Cool. I'm going to talk to myself here. :-) If I say "launch by running an command on the master", does that mean that Jenkins will launch a "command" on the PC it is running on (MyJenkins)? And if that command launches the VM on another system, and once that system comes up and the javaws on the VM would connect as though it was launched via a vSphere cloud and work as it always did? Documentation is not totally clear on any of this.
If that is the case, this is precisely what I need. Thanks On Monday, January 28, 2019 at 11:10:06 AM UTC-5, John E Peterson wrote: > > Ok. We have to run some jobs using VM's controlled on a real PC (Well, a > VM on a real PC, not a VMware ESXi vCenter/vSphere host server setup). All > the bits and pieces seem to be there to do this, but no method (and no > plugins) to put it all together. > > We have Jenkins running on "*MyJenkins*". > We have VMware Workstation running on "*MyVMWorkstation*" > We have VM's as *MyVM1* and *MyVM2* (controlled by VMware Workstation on " > *MyVMWorkstation*") > > I'm guessing that maybe this becomes a pipeline thing? But not sure how > to do it? I know that several years back, VMware removed the ability of > vSphere to connect to and control Workstation via the Gateway app. :-( > > We can launch a VM on *MyVMWorkstation* with a vmrun command line (and do > it remotely!). Such as *PsExec \\MyVMWorksation vmrun start MyVM1* > Works a charm. (Well, actually some credential mess to deal with, but I've > got that handled). > When the VM launches, it will connect to Jenkins > > What I need Jenkins to do when it detects a job is ready to run: > > Send the command as above to *MyVMWorkstation* to launch *MyVM1* > Wait for *MyVM1* to launch (ie: javaws says "Hey, I'm connected and > ready") > Run the job on* MyVM1* - just like a normal vSphere setup > When the job is done, execute the original command with "stop" instead of > "start" (and actually a restore snapshot command as well) > > How do I chain all this together? It involves sending commands to > essentially two "computers" in sequence to make this work. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/5dfbf028-1d7b-44f5-a184-1ee4ec615db5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
