vsphere_file_manager

Small CLI utility on top of rbvmomi to upload and download files to/from vcenter datastores

Standard Installation

You will need bundler, if you don't already have that or know what it is then do:

[sudo] gem install bundler

Then run bundle install to install requirements.

Usage

Uploading:

Usage:
  vsphere_file_manager.rb upload local_path remote_path --datacenter=DATACENTER --datastore=DATASTORE --password=PASSWORD --username=USERNAME --vcenter=VCENTER

Options:
  --datacenter=DATACENTER
  --datastore=DATASTORE
  --vcenter=VCENTER
  --username=USERNAME
  --password=PASSWORD
  [--insecure], [--no-insecure]
  [--overwrite], [--no-overwrite]

Upload a file to a datastore

Downloading:

Usage:
  vsphere_file_manager.rb download remote_path local_path --datacenter=DATACENTER --datastore=DATASTORE --password=PASSWORD --username=USERNAME --vcenter=VCENTER

Options:
  --datacenter=DATACENTER
  --datastore=DATASTORE
  --vcenter=VCENTER
  --username=USERNAME
  --password=PASSWORD
  [--insecure], [--no-insecure]

Download a file from a remote datastore

Running with Docker

You first need to build the docker image, then you can use docker run and append your command onto the end of the docker command.

Inside the container the script is linked as /usr/local/bin/vsphere_file_manager and also /usr/local/bin/vfm for convienience.

docker build --rm -t vs_fileman .

docker run --rm -it vs_fileman vfm [command] [options]

Example:

# Get help on a command
  docker run --rm -it vs_fileman vfm help upload