Version 1.2.0
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For some reason with the [previous repo](http://roshannagekar.blogspot.in/2014/03/automation-for-vmware-vcloud-director.html) I could not see the list of
all vApps. Only some of it (a mixture of both chef node and non chef
nodes) were seen. So I went ahead with another version of knife-vcloud plugin
available which solved my problem to a large extent.
Plugin is available at https://github.com/astratto/knife-vcloud
*Configuration used:*
- CentOS 6.5
- Chef 11.8.2
- knife-vcloud 1.2.0
*Following steps were used to complete the automation process:*
*Installation is fairly simple*
gem install knife-vcloud
gem list | grep vcloud
- See if after entering the above command you
see the gem knife-cloud. If yes the setup was successful. If no
something went wrong.
cd ~./chef
vim knife.rb
*Configuration is almost automated:*
knife vc configure
You will be prompted for
vcloud_url, login and password. After entering the details check that
the details you entered are reflected in the knife.rb file.
knife[:vcloud_url] = 'https://vcloud.server.org'
knife[:vcloud_org_login] = 'vcloud_organization'
knife[:vcloud_user_login] = 'vcloud_user'
knife[:vcloud_password] =
Note:
The organization was not updated for me, and it kept giving
authorization failure for quite sometime. If you see that the
organization is not updated automatically, please update it manually in
the knife.rb file.
The subsequent commands
would also change for the detailed listing. Although the documentation
at many instances says that the name of VM or vApp should suffice to
pull up the required details, note that at many instances you will be
required to enter the ID and not just the name.
*To see the list of catalog items*
[root@chefworkstation ~]# knife vc catalog show All_ISOs
Description: All ISO Dumps
Name ID
CentOS-6.3 WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn1
CentOS-6.4_x64 WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn2
Ubuntu-copy WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn3
*To see details of the organization*
[root@chefworkstation ~]# knife vc org show MYORG
CATALOGS
Name ID
All_ISOs WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn4
Master Catalog WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn5
VDCs
Name ID
MyorgVDC-Tier1 WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn6
MyorgVDC-Tier2 WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn7
MyorgVDC-Tier3 WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn8
NETWORKS
Name ID
MyorgNet-Router WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn9
TASKLISTS
Name ID
WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn10
*To create a new vApp:*
[root@chefworkstation ~]# knife vc vapp create MyorgVDC-Tier1 chefnode2 "Just Created node2" WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn
vApp creation...
Summary: Status: error - time elapsed: 52.012 seconds
WARNING:
ATTENTION: Error code 400 - The following IP/MAC addresses have already
been used by running virtual machines: MAC addresses: 10:20:30:40:50:0f
IP addresses: 192.168.0.20 Use the Fence vApp option to use same
MAC/IP. Fencing allows identical virtual machines in different vApps to
be powered on without conflict, by isolating the MAC and IP addresses of
the virtual machines.
vApp created with ID: WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn
Note: that there are certain problems that were corrected later.
To show the deatils of created vApp:
[root@chefworkstation ~]# knife vc vapp show WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn1
Note: --vdc not specified, assuming VAPP is an ID
Name: chefnode2
Description: Just Created node2
Status: stopped
IP: 192.168.0.12
Networks MyorgNet-Router Gateway Netmask Fence Mode Parent Network Retain Network
192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 bridged MyorgNet-Router false
VMs Name Status IPs ID Scoped ID
centos stopped 192.168.0.12 WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn
To show the vm specific details:
[root@chefworkstation ~]# knife vc vm show WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn --vapp MyvApp_Chef
Note: --vapp and --vdc not specified, assuming VM is an ID
VM Name: centos
OS Name: CentOS 4/5/6 (64-bit) Status: stopped Cpu Number of Virtual CPUs 1 virtual CPU(s)
Memory Memory Size 2048 MB of memory
Disks Hard disk 1 16384 MB Hard disk 2 16384 MB
Networks MyorgNet-Router Index 0 Ip 192.168.0.12 External ip Is connected true Mac address 10:20:30:40:50:0f Ip allocation mode MANUAL
Guest Customizations Enabled false Admin passwd enabled true Admin passwd auto false Admin passwd Reset passwd required false
Computer name centos
To set new info to the vm:
[root@chefworkstation ~]# knife vc vm set info --name ChefNewNode WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn --vapp MyvApp_Chef centos
Note: --vapp and --vdc not specified, assuming VM is an ID
Renaming VM from centos to ChefNewNode
Summary: Status: success - time elapsed: 7.09 seconds
To update other info:
[root@chefworkstation ~]# knife vc vm set info --ram 512 WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn --vapp MyvApp_Chef
Note: --vapp and --vdc not specified, assuming VM is an ID VM setting RAM info... Summary: Status: success - time elapsed: 9.843 seconds
To edit network info:
[root@chefworkstation
~]# knife vc vm network edit WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn MyorgNet-Router
--net-ip 192.168.0.117 --ip-allocation-mode MANUAL
Note: --vapp and --vdc not specified, assuming VM is an ID Forcing parent network to itself VM network configuration... Guest customizations must be applied to a stopped VM, but it's running. Can I STOP it? (Y/N) Y Stopping VM... Summary: Status: success - time elapsed: 7.092 seconds VM network configuration for MyorgNet-Router... Summary: Status: success - time elapsed: 6.783 seconds Forcing Guest Customization to apply changes... Summary: Status: success - time elapsed: 22.639 seconds
To show the changes made:
[root@chefworkstation ~]# knife vc vm show WhAtEvEr-Id-tO-bE-SeEn
Note: --vapp and --vdc not specified, assuming VM is an ID VM Name: ChefNewNode OS Name: CentOS 4/5/6 (64-bit) Status: running
Cpu Number of Virtual CPUs 1 virtual CPU(s)
Memory Memory Size 512 MB of memory
Disks Hard disk 1 16384 MB Hard disk 2 16384 MB
Networks MyorgNet-Router
Index 0 Ip 192.168.0.117 External ip Is connected true Mac address 10:20:30:40:50:0f Ip allocation mode MANUAL
Guest Customizations Enabled true Admin passwd enabled true Admin passwd auto false Admin passwd Reset passwd required false
Computer name centos
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