VMWare put out SDK's for a number of languages if you don't want to use perl. Python being another *nix based one. The SDK's come with a number of example scripts that you can cut and paste without much effort to form a script that should do everything you might want. Or you can wrap them up with something simple like bash to get the same results.
I personally don't like vmware templates as you then have to manage and upgrade them on a semi-regular basis, might as well look after a kickstart environment and be done with it. Deployment time can be a little longer but as it's automated I don't think it really matters for my purposes. YMMV. On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Dan White <[email protected]> wrote: > That might work for me if I did not hate Perl. > > No offense to folks that like it, but I had a very nasty experience with > it early in my computer-career that pushed me away from it. > > I will still check it out. Thanks for the pointer. > > I am currently using Cobbler with Puppet. I know this combo can create > VM’s -- already did it -- but I have been gaining understanding how VMWare > works from its own kind of “templates”, and I would like to see if I can > handle them with Puppet. I know Enterprise Puppet can do it, but I do not > have access to a bottomless budget :( > > On Jun 20, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Michael Dodwell wrote: > > Take a look at the Viper toolkit from VMWare. You can then create a script > with the examples given and then use puppet to run the scripts to do stuff > that you want. > > http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/viperltoolkit/ > > Personally I use a VMA server to create instances, Razor to kickstart and > register them against a puppetmaster, then puppet master to configure and > deploy.. > > On the VMA server I've setup some php to allow users to kick off perl > scripts that start the build process. > > If only PL would release a reasonably priced Enterprise (without support > even!) edition.... > > On Friday, June 21, 2013 7:39:57 AM UTC+10, Ygor wrote: >> >> But I'd rather be certain of the answer than guess or try it and go down >> in flames: >> >> The question: Can one integrate VMWare with Open Source Puppet ? Or is >> this a Puppet-Enterprise-only thing ? >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/puppet-users/kiPo7zf2lo0/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
