vmware_vcenter_api_client

VMware vcenter client in httpx python library. Can be used for creating scripts for simple VM actions, like power control, snapshot management etc.

Uses VCenter REST API and VCenter SOAP API.

Installation

If you use pip:

pip install git+https://github.com/mrtstg/vmware_vcenter_api_client

If you use poetry:

poetry add git+https://github.com/mrtstg/vmware_vcenter_api_client

Usage

Client getting authenticated using user credentials that are getting passed into class.

from vmware_vcenter_api_client.client import ApiClient, VM, Folder

# Protocol in the beginning of URL is nececcary
client = ApiClient("https://your.vcenter.server", "Administrator@vmware.server", "P@ssw0rd", False) # False disable SSL check

print(client.list_folders()) # list folders in the root
vmfolder = client.list_folders()[0]

vms = client.list_vm(folders=[vmfolder]) # list vms
client.start_vm(vms[0]) # start vm

License

Code is under BSD3 license. See LICENSE file for details.