VMWare Support
Roboconf has a target implementation for VMWare.
It only supports the creation of compute VMs, starting from a template with the VMWare tools installed. Tip to install the VMWare tools on Ubuntu / Debian (on a live VM, prior to creating the template):
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools
To install the VMWare target, open the DM’s interactive mode and use one of the following options.
With the roboconf:target command:
# The version will be deduced automatically by the DM
roboconf:target vmware
Or with the native Karaf commands:
# Here in version 0.8
bundle:install --start mvn:net.roboconf/roboconf-target-iaas-vmware/0.8
VMWare support depends on your version.
What will most likely happens is that Roboconf will have several VMWare extensions, one per VMWare version.
Sample target.properties.
Just copy / paste and edit.
# Configuration file for VMWare
handler = iaas-vmware
id = a unique identifier
name =
description =
# REST URL
vmware.url =
# Credentials to connect
vmware.user =
vmware.password =
vmware.ignorecert = true
# Cluster information
vmware.datacenter =
vmware.cluster =
vmware.vmuser =
vmware.vmpassword =
# VM configuration
vmware.template =
Here is a complete description of the parameters for VMWare.
| Property | Description | Default | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|---|
| handler | Determines the target handler to use | none, must be “iaas-vmware” | yes |
| id | A unique identifier for the target properties. | - | yes |
| name | A human-readable name for the target | - | no |
| description | A description of the target. | - | no |
| vmware.url | The URL to interact with VMWare’s manager. | none | yes |
| vmware.user | The user name to connect. | none | yes |
| vmware.password | The user password to connect. | none | yes |
| vmware.ignorecert | True to ignore the certificate on connection, false otherwise. | false | no |
| vmware.template | The image template to use to create the VM. It must have the VMWare tools installed. | none | yes |
| vmware.cluster | The cluster’s identifier. | none | yes |
| vmware.vmuser | The user name to connect to the created VM. | none | yes |
| vmware.vmpassword | The password to connect to the created VM. | none | yes |
| vmware.datacenter | The data center’s identifier. | default | yes |