An Open source project with close to 1000 GITHUB stars and a statically compiled vSphere CLI built on top of govmomi.

1. Say Bye to VMware PowerCLI
Presenter: Ajeet Singh Raina

2. Let’s talk about VMware stuffs …

3. Areas of Automation
Provisioning Operation Maintenance
• Administrative tasks
• Updates & Upgrades
• Reporting
• Configuration
• Detection of Failures
• Availability
• Health
• Scaling
• Capacity Planning
• Resource Allocation
• Datacenter Infrastructure
• Virtual Datacenter
• VMs
• Applications
• Workloads
• Desktops

4. VMware PowerCLI
~ automation to survive the virtual world

5. The Purpose of VMware PowerCLI
https://code.vmware.com/tool/vmware-powercli/6.5
• A CLI and scripting tool
built on Windows
PowerShell
• Automate all aspects of
vSphere Management
which includes network,
storage, VMs, guest OS
and much more..
Runs on [Server]
• Windows Server 2016
• Windows Server 2012
R2
• Windows Server 2008
R2 Service Pack 1
Runs on [WorkStation]
• Windows 10
• Windows 8.1
• Windows 7 Service Pack
1
• Ubuntu 16.04
• macOS 10.12
More than 500 cmdlets for
managing VMware vSphere
products
PowerShell Interface for Managing VMware Products

6. PowerCLI Cheatsheet

7. Challenges

8. We need a tool which is -
Simple
Easy to Use
Can be used by Dev & Ops
Team both.
• No additional programming skillset
required.
• Non-complex in day-to-day
operations
Portable
Scalable
Lightweight
• Must be portable
• Less Dependency
• Easy to install
• Easy Maintenance
Linux Friendly
Based on Linux Platform
• Can be used easily by Linux
Engineers.
• Can be automated by Linux Shell
scripting.
Built for Distributed
System
• Solid option for Public Cloud
Infrastructure.
• Can be used to deploy VMs on both
– Public & Private Cloud.

9. Introducing GOVC

10. What is GOVC?
 An Open source project with close to 1000 GITHUB stars
 A statically compiled vSphere CLI built on top of govmomi.
 Govmomi is a GoLang library for interacting with VMware vSphere APIs (ESXi & vCenter)
 This library is built for and tested against ESXi and vCenter 6.0, 6.5 and 6.7.
 Written in Go Language
 Compiled for Linux, FreeBSD, OSX & Windows
 User friendly CLI alternative to GUI
 Linux-Friendly
 Can be used with Bash scripting for automation tasks
Projects using govmomi

11. Demo #1
- Installing GOVC
- Create a New Datacenter
- Creating a new Cluster
- Adding ESXi Hosts to the Cluster
< 5 Min

13. Demo #2
- Deploying Virtual Machine from ISO < 2 Min

15. Demo #3
- Deploying Virtual Machine from Template in 5 Min < 2 Min

17. Demo #4
- Demonstrating SvMOTION < 2 Min

19. GOVC Capabilities
https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/blob/master/govc/USAGE.md

20. #1 - Changing configuration of the given cluster

21. #2 - Changing the cluster rule

22. #3 - Creating Distributed vSwitch in Datacenter

23. #4 - Enable or disable VNC for VM

24. #5 – Performing vMotion

25. https://github.com/collabnix/govc

26. Welcoming Your Contributions..
https://github.com/vmware/govmomi
https://github.com/collabnix/govc
https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/tree/master/govc

27. Thank You