tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post4670992719158153174..comments2023-11-01T18:25:49.063+01:00Comments on VMware Front Experience: Building a self-configuring nested ESXi host vAppAndreas Peetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918778845056237847noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-88060974713954912492016-01-26T10:35:36.087+01:002016-01-26T10:35:36.087+01:00Hi Anonymous,
there should be a ProductSection in...Hi Anonymous,<br /><br />there should be a ProductSection in the ovf XML file<br />if you have filled in the product related properties of the VM as shown in the 4th picture of my post (vApp options / Advanced).<br /><br />AndreasAndreas Peetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918778845056237847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-4488421865552085162016-01-26T09:13:10.637+01:002016-01-26T09:13:10.637+01:00Hi Andreas,
One question here: we are facing one ...Hi Andreas,<br /><br />One question here: we are facing one issue that after export the VM to ova file, there is no "ProductSection" inside the ova/ovf. Is this normal behavior ? <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-2288380498863027752014-07-24T12:40:31.213+02:002014-07-24T12:40:31.213+02:00Hi Anonymous,
I'm not sure what you are askin...Hi Anonymous,<br /><br />I'm not sure what you are asking for. The only Python script that I wrote is already in the blog post (script lines 13-22). It does not handle static IPs though, so you have to add this part yourself.<br /><br />AndreasAndreas Peetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918778845056237847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-33035081858224881702014-07-24T12:18:09.384+02:002014-07-24T12:18:09.384+02:00Hi,
Since I'm planing to set up a nested lab ...Hi, <br />Since I'm planing to set up a nested lab with few esxi-hosts, it would be great to be able to deploy the hosts as from a ovf template. <br /><br />Could you share your python script, so I can set up static ips?<br /><br />I would really appreciate it :)<br /><br />Cheers Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-69028065170413195242014-02-27T08:08:53.312+01:002014-02-27T08:08:53.312+01:00Hi den(?),
the only startup script that will be p...Hi den(?),<br /><br />the only startup script that will be preserved by default is /etc/rc.local.d/local.sh. So you need to paste your code into <i>this</i> file instead of creating an extra script. This is how I did it, and it works fine.<br /><br />AndreasAndreas Peetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918778845056237847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-62730870878967990752014-02-26T01:47:56.206+01:002014-02-26T01:47:56.206+01:00Hi again
I have successfully managed to create a p...Hi again<br />I have successfully managed to create a python script that reads the ovf environment info and set things like hostname , ip dns and so on ..you can actually change anything based on the ovf info. The problem I now have is how to start/launch the ovf script at the end of esxi boot ! Can you suggest anything please? Perhaps I could launch it from within the local.sh script but how?<br />Does your ESX customizer remove entries in this file because eveytime I add and entry into local.sh it seems to get deleted either during or after boot so it never executes :( Please helpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-72366766120389987142014-02-23T23:14:59.029+01:002014-02-23T23:14:59.029+01:00Wow great work indeed ..thank you!
I was hoping yo...Wow great work indeed ..thank you!<br />I was hoping you could help with configuring a static ip address inside the esxi host. I have manged to see how the property for hostname gets typed in when I deploy the vApp and I decided to try adding an 'ip' option to hopefully assign an IP address. Please could you elaborate on how it could or would be done with an example or two ? <br />Another question is where do you find the settings for all the options that are possible for the vApp options to pass to the vm and how is it passed. I'm not quite sure how you and why you are using the python script nor its use or need.<br />kind regards<br />Dendenhttp://den.comnoreply@blogger.com