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Update documentation for vsphere cloud provider. (#1102) 

This update adds the new configuration needed to configure the vsphere cloud provider.
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Ritesh H Shukla 2016-08-30 14:31:38 -07:00 committed by devin-donnelly
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@ -25,10 +25,14 @@ mkdir -p $GOPATH
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
```
4. Install the govc tool to interact with ESXi/vCenter:
4. Install the govc tool to interact with ESXi/vCenter. Head to [govc Releases](https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/releases) to download the latest.
```shell
go get github.com/vmware/govmomi/govc
# Sample commands for v0.8.0 for 64 bit Linux.
curl -OL https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/releases/download/v0.8.0/govc_linux_amd64.gz
gzip -d govc_linux_amd64.gz
chmod +x govc_linux_amd64
mv govc_linux_amd64 /usr/local/bin/govc
```
5. Get or build a [binary release](/docs/getting-started-guides/binary_release)
@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ md5sum -c kube.vmdk.gz.md5
gzip -d kube.vmdk.gz
```
Import this VMDK into your vSphere datastore:
Configure the environment for govc
```shell
export GOVC_URL='hostname' # hostname of the vc
@ -52,9 +56,30 @@ export GOVC_PASSWORD='password' # password for the above username
export GOVC_NETWORK='Network Name' # Name of the network the vms should join. Many times it could be "VM Network"
export GOVC_INSECURE=1 # If the host above uses a self-signed cert
export GOVC_DATASTORE='target datastore'
# To get resource pool via govc: govc ls -l 'host/*' | grep ResourcePool | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -n1 -t govc pool.info
export GOVC_RESOURCE_POOL='resource pool or cluster with access to datastore'
export GOVC_GUEST_LOGIN='kube:kube' # Used for logging into kube.vmdk during deployment.
export GOVC_PORT=443 # The port to be used by vSphere cloud provider plugin
# To get datacente via govc: govc datacenter.info
export GOVC_DATACENTER='ha-datacenter' # The datacenter to be used by vSphere cloud provider plugin
```
Sample environment
```shell
export GOVC_URL='10.161.236.217'
export GOVC_USERNAME='administrator'
export GOVC_PASSWORD='MyPassword1'
export GOVC_NETWORK='VM Network'
export GOVC_INSECURE=1
export GOVC_DATASTORE='datastore1'
export GOVC_RESOURCE_POOL='/Datacenter/host/10.20.104.24/Resources'
export GOVC_GUEST_LOGIN='kube:kube'
export GOVC_PORT='443'
export GOVC_DATACENTER='Datacenter'
```
Import this VMDK into your vSphere datastore:
```shell
govc import.vmdk kube.vmdk ./kube/
```
@ -63,6 +88,7 @@ Verify that the VMDK was correctly uploaded and expanded to ~3GiB:
```shell
govc datastore.ls ./kube/
```
If you need to debug any part of the deployment, the guest login for
the image that you imported is `kube:kube`. It is normally specified
in the GOVC_GUEST_LOGIN parameter above.
@ -110,7 +136,7 @@ going on (find yourself authorized with your SSH key, or use the password
IaaS Provider | Config. Mgmt | OS | Networking | Docs | Conforms | Support Level
-------------------- | ------------ | ------ | ---------- | --------------------------------------------- | ---------| ----------------------------
Vmware vSphere | Saltstack | Debian | OVS | [docs](/docs/getting-started-guides/vsphere) | | Community ([@imkin](https://github.com/imkin))
Vmware vSphere | Saltstack | Debian | OVS | [docs](/docs/getting-started-guides/vsphere) | | Community ([@imkin](https://github.com/imkin)), ([@abrarshivani](https://github.com/abrarshivani)), ([@kerneltime](https://github.com/kerneltime)), ([@kerneltime](https://github.com/luomiao))
For support level information on all solutions, see the [Table of solutions](/docs/getting-started-guides/#table-of-solutions) chart.