vmware-automation-container

This repo builds an interactive container to run various VMware automation tooling for use in air-gapped environments for development work.

The container has the following installed:

• Python3
• Ansible
• Terraform
• VMware OVFTOOL

The container build hasn't been pushed to Docker Hub due to the inclusion of the Ovftool which may require licensing.

TODO - check licencing

VMware components included

The following components are installed:

• NSX-T Ansible modules [https://github.com/vmware/ansible-for-nsxt]
• Cloud Director Ansible Modules and Roles [https://github.com/vmware/ansible-module-vcloud-director]
• Cloud Director Cli [http://vmware.github.io/vcd-cli/]
• Terraform providers for the following: [https://registry.terraform.io/search/providers?namespace=vmware]
  • vcd
  • nsxt
  • avi

The Anisble modules and roles are all installed under /usr/share/ansible so should be accessible to Ansible. VMware haven't published them to Galaxy properly hence the manual install.

The Terraform providers have been installed under /root/terraform. Dev work can be performed in that directory.

Container Build

Run ./build.sh the BASH shell will ask for the location of the ovftool to download and the version number you want to tag the image with.

Container Run

sudo docker run -i -t vmware-automation-container:1.0 bash