VMware vCenter module for Puppet

This module deploys VMware vCenter and manages folders, datacenter, ESX host and clusters.

Installation

The vCenter module depends on the following modules:

• puppetlabs-registry
• puppetlabs-mssql

The modules can be installed via puppet module tool (require version 2.7.14+):

puppet module install puppetlabs/vcenter
Preparing to install into /Users/nan/.puppet/modules ...
Downloading from http://forge.puppetlabs.com ...
Installing -- do not interrupt ...
/Users/nan/.puppet/modules
└─┬ puppetlabs-vcenter (v0.1.0)
  ├─┬ puppetlabs-mssql (v0.1.0)
  │ └── puppetlabs-dism (v0.1.0)
  └── puppetlabs-registry (v0.1.1)

Usage

Parameters:

• media: vCenter installation software media location.
• sql_media: Microsoft SQL installation software media location.
• username: vcenter service account (default: VCENTER).
• password: vcenter service account password (default: 'vC3nt!2008demo'),
• jvm_memory_option: vcenter sql server size, support S, M, L.
• client: install vsphere client software (default: true).

Example:

class vcenter {
  media => 's:\\',
  jvm_memory_option => 'M',
}

If you already have vCenter deployed or are using vCSA, rbvmomi package is the only dependency for vCenter resources:

package { 'rbvmomi':
  ensure   => present,
  provider => 'gem',
}

Vc_folder {
  require => Pakcage['rbvmomi'],
}
...
Vc_host {
  require => Pakcage['rbvmomi'],
}

vc_folder

Manages vCenter folders.

vc_folder { 'lab1':
  path       => '/stumptown_lab1', # namevar
  ensure     => present,
  connection => 'administrator:[email protected]',
}

vc_datacenter

Manages vCenter datacenter.

vc_datacenter { 'dc1':
  path       => '/stumptown_lab1/datacenter1', # namevar
  ensure     => present,
  connection => 'administrator:[email protected]',
}

vc_cluster

Manages vCenter cluster.

vc_cluster { 'cl1':
  path       => '/stumptown_lab1/datacenter1/cluster1', # namevar
  ensure     => present,
  connection => 'administrator:[email protected]',
}

vc_host

Manages vCenter host.

vc_cluster { '192.168.1.1':
  path       => '/stumptown_lab1/datacenter1/cluster1', # namevar
  ensure     => present,
  username   => 'root',  # ESX host username
  password   => 'demo1', # ESX host password
  connection => 'administrator:[email protected]',
}

Export and Collect vc_host resources:

In puppet.conf enable storeconfig to support export resources on the Puppet master. The following section is an example for mysql, see documentation other databases such as puppetdb.

[master]
  storeconfigs         = true
  storeconfigs_backend = mysql
  dbuser               = puppet
  dbpassword           = password
  dbserver             = master.puppetlabs.local

The provision host can export vc_host resources to be managed by vCenter controlled by puppet:

@@vc_host { '192.168.1.1':
  ensure   => 'present',
  username => 'root',
  password => 'demo1',
  tag      => 'beaker',
}

On the puppet master specify where these tags get collected for the vCenter system.

node vcenter.puppetlabs.local {
  vc_folder { '/lab':
    ensure => present,
  }

  vc_datacenter { [ '/lab/ny', '/lab/ca' ]:
    ensure => present,
  }

  vc_cluster { [ '/lab/ny/kermit', '/lab/ca/beaker' ]:
    ensure => present,
  }

  # Collect resource specify path and connection for vc_host:
  Vc_host <<| tag=='kermit' |>> {
    ensure     => present,
    path       => '/lab/ny/kermit',
    connection => 'administrator:[email protected]',
  }

  Vc_host <<| tag=='dc2' |>> {
    ensure     => present,
    path       => '/lab/ca/beaker',
    connection => 'administrator:[email protected]',
  }
}