Description

Introduction ============ psphere is a Python interface for the `VMware vSphere Web Services SDK`_, a powerful API for programatically managing your VMware infrastructure: * Provision, clone and snapshot virtual machines * Query and configure clusters, host systems and datastores * Programatically configure ESXi hosts (i.e. for automation) psphere can be used to create standalone Python scripts or used as a library in larger Python applications (e.g. Django). Usage ===== >>> from psphere.client import Client >>> client = Client("your.esxserver.com", "Administrator", "strongpass") >>> servertime = client.si.CurrentTime() >>> print(servertime) 2010-09-04 18:35:12.062575 >>> client.logout() Installation ============ The latest stable version of psphere can be installed from PyPi: # pip install -U psphere Community ========= Discussion and support can be found on the `psphere Google Group`_. .. _psphere Google Group: https://groups.google.com/group/psphere .. _VMware vSphere Web Services SDK: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.wssdk.apiref.doc_50/right-pane.html