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Puppet Enterprise can create and manage VMware virtual machines on your vSphere server using vCenter.
If you're new to VMware vSphere then we recommend looking at the vSphere documentation.
Let's get started by listing the machines currently on our vSphere
server. We do this by running the puppet node_vmware list command.
$ puppet node_vmware list
If you haven't yet confirmed your vSphere server's public key hash in your ~/.fog file, you'll receive an error message containing said hash:
$ puppet node_vmware list
notice: Connecting ...·
err: The remote system presented a public key with hash
431dd5d0412aab11b14178290d9fcc5acb041d37f90f36f888de0cebfffff0a8 but
we're expecting a hash of <unset>. If you are sure the remote system is
authentic set vsphere_expected_pubkey_hash: <the hash printed in this
message> in ~/.fog
err: Try 'puppet help node_vmware list' for usage
Confirm that you are communicating with a trusted vSphere server by checking the hostname in your ~/.fog
file, then add the hash to your .fog file as follows:
:vsphere_expected_pubkey_hash: 431dd5d0412aab11b14178290d9fcc5acb041d37f90f36f888de0cebfffff0a8
Now we can run the puppet node_vmware list command and see a list of
our existing virtual machines:
$ puppet node_vmware list
notice: Connecting ...
notice: Connected to vc01.example.com as cloudprovisioner (API version 4.1)
notice: Finding all Virtual Machines ... (Started at 12:16:01 PM)
notice: Control will be returned to you in 10 minutes at 12:26 PM if locating is unfinished.
Locating: 100% |ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo| Time: 00:00:34
notice: Complete
/Datacenters/Solutions/vm/master_template
powerstate: poweredOff
name: master_template
hostname: puppetmaster.example.com
instanceid: 5032415e-f460-596b-c55d-6ca1d2799311
ipaddress: ---.---.---.---
template: true
/Datacenters/Solutions2/vm/puppetagent
powerstate: poweredOn
name: puppetagent
hostname: agent.example.com
instanceid: 5032da5d-68fd-a550-803b-aa6f52fbf854
ipaddress: 192.168.100.218
template: false
We can see that we've connected to our vSphere server and returned a VMware template and a virtual machine. VMware templates contain the information needed to build new virtual machines, such as the operating system, hardware configuration, and other details. A virtual machine is an existing machine that has already been provisioned on the vSphere server.
The following information is returned:
- The location of the template or machine
- The status of the machine (for example, poweredOff or poweredOn)
- The name of the template or machine on the vSphere server
- The host name of the machine
- The instanceid of the machine
- The IP address of the machine (note that templates don't have IP addresses)
- The type of entry - either a VMware template or a virtual machine
Puppet Enterprise can create and manage virtual machines from VMware
templates. This is done with the node_vmware create action.
$ puppet node_vmware create --name=newpuppetmaster --template="/Datacenters/Solutions/vm/master_template"
notice: Connecting ...
notice: Connected to vc01.example.com as cloudprovisioner (API version 4.1)
notice: Locating VM at /Datacenters/Solutions/vm/master_template (Started at 12:38:58 PM)
notice: Control will be returned to you in 10 minutes at 12:48 PM if locating (1/2) is unfinished.
Locating (1/2): 100% |ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo| Time: 00:00:16
notice: Starting the clone process (Started at 12:39:15 PM)
notice: Control will be returned to you in 10 minutes at 12:49 PM if starting (2/2) is unfinished.
Starting (2/2): 100% |ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo| Time: 00:00:03
---
name: newpuppetmaster
power_state: poweredOff
...
status: success
Here we've created a new virtual machine named newpuppetmaster with a
template of /Datacenters/Solutions/vm/master_template. (We saw this template
earlier when we listed all the resources available on our vSphere server.) The
virtual machine is now created and will be powered on. Powering on may take
several minutes to complete.
You can start, stop, and terminate virtual machines with the start, stop, and terminate actions.
To start a virtual machine:
$ puppet node_vmware start /Datacenters/Solutions/vm/newpuppetmaster
You can see we've specified the path to the virtual machine we wish to start;
in this case /Datacenters/Solutions/vm/newpuppetmaster.
To stop a virtual machine:
$ puppet node_vmware stop /Datacenters/Solutions/vm/newpuppetmaster
This will stop the running virtual machine (it may take a few minutes).
Lastly, we can terminate a VMware instance. Be aware this will:
- Force-shutdown the virtual machine
- Delete the virtual machine AND its hard disk images
This is a destructive action that should only be taken when you wish to delete the virtual machine!
The puppet node_vmware command has extensive in-line help documentation and a man page.
To see the available actions and command line options, run:
$ puppet help node_vmware
USAGE: puppet node_vmware <action>
This subcommand provides a command line interface to work with VMware vSphere
Virtual Machine instances. The goal of these actions is to easily create
new virtual machines, install Puppet onto them, and clean up when they're
no longer required.
OPTIONS:
--mode MODE - The run mode to use (user, agent, or master).
--render-as FORMAT - The rendering format to use.
--verbose - Whether to log verbosely.
--debug - Whether to log debug information.
ACTIONS:
create Create a new VM from a template
find Find a VMware Virtual Machine
list List VMware Virtual Machines
start Start a Virtual Machine
stop Stop a running Virtual Machine
terminate Terminate (destroy) a VM
See 'puppet man node_vmware' or 'man puppet-node_vmware' for full help.
You can also view the man page for more detailed help.
$ puppet man node_vmware
You can get help on individual actions by running:
$ puppet help node_vmware <ACTION>
For example:
$ puppet help node_vmware start
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