Awesome
VCTUI - VMware vCenter Text User Interface
Basic holder readme.me
Inspired by the time wasted continualy right clicking in the Web UI...
To get
go get -u github.com/thebsdbox/vctui
To use
Now has a docker image:
Using -e to pass in the environment variables defined below.
docker run -it --rm -e VCUSER -e VCPASS thebsdbox/vctui:0.1.0 --address https://Username:password@URL/sdk
VMware vCenter credentials are required and can be specified in a number of ways:
Flags
--address - can either be https://Username:password@URL/sdk or omit the user/pass details
--user - used to specify a username
--pass - used to specify a password
--insecure - used to ignore a bad certificate
Environment variables
VCURL - same as --address
VCUSER / VCPASS - same as the credentials above
Then just start the application and you should see something similar below:
VMware vCenter
├──VMs
│ ├──server01
│ │ └──Details
│ │ ├──CPUs: 1
│ │ ├──Memory: 1024
│ │ ├──VMware Tools: guestToolsNotRunning
│ │ ├──VM IP Address:
│ │ └──MAC ADDRESS: 00:50:56:a3:64:a2
│ ├──server02
│ │ └──Details
│ │ ├──CPUs: 1
│ │ ├──Memory: 1024
│ │ ├──VMware Tools:
│ │ ├──VM IP Address:
│ │ └──MAC ADDRESS: 00:50:56:a3:4c:da
│ ├──server03
│ ├──server04
│ ├──server05
│ └──server06
│ └──Details
│ ├──CPUs: 1
│ ├──Memory: 1024
│ ├──VMware Tools: guestToolsNotRunning
Additional functionality
Create New Virtual Machine
Pressing ctrl+n will open a new screen allowing you to create a new virtual machine, the datastore and network dropdowns will populate once a host has been chosen.
Deleting a Virtual Machine
Select the Virtual Machine and press ctrl+d WARNING, there will be no alert and the machine will be instantly deleted (VM has to be powered off)
Search
Pressing ctrl+f will allow a search option (regexp) allowing you to search for specific virtual machine names.
Power Management
Pressing ctrl+p will open a power management ui (press ctrl+c) to exit this menu without making any changes
╔═══Set the power state for this VM════╗
║◉ Power On ║
║◯ Power Off ║
║◯ Suspend ║
║◯ Reset ║
║◯ Reboot (guest tools required) ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════╝
Installation / Deployment
This requires a plunder server up and running and accessible from where vctui is currently running. Navigate to the MAC address of a newly created virtual machine, and press ctrl+i. This will present a new menu for configuring the settings of a newly deployed OS through plunder.
╔════════════════════Update deployment═════════════════════╗
║ ║
║ Plunder Address http://localhost ║
║ ║
║ MAC Address 00:50:56:9b:2a:b7 ║
║ ║
║ Hostname server09 ║
║ ║
║ IP Address 192.168.1.3 ║
║ ║
║ Deployment Type preseed ║
║ ║
║ Save Settings ║
║ ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Snapshot
Pressing ctrl+s on one of the listed snapshots will revert the virtual machine to that snapshot, and it will be left in the powered off state
Refreshing Virtual Machines
Pressing ctrl+r will refresh the state of all virtual machines in the VMware vCenter inventory
Feel free to use or get involved.
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