VMware ESXi 4.1 Integration question

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What license do you have as the free license won't let you make api calls.

Corey

··· On Nov 23, 2012 9:30 AM, "Dominic Kaiser" wrote:

Hey I have an ESXi 4.1 node and want to integrate into foreman. I was
able to add it to compute resources but am not able to bring up virtual
machines list. I wait for hours not difference. Foreman is install on
Centos 6.3 using forman 1.0.1. All the packages are installed for vmware.
All packages at that version also. Am I missing something? I would like
to better document this also since there is some. And I guess a good
question also does ESXi not integrate the same way?

Dominic

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Yes Free License. So that is it. That is good to know. We will be
switching to a paid license soon so that is good to know.

Dominic

··· On Friday, November 23, 2012 9:44:30 AM UTC-5, Corey Osman wrote: > > What license do you have as the free license won't let you make api calls. > > Corey > On Nov 23, 2012 9:30 AM, "Dominic Kaiser" <dku...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> Hey I have an ESXi 4.1 node and want to integrate into foreman. I was >> able to add it to compute resources but am not able to bring up virtual >> machines list. I wait for hours not difference. Foreman is install on >> Centos 6.3 using forman 1.0.1. All the packages are installed for vmware. >> All packages at that version also. Am I missing something? I would like >> to better document this also since there is some. And I guess a good >> question also does ESXi not integrate the same way? >> >> Dominic >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Foreman users" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/foreman-users/-/fWzbeb9F_1QJ. >> To post to this group, send email to forema...@googlegroups.com >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> foreman-user...@googlegroups.com . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/foreman-users?hl=en. >> >
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Another option is to consider oVirt (ovirt.org) as a real alternative

Ohad

··· On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Dominic Kaiser wrote:

Yes Free License. So that is it. That is good to know. We will be
switching to a paid license soon so that is good to know.

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Alternatively you can run in unlicensed mode and have access to all the
enterprise features for 30 days or until you license the product. This
would be a way to get around your issue.

··· On Nov 23, 2012 1:38 PM, "Ohad Levy" wrote:

On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Dominic Kaiser dkudos@gmail.com wrote:

Yes Free License. So that is it. That is good to know. We will be
switching to a paid license soon so that is good to know.

Another option is to consider oVirt (ovirt.org) as a real alternative

Ohad

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Thanks for all the suggestions. I run ovirt 3.1 at a non profit during my
free time. But for the company I work at they only use vmware and redhat
os. So I will try the nightlies first. Do I need just foreman-vmware
package or will this trigger a bunch of dependencies? This is a really
great project and I look forward to provisioning and auditing this way.

Dominic

··· On Nov 23, 2012 9:18 PM, "Corey Osman" wrote:

Alternatively you can run in unlicensed mode and have access to all the
enterprise features for 30 days or until you license the product. This
would be a way to get around your issue.
On Nov 23, 2012 1:38 PM, “Ohad Levy” ohadlevy@gmail.com wrote:

On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Dominic Kaiser dkudos@gmail.com wrote:

Yes Free License. So that is it. That is good to know. We will be
switching to a paid license soon so that is good to know.

Another option is to consider oVirt (ovirt.org) as a real alternative

Ohad

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So I am able to add an ESXi server to compute resources but am not able to
list vms at all. Is that a limitation of vmware integration in ESXi also?
I am using nightly but had to add dev repo also some ruby gems missing in
the nightly FYI.

dk

··· On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Dominic Kaiser wrote:

Thanks for all the suggestions. I run ovirt 3.1 at a non profit during my
free time. But for the company I work at they only use vmware and redhat
os. So I will try the nightlies first. Do I need just foreman-vmware
package or will this trigger a bunch of dependencies? This is a really
great project and I look forward to provisioning and auditing this way.

Dominic
On Nov 23, 2012 9:18 PM, “Corey Osman” corey@logicminds.biz wrote:

Alternatively you can run in unlicensed mode and have access to all the
enterprise features for 30 days or until you license the product. This
would be a way to get around your issue.
On Nov 23, 2012 1:38 PM, “Ohad Levy” ohadlevy@gmail.com wrote:

On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Dominic Kaiser dkudos@gmail.comwrote:

Yes Free License. So that is it. That is good to know. We will be
switching to a paid license soon so that is good to know.

Another option is to consider oVirt (ovirt.org) as a real alternative

Ohad

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Currently I believe that the code in develop requires:

  1. Connecting to vcenter instance rather than directly to a vmware host
  2. managing clusters vs a single host

(Unless Ohad checked in some changes he was testing.)

In addition, I am not sure the full VMWare API is available for folks
using the "free" version. (One may need at a minimum the "essentials"
license.)

These are my initial thoughts, but those that know the details better
may be able to give a more accurate response.

-Brian

··· On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Dominic Kaiser wrote: > So I am able to add an ESXi server to compute resources but am not able to > list vms at all. Is that a limitation of vmware integration in ESXi also? > I am using nightly but had to add dev repo also some ruby gems missing in > the nightly FYI. > > dk > > > On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Dominic Kaiser wrote: >> >> Thanks for all the suggestions. I run ovirt 3.1 at a non profit during my >> free time. But for the company I work at they only use vmware and redhat >> os. So I will try the nightlies first. Do I need just foreman-vmware >> package or will this trigger a bunch of dependencies? This is a really >> great project and I look forward to provisioning and auditing this way. >> >> Dominic >> >> On Nov 23, 2012 9:18 PM, "Corey Osman" wrote: >>> >>> Alternatively you can run in unlicensed mode and have access to all the >>> enterprise features for 30 days or until you license the product. This >>> would be a way to get around your issue. >>> >>> On Nov 23, 2012 1:38 PM, "Ohad Levy" wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Dominic Kaiser >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Yes Free License. So that is it. That is good to know. We will be >>>>> switching to a paid license soon so that is good to know. >>>> >>>> >>>> Another option is to consider oVirt (ovirt.org) as a real alternative >>>> >>>> Ohad >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Foreman users" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to foreman-users@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> foreman-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/foreman-users?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Foreman users" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to foreman-users@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> foreman-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/foreman-users?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Foreman users" group. > To post to this group, send email to foreman-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > foreman-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/foreman-users?hl=en.