From d037bdd4bf1eaef6da3ac99e570b728fb736d400 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Fleckenstein Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 20:09:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update vsphere tutorial to reflect non-free requirement The guide updated in this commit does not work for the free version of ESXi due to the fact that any write operation fails with the error message "Current license or ESXi version prohibits execution of the requested operation." See http://www.doublecloud.org/2011/01/free-esxi-and-apicli-support/ for discussion on the limitations of vSphere's API. --- docs/getting-started-guides/vsphere.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/vsphere.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/vsphere.md index 4816cf5599..0e98968bda 100644 --- a/docs/getting-started-guides/vsphere.md +++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/vsphere.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ convenient). ### Prerequisites -1. You need administrator credentials to an ESXi machine or vCenter instance. +1. You need administrator credentials to an ESXi machine or vCenter instance with write mode api access enabled (not available on the free ESXi license). 2. You must have Go (see [here](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/{{page.githubbranch}}/docs/devel/development.md#go-versions) for supported versions) installed: [www.golang.org](http://www.golang.org). 3. You must have your `GOPATH` set up and include `$GOPATH/bin` in your `PATH`.