connection types.
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server
= None¶ vCenter server or vSphere host - set implicitly by self.locator.
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class
PyVmomiVMReconfigSpec
(service_instance, vm_name)[source]¶ Bases:
object
Context manager for reconfiguring an ESXi VM using PyVmomi.
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class
SmarterConnection
(ui, host, user, pwd, port=443)[source]¶ Bases:
pyVim.connect.SmartConnection
A smarter version of pyVmomi’s SmartConnection context manager.
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__init__
(ui, host, user, pwd, port=443)[source]¶ Create a connection to the given server.
Parameters: ui (UI) – User interface instance. For the other parameters, see
pyVim.connect.SmartConnection
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static
unwrap_connection_error
(outer_e)[source]¶ 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: tuple – extracted (errno, inner_message)
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