Brian Bouterse wrote:
While I'm working on the esxthin.pm provisioning module, I will be using
a config file placed in the same directory as esxthin.pm. For example,
in my installation this would be
/opt/vcl/lib/VCL/Module/Provisioning/esxthin.conf
1) I tried to open a file but it only works if I give it the entire
path. Is there an easy way inside a VCL perl provisioning module to
know the path of itself?
The only way I know is to use FindBin. The path that $FindBin::Bin returns
within your module can vary depending on the command that was executed to load
the module. Under normal circumstances, vcld automatically loads your module
and $FindBin::Bin returns vcld's directory. If you call 'perl
/opt/.../esxthin.pm', $FindBin::Bin returns esxthin.pm's directory.
2) Is there an easier way to configure a username, password, and IP for
esxthin.pm to use besides using the variable table?
How about storing esxthin.conf in /etc/vcl by default? You could also add code
to your module to support a command line argument so that the default esxthin.pm
path can be overridden. This is how the code to locate vcld.conf is written.
See utils.pm near line 305.
-Andy
Thanks!
Brian
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