Where, please. is the VMWare Orchestrator to be found ? "Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes)
> On Apr 24, 2014, at 3:00 PM, José Luis Ledesma <[email protected]> > wrote: > > There is the Vmware orchestrator that may simplify a lot VM servers creation > tasks. > Regards, > El 24/04/2014 19:44, "Forrie" <[email protected]> escribió: > > > > I believe this question is different from others I've seen posted (correct > > me if I've missed something!). > > > > We are looking to automate the creation of VM images, for our growing > > environment (development, test and production) -- while we're still > > debating internally about config management options, we have been using > > Puppet (open source) for our older environment (PE is also under > > consideration). One of the catches is that VMware provides and API and > > CLI tools that allow you to query the ESX host (to the extent, I don't yet > > know) -- such as resources available etc. We would want to do that prior > > to provisioning a VM, since we have vSphere and several ESX that are > > managed therein. The internal desire is to have this process as > > fully-automated from the CLI as possible. I personally would give up some > > automation for features, but I digress (I'm in the minority, it seems). > > > > Can anyone comment on this. There are several tools out there, most which > > integrate with Puppet or other config management tools, but I don't know > > which (if any) have the ability beyond basic provisioning to speak/query to > > the ESX host such as what is provided by VMware (CLI, API/SOAP). > > > > It's really a factor of many ways to "skin the cat" -- finding which one > > works for us. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Puppet 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/puppet-users/a1cdc7c7-47bd-40cb-b656-4872b6312a55%40googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet 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/puppet-users/CAF_B3dfxf%2B9rYn9CWZiOMcmXdZecXJDwMa%3D0UUNoepQRFLcvLg%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet 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/puppet-users/20FAFF85-6A95-448F-8051-83FFF2966D04%40icloud.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
