saltext.vmware.utils.connect#

saltext.vmware.utils.connect.get_service_instance(opts=None, pillar=None, esxi_host=None)[source]#

Connect to VMware service instance

opts: (optional) Any additional options.
pillar: (optional) If specified, allows for a dictionary of pillar data to be made available to pillar and ext_pillar rendering. These pillar variables will also override any variables of the same name in pillar or ext_pillar.
esxi_host: (optional) If specified, retrieves the configured username and password for this host.

Pillar Example:

vmware_config:
    host: 198.51.100.100
    password: ****
    user: @example.com

vmware_config:
    host: 198.51.100.100
    password: ****
    user: @example.com
    esxi_host:
        198.52.100.105:
            user: admin
            password: ***
        198.52.100.106:
            user: admin
            password: ***

saltext.vmware.utils.connect.request(url, method, body=None, token=None, opts=None, pillar=None)[source]#

Make a request to VMware rest api

url: url address for request.
method: Method for api request.
body: Body of the api request.
token: (optional) Api session token for api access, will create new token if not passed.
opts: (optional) Any additional options.
pillar: (optional) If specified, allows for a dictionary of pillar data to be made available to pillar and ext_pillar rendering. These pillar variables will also override any variables of the same name in pillar or ext_pillar.