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 # VMware vSphere Automation SDK for Python
 ## Table of Contents
 * [Abstract](#abstract)
-* [Table of Contents](https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python-samples#table-of-contents)
+* [Quick Start Guide](https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python-samples#quick-start-guide)
-* [Getting Started](https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python-samples#getting-started)
   * [Prerequisites](https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python-samples#prerequisites)
   * [Running the Samples](https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python-samples#running-the-samples)
 * [Submitting Samples](https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python-samples#submitting-samples)
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 ## Abstract
 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 examples have been developed to work with python 2.7, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5.
 
-## Getting Started
+## Quick Start Guide
-### Prerequisites
+This document will walk you through getting up and running with the Python SDK Samples. Prior to running the samples you will need to setup a vCenter test environment and install local Python packages, the following steps will take you through this process.
-#### Required:
-The below items need to be installed for running the samples:
-- Python 2.7, 3.3, 3.4 or 3.5
-- vCenter Server 6.5
-- Installing SDK and 3rd party libraries
-  The supplied python libs can be installed using **pip install**; For details on how to install python packages using pip please refer to [pip user guide](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/)
-  - vapi_runtime, vapi_common_client and vapi_client_bindings
 
-    `pip install lib/vapi_client_bindings-2.5.0.zip --find-links=lib/`
+Before you can run the SDK samples we'll need to walk you through the following steps:
-  - pyVmomi
 
-    This library is needed for accessing/manipulating vCenter Server managed objects using vSphere APIs; For more information please refer to [vmware pyVmomi](https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi)
+1. Setting up a vSphere test environment
+2. Installing the required Python packages
+3. Installing SDK provided packages
+4. Running SDK Samples setup script
 
-    `pip install pyvmomi`
+### Setting up a vSphere Test Environment
-  - pyOpenSSL
+**NOTE:** The samples are intended to be run against a freshly installed **non-Production** vSphere setup as the scripts may make changes to the test environment and in some cases can destroy items when needed.
 
-    This requires python cryptography package to be installed as a pre-requisite.
+To run the samples a vSphere test environment is required with the following configuration
+* 1 vCenter Server
+* 2 ESX hosts
+* 1 Datastore with at least 3GB of free capacity
 
-    Please follow the detailed instruction from [installing cryptography dev documentation](https://cryptography.io/en/latest/installation/)
+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.
 
-    VMware strongly recommends using openssl version 1.0.1j or, higher. SDK and samples are tested against openssl version >= 1.0.1j.
+### Installing the required Python Packages
+**Note:** The SDK requires Python v2.7 (preferably v2.7.12+) to run the setup/samples, please make sure you have the appropriate version installed before continuing. If you are on macOS/OSX/Linux, please note that the system installed version of Python may be outdated and/or not be intended for development and we recommended you [install Python](http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/starting/installation/) yourself before installing the required packages. 
 
-    pyOpenSSL version 0.14 is needed for the SDK (vapi_runtime) and samples. For details on how to install the package please go to pypi.python.org/pypi/pyOpenSSL/0.14.
+In this section we list the various packages which need to be installed using "pip install"; For more details on how to install python packages using pip please refer to the [pip user guide](http://pip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/).
-  - lxml
 
-    `pip install lxml`
+#### pyOpenSSL
-  - suds(suds-jurko)
+pyOpenSSL requires the python cryptography packge to be installed. Please follow the detailed instructions [here](https://cryptography.io/en/latest/installation/) to install the cryptography package. VMware strongly recommends using openssl version **1.0.1j** or, higher. SDK and samples are tested against openssl version >= 1.0.1j.
 
+pyOpenSSL version 0.14 is needed for the SDK (vapi_runtime) and samples.
+
+    pip install pyopenssl
+
+#### pyVmomi
+
+This library is needed for accessing/manipulating vCenter Server managed objects using vSphere APIs; For more information please refer to vmware pyVmomi
+
+    pip install pyvmomi
+
+#### lxml
+Please follow detailed instructions from [Installing lxml](http://lxml.de/installation.html) (for Windows refer to the section below on installation).
+
+    pip install lxml
+
+#### suds (suds-jurko)
 This library is needed for lookup service queries; For more information please refer to [suds Documentation](https://fedorahosted.org/suds/wiki/Documentation)
 
-    `pip install suds`
+    pip install suds
 
 Use suds-jurko for python 3.x
 
-    `pip install suds-jurko`
+    pip install suds-jurko
 
-### Running the Samples
+### Installing SDK Bundled Packages
-Please refer to running a vcenter sample for detailed steps to run a vCenter sample. 
+To run the samples for Content Library and Tagging you will need to install these additional packages.
-Please refer to running a workflow sample for detailed steps to run a vCenter Single Sign-On, Content Library or Tagging sample.
-* run_sample.sh is needed for running the samples in UNIX/mac OS X environment
-* run_sample.bat is a windows bat file needed for running the samples in windows
 
-### API Documentation and Programming Guide
+**Note:** You will need to update the package path below accordingly to point to your local SDK folder.
+
+#### vapi_runtime, vapi_common_client and vapi_client_bindings
+    pip install /path/to/VMware-vSphere-Automation-SDK-Python/lib/vapi_client_bindings-2.5.0.zip --find-links=/path/to/VMware-vSphere-Automation-SDK-Python/lib/
+
+### Running the SDK Sample Setup Script
+Before executing the samples we'll need to setup the vSphere test environment using one of the sample scripts. Before we run the script we'll need to edit one of the files and provide IP addresses for the various machine instances.
+
+First, from the command line change to the SDK ./bin folder.
+
+    $ cd /path/to/VMware-vSphere-Automation-SDK-Python-<version>/bin
+
+Next, using a text editor open ../samples/src/vsphere/samples/vcenter/setup/testbed.py and edit the following settings replace everything in < > brackts 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>"
+
+Save and close the file. 
+
+Next, on OSX/Linux we will ensure our setup script we use to run the samples is set to execute, run the following:
+
+    $ chmod +x ./run_sample.sh
+
+At this point, we're ready to run the setup script. 
+
+This 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](https://vmware.github.io/photon/) ISO image downloaded from [VMware's bintray server](https://dl.bintray.com/vmware/photon) to the datastore
+* Create directories to add sample ports
+
+
+**Note:** The setup script may take several minutes to complete.
+
+**To view the available command-line options:**
+
+    $ ./run_sample.sh ../vsphere/samples/vcenter/setup/main.py -h
+
+**To run the setup script:**
+
+    $ ./run_sample.sh ../vsphere/samples/vcenter/setup/main.py -st
+
+After completion you will see from the output and also the vSphere Webclient that the environment has now been fully setup and is ready to easily run further samples.
+
+### Running a complex sample
+This SDK includes a sample script which can be used to perform a number of actions and give you an indication of how to perform multiple vCenter actions, this script is located in the /samples/src/vsphere/samples/vcenter/setup/ directory, use the following instructions to run this sample:
+
+**Run the vAPI vCenter sample suite:**
+
+    $ ./run_sample.sh ../vsphere/samples/vcenter/setup/main.py -rit
+
+## API Documentation and Programming Guide
 The API documentation for the samples can be found here : TODO
 
-The programming guide for vSphere Automation SDK for Python can be found here:  TODO
-
 ## Submitting samples
 The following information must be included in the README.md (TODO: header of the file or a separate md file?) for each submitted sample.
 * Author Name
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-## LICENSE AGREEMENT
-License Agreement: <https://<path to license file>
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