PowerCLI Core

Overview

A container image for VMware PowerCLI and supporting modules, community modules, and community script examples.

This image includes the following components:

Component	Description
VMware.PowerCLI	A collection of PowerShell modules for managing and automating VMware products.
VMware.vSphereDSC	PowerShell module for vSphere desired state configuration.
VMware.CloudServices	PowerShell module for VMware Cloud Services.
VMware.vSphere.SsoAdmin	PowerShell module for vCenter Single Sign-on.
PowerVCF	PowerShell module for VMware Cloud Foundation.
PowerNSX	PowerShell module for VMware NSX for vSphere.
PowerCLI Examples	A collection of community contributed PowerShell modules and scripts.

Get Started

Run the following to download the latest container from Docker Hub:

docker pull vmware/powerclicore:latest

Run the following to download a specific version from Docker Hub:

docker pull vmware/powerclicore:x.y.z

Open an interactive terminal:

docker run --rm -it vmware/powerclicore

Run a local script: docker run --rm --entrypoint="/usr/bin/pwsh" -v ${PWD}

docker run --rm --entrypoint="/usr/bin/pwsh" -v ~/scripts:/tmp/scripts vmware/powerclicore /tmp/scripts/example.ps1

Where ~/scripts is the local directory path for your PowerShell scripts.

For more methods, read 5 ways to a run PowerCLI script using the PowerCLI Docker Container by William Lam.