vsphere-automation-sdk-python/samples/vsphere/contentlibrary/README.md

This directory contains samples for Content Library APIs:

* CRUD operations on a content library                                                                                  - crud/library_crud.py
* Updating content of a content library item                                                                            - contentupdate/content_update.py
* Workflow to deploy an OVF library item to a resource pool                                                             - ovfdeploy/deploy_ovf_template.py
* Workflows to import an OVF package into a content library, and download of an OVF template from a content library     - ovfimport/ovf_import_export.py
* Basic workflow to publish and subscribe content libraries                                                             - publishsubscribe/library_publish_subscribe.py
* Workflow to capture a virtual machine into a content library                                                          - vmcapture/vm_template_capture.py
* Content library ISO item mount and unmount workflow                                                                   - isomount/iso_mount.py
* Create a library item containing a native VMware virtual machine template                                             - vmtemplate/create_vm_template.py
* Deploy a virtual machine from a library item containing a native VMware virtual machine template                      - vmtemplate/deploy_vm_template.py

Running the samples

$ python <sample-dir>/<sample>.py --server <vCenter Server IP> --username <username> --password <password> <additional-sample-parameters>

The additional sample parameters are as follows (all parameters can be displayed for any sample using option --help)

* library_crud.py               --datastorename <datastore-name>
* content_update.py             --datastorename <datastore-name>
* deploy_ovf_template.py        --clustername <cluster-name>  --libitemname <ovf-item-name>
* ovf_import_export.py          --datastorename <datastore-name>
* library_publish_subscribe.py  --datastorename <datastore-name>
* vm_template_capture.py        --datastorename <datastore-name> --vmname <vm-name>
* iso_mount.py                  --datastorename <datastore-name> --vmname <vm-name>
* create_vm_template.py         --datastorename <datastore-name> --vmname <vm-name>
* deploy_vm_template.py         --itemname <item-name> --datacentername <datacenter-name> --foldername <folder-name>  --resourcepoolname <resource-pool-name> --datastorename <datastore-name>

• Testbed Requirement:
  • 1 vCenter Server
  • 2 ESX hosts
  • 1 datastore
  • Some samples need a VM or an OVF library item created as mentioned above