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

["Van Fossan,Randy" < >]

Hi Jesse,

Well, I got a little farther.  However the option for --cvlan do not
seem to work.   I made sure the VLAN value was correct.   Note: I have
sanitized the values so that I could publicly post the results.


C:\opscode\chef\bin>knife vsphere vm clone --template "CentOS 5.8"
"mytestvm.fqdn" --cvlan "123VLAN" -VV
DEBUG: Using configuration from C:/Users/myacct/.chef/knife.rb
DEBUG: value for config item bootstrap:
DEBUG: value for config item vsphere_host: myvcenter.fqdn
DEBUG: value for config item vshere_path:
DEBUG: value for config item vsphere_port: 443
DEBUG: value for config item vsphere_nossl:
DEBUG: value for config item vsphere_user: myacct
DEBUG: value for config item vsphere_pass: mypassword
DEBUG: value for config item vsphere_insecure: true
DEBUG: value for config item vsphere_dc: myvspheredc
DEBUG: value for config item folder:
DEBUG: value for config item vsphere_dc: myvspheredc
DEBUG: value for config item resource_pool:
DEBUG: value for config item vsphere_dc: myvspheredc
DEBUG: value for config item datastore:
DEBUG: value for config item customization_cpucount:
DEBUG: value for config item customization_memory:
DEBUG: value for config item customization_vlan: 123VLAN
DEBUG: value for config item customization_vlan: 123VLAN
DEBUG: value for config item vsphere_dc: myvspheredc
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/knife-vsphere-0.2.3/li
b/chef/knife/vsphere_vm_clone.rb:256:in `rescue in generate_clo
ne_spec': undefined method `deviceName=' for
#<RbVmomi::VIM::VirtualEthernetCardDistributedVirtualPortBackingInfo:0x4
63e4e0> (NoMethodE
rror)
        from
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/knife-vsphere-0.2.3/li
b/chef/knife/vsphere_vm_clone.rb:251:in `generate_
clone_spec'
        from
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/knife-vsphere-0.2.3/li
b/chef/knife/vsphere_vm_clone.rb:188:in `run'
        from
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.12.0/lib/chef/
knife.rb:402:in `run_with_pretty_exceptions'
        from
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.12.0/lib/chef/
knife.rb:168:in `run'
        from
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.12.0/lib/chef/
application/knife.rb:123:in `run'
        from
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.12.0/bin/knife
:25:in `<top (required)>'
        from C:/opscode/chef/bin/knife:19:in `load'
        from C:/opscode/chef/bin/knife:19:in `<main>'

-----Original Message-----
From: Jesse Campbell 
[mailto:
 
 
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 12:02 PM
To: 

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

the documentation for mixlib::CLI is terrible, and I'm not even sure why
not specifying something after ":long --vshost" switches from a boolean
to a string, given that there is a :boolean element in the option
hash...
still digging...

-jesse

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Van Fossan,Randy 
<
 >
wrote:
> Thanks Jesse, that worked..
>
>   Randy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jesse Campbell 
> [mailto:
 
> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 11:34 AM
> To: 
> 
 
> Subject: [chef] Re: RE: Re: RE: Knife-vSphere plugin (windows)
>
> looks like a bug in BaseVsphereCommand.rb I have changed the relevant 
> section to this:
>
>         option :vsphere_host,
>           :long => "--vshost HOST",
>           :description => "The vsphere host"
>
> You can update your own for now until a new rubygem is created.
>
> What other changes did you need to make to run on windows?
>
> -Jesse
>
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Van Fossan,Randy 
> <
 >
> wrote:
>> 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 
>> [mailto:
 
>> 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: 
>>> '
 '
>>> 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
>>
>>
>
>