[chef] RE: Re: RE: Knife-vSphere plugin (windows)

["Van Fossan,Randy" < >]

Hi Jesse,

The following does not work, I get the error "can't convert true into
String"

# knife vsphere -u myaccount -p mypassword --vshost myhost.fqdn -d
"mydatacenter" --vsinsecure vm list
# ERROR: TypeError: can't convert true into String

If I change my knife.rb to include  "knife[:vsphere_host] =
"myhost.fqdn" "  and then run the following, it works.
# knife vsphere -u myaccount -p mypassword -d "mydatacenter"
--vsinsecure vm list

I need to be able to specify the --vshost as we have many Virtual Center
Servers.

I looked at the code here:
https://github.com/ezrapagel/knife-vsphere/blob/master/lib/chef/knife/Ba
seVsphereCommand.rb

Randy

-----Original Message-----
From: Jesse Campbell 
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Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 10:55 AM
To: 

 
Subject: [chef] Re: RE: Knife-vSphere plugin (windows)

What have you had work vs. not work?
I'm pretty sure I tested both of those options back when I coded them,
but it was many months ago, and I currently only test on mac os...
but documentation around the "option" specifications is sparse or
nonexistent, so some pieces may have been missed.

however, what variable is missing in what you posted? the first option
sets config[:vsphere_dc], the second option sets config[:vsphere_host]

-jesse


On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Van Fossan,Randy 
<
 >
wrote:
> Well, I spoke too soon.   I thought I tried the --vshost correctly
but, I still had the entry in my knife.rb file for the vsphere_host.
Looking at the source for knife-vsphere; specifically, the
BaseVsphereCommand.rb file, it shows the --vshost but it doesn't look
like it is coded correctly.?.?.?
>
> If you look at the vsphere_dc section versus the vsphere_host section,
it looks like a variable is missing.?.?.?
>
>   option :vsphere_dc,
>        :short => "-d DATACENTER",
>        :long => "--vsdc DATACENTER",
>        :description => "The Datacenter for vsphere"
>
>   option :vsphere_host,
>       :long => "--vshost",
>       :description => "The vsphere host"
>
> Anyone concur?
>
> Randy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Van Fossan,Randy
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 2:12 PM
> To: 
> '
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> Subject: RE: Knife-vSphere plugin (windows)
>
> After looking at the source, I see you can specify the Datacenter and
vSphere host.  I tried it "-d" and --vshost options and they do work.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Van Fossan,Randy
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 1:59 PM
> To: 
> '
 '
> Subject: Knife-vSphere plugin (windows)
>
> All,
>
> I am having some success with the knife-vsphere (0.2.3) plugin in
windows.  We have the Chef 0.10.12 Omnibus package for Windows installed
and we then installed the knife-vsphere plugin.     The plugin seems to
work ok  in windows after I did a little gem cleanup..   My question is,
is there a way to pass the vsphere_dc and vspere_host via the command
line?   I have tried setting windows environment variables as follows
and it isn't working.
>
> vsphere_host="mvcenter.fqdn"
> vshrere_dc="mydatacenter"
>
> We have many Data Centers on multiple Virtual Center servers.
>
> We need to run knife-vsphere on a windows chef management console due
to using VMware Orchestrator and PowerCLI as a wrapper around the "knife
vsphere" command.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>   Randy