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This document describes the vSphere Automation Python SDK samples that use the vSphere Automation python client library. Additionally, some of the samples demonstrate the combined use of the vSphere Automation and vSphere APIs. To support this combined use, the vSphere Automation Python SDK samples require the vSphere Management SDK packages (pyVmomi) to be installed on the client. The samples have been developed to work with python 3.8+
vCenter 7.0, 7.0U1, 7.0U2, 7.0U3 , 8.0, 8.0U1, 8.0U2 Please refer to the notes in each sample for detailed compatibility information.
NSX-T 2.2 - 4.1.2 and VMC 1.7 - 1.24
VMC M24 (1.24) (Release Notes)
We recommend you to install latest Python and pip on your system.
A Python virtual environment is also highly recommended.
SDK package installation commands may differ depending on the environment where it is being installed. The three installation options provided below are for different environments. pip and setuptools are common requirements for these installation types, upgrade to the latest pip and setuptools.
NOTE: The SDK also requires OpenSSL 1.0.1+ in order to support TLS1.1 & 1.2
This is the recommended way to install the SDK. The installation is done from PyPI and Automation SDK Python Github repositories.
Install/Update latest pip from PyPI.
pip install --upgrade pipInstall/Update setuptools
pip install --upgrade setuptoolsInstall SDK packages from Github.
pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python.gitLocal installation can be used in an environment which either do not have Github access or users do not want to install from Github repository.
Install all the wheel files from SDK's lib directory.
pip install -U lib/*/*.whlInstall dependencies like lxml and pyvmomi from PyPI as other requirements were installed from SDK's lib directory.
pip install -U <SDK_DIRECTORY_PATH>Where <SDK_DIRECTORY_PATH> is either install directory of the SDK or location of SDK's zip e.g.
pip install -U /root/vsphere-automation-sdk-python
Or
pip install -U vsphere-automation-sdk-python-8.0.0.0.zip
For this type of environment an additional step is required to ensure SDK's dependencies are available. Following dependencies have to be downloaded from PyPI and transferred to the air gap environment.
NOTE: This step has to be done in an environment which has PyPI access.
pip download -r requirements_pypi.txt -d lib
zip -r lib.zip lib/Follow these steps in the air gap environment. Unzip the lib.zip under automation SDK home directory.
unzip lib.zipInstall all the dependencies and packages.
pip install -U lib/**/*.whlThis is to install the "vSphere-Automation-SDK" which provides an SDK version. It also ensures that all the SDK requirements are installed. If not, the installation will fail.
pip install -U `pwd`import requests
import urllib3
from vmware.vapi.vsphere.client import create_vsphere_client
session = requests.session()
# Disable cert verification for demo purpose.
# This is not recommended in a production environment.
session.verify = False
# Disable the secure connection warning for demo purpose.
# This is not recommended in a production environment.
urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)
# Connect to a vCenter Server using username and password
vsphere_client = create_vsphere_client(server='<vc_ip>', username='<vc_username>', password='<vc_password>', session=session)
# List all VMs inside the vCenter Server
vsphere_client.vcenter.VM.list()Output in a Python Interpreter:
(venv) het-m03:vsphere-automation-sdk-python het$ python
Python 3.9.8 (main, Nov 10 2021, 06:03:50)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import requests
>>> import urllib3
>>> from vmware.vapi.vsphere.client import create_vsphere_client
>>> session = requests.session()
>>> session.verify = False
>>> urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)
>>> vsphere_client = create_vsphere_client(server='<vc_ip>', username='<vc_username>', password='<vc_password>', session=session)
>>> vsphere_client.vcenter.VM.list()
[Summary(vm='vm-58', name='standalone-20e4bd3af-esx.0-vm.0', power_state=State(string='POWERED_OFF'), cpu_count=1, memory_size_mib=256),
...]NOTE: If you are using Bash, be sure to use single quote for username and password to preserve the values. If you use double quote, you will have to escape special characters, such as "$". See Bash manual
from vmware.vapi.vmc.client import create_vmc_client
# Connect to VMware Cloud on AWS using refresh token
vmc_client = create_vmc_client('<refresh_token>')
# Get organizations associated with calling user.
vmc_client.Orgs.list()Output in a Python Interpreter:
(venv) het-m03:vsphere-automation-sdk-python het$ python
Python 3.9.8 (main, Nov 10 2021, 06:03:50)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from vmware.vapi.vmc.client import create_vmc_client
>>> vmc_client = create_vmc_client('<refresh_token>')
>>> vmc_client.Orgs.list()
[Organization(updated=datetime.datetime(2018, 3, 2, 16, 57, 46), user_id='77aa6e6f-3257-3637-9cd9-14fae3a25b9d', updated_by_user_id='2021b5ae-890b-3472-ba9a-bc8cff776ca7', created=datetime.datetime(2017, 4, 4, 11, 57, 48, 861), version=15, updated_by_user_name='[email protected]', user_name='[email protected]', id='2a8ac0ba-c93d-4748-879f-7dc9918beaa5', display_name='VMC-SET', name='j13hqg73', sla='VMC_INTERNAL', project_state='CREATED', properties=OrgProperties(values={'defaultAwsRegions': 'US_WEST_2,US_EAST_1', 'sddcLimit': '5', 'planVersion': '3.0', 'defaultHostsPerSddc': '4', 'invitationCode': '/csp/gateway/slc/api/service-invitations/aa7203c3617bbe755597b8b0ad652', 'enableAWSCloudProvider': 'true', 'enableZeroCloudCloudProvider': 'true', 'accountLinkingOptional': 'false', 'defaultPDXDatacenter': 'pdx2', 'skipSubscriptionCheck': 'true', 'minHostsPerSddc': '4', 'maxHostsPerSddc': '8', 'hostLimit': '16', 'maxHostsPerSddcOnCreate': '4', 'isAllAccess': 'true', 'enabledAvailabilityZones': '{"us-east-1":["iad6","iad7","iad12"],"us-west-2":["pdx1", "pdx4", "pdx2"]}'}), cloud_configurations={'AWS': AwsOrgConfiguration(provider='AWS')})
...]In this section we will walk you through the steps to run the sample code for vSphere and VMware Cloud on AWS APIs.
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Linux/Mac:
export PYTHONPATH=${PWD}:$PYTHONPATH
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Windows:
set PYTHONPATH=%cd%;%PYTHONPATH%
$ python samples/vmc/orgs/organization_operations.py -r <refresh_token>A vSphere test environment is required with the following configuration:
- 1 vCenter Server
- 2 ESX hosts
- 1 NFS Datastore with at least 3GB of free capacity
Note Please have the details of these available but do not have any configuration pre-created on vCenter server or ESXi Hosts, for example there should be no existing datacenters, clusters or attached hosts on the vCenter server.
Before executing the samples we'll need to setup the vSphere test environment using one of the sample scripts (samples/vsphere/vcenter/setup/main.py). The script will perform the following:
- Create 2 test Datacenters
- Create a test Cluster
- Create Test Folders for VM Storage
- Attach the hosts
- Create a Distributed Switch
- Create a Distributed Portgroup
- Attach the NFS datastore (if Selected) to the hosts
- Copy the Photon OS ISO image downloaded from VMware's bintray server to the datastore
- Create directories to add sample ports
First, edit settings in samples/vsphere/vcenter/setup/testbed.py and replace everything in < > brackets with your environment information. Leave the rest of the settings in this file at their default values.
config["SERVER"] = "<vcenter_hostname_or_ip>"
config["USERNAME"] = "<vsphere_username>"
config["PASSWORD"] = "<vsphere_password>"
config["ESX_HOST1"] = "<ESX_host1_ipaddress>"
config["ESX_HOST2"] = "<ESX_host2_ipaddress>"
config["ESX_USER"] = "<esx_username>"
config["ESX_PASS"] = "<esx_password>"
config["USE_NFS"] = True
config["NFS_HOST"] = "<nfs_ipaddress>"
config["NFS_REMOTE_PATH"] = "/store1"At this point, we're ready to run the setup script:
$ python samples/vsphere/vcenter/setup/main.py -svAfter completion you will see from the output and also the vSphere Client that the environment has now been fully setup and is ready to easily run further samples.
To view other available command-line options:
$ python samples/vsphere/vcenter/setup/main.py -h$ python samples/vsphere/vcenter/setup/main.py -riv$ python samples/vsphere/vcenter/vm/list_vms.py -v- VMware vSphere REST API Reference documentation
- vSphere 8.0 U2 Python APIs (latest)
- Previous Releases: vSphere 8.0 U1 8.0 GA 8.0.0.0, 7.0 U3 7.0 U2, 7.0 U1, 7.0.
- VMware Cloud on AWS REST APIs
- VMware Cloud on AWS Console Python APIs
- VMware Cloud on AWS Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) Python APIs
- NSX-T Data Center
- NSX Manager Python APIs - API for managing NSX-T cluster and transport nodes for on-prem customers
- NSX Policy Python APIs - primary API for managing logical networks for on-prem customers
- NSX VMC Policy Python APIs - primary API for managing logical networks for VMC customers
- NSX VMC AWS Integration Python APIs - API for managing AWS underlay networks for VMC customers
Common issues you may run into while installing the sdk and running samples are listed here
For official support, users with Active - Premium SDK Support, Standard SDK Support, Premier/Success 360, and VMware Select Support can reach out to VMware Global Support for any issues in line with our SDK and API Support policy. For community support, please open a Github issue or start a Discussion.
Board members are volunteers from the SDK community and VMware staff members, board members are not held responsible for any issues which may occur from running of samples from this repository.
Members:
- Ankit Agrawal (VMware)
- Jobin George (VMware)
- Martin Tsvetanov (VMware)
- Shweta Purohit (VMware)
- Kunal Singh (VMware)
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- VMware vSphere REST API Reference documentation.
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