On 04/24/2014 07:44 PM, Forrie wrote:
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.
Can an open source puppet do this, or only PE? I'm looking into this
too, the possibility to spawn vm, PXE it and later manage by puppet.
Currently I did cover the PXE part with puppet (puppet-cobbler module),
but I create VMs manually by clickety-click in vSphere...
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