SUSE / vcloud_upload

VMware vCloud(tm) OVF uploader

VMware vCloud(TM) OVF uploader [vcloud_uploader]

Please read the complete README before you start!

How to use it

You can use the vcloud_upload on two different ways. No worry about the version, vcloud_upload supports 1.0 and 1.5 and took the right one automatically.

In both cases you have to initialize an vcloud_upload Client with you login data's. After that it is important to select a virtual datacenter(vDC) and a catalog. With these information you can upload an OVF.

The unsafe way look like this:

require 'vcloud_upload'

client = VCloudUpload::Client.new('Username', 'Organisation', 'Password', 'vcd1.examplehost.com')


puts "Choose a vDC:\n"
i = 0
client.each(:vdc) do |vdc|
  i += 1
  puts "#{i.to_s}. #{vdc.name} \n"
end
i = gets.chomp.to_i

puts "Choose a catalog:\n"
j = 0
client.each(:catalog) do |item|
  j += 1
  puts "#{j.to_s}. #{item.name}"
end
j = gets.chomp.to_i

client.upload_ovf(client.each(:vdc)[i-1].link, client.each(:catalog)[j-1].link, 'Name of your VM', 'OVFFilename', 'path/to/the/ovf', {:description => 'a random description'})

client.logout

When you know you could forget the client.logout, then try this one:

require 'vcloud_upload'

VCloudUpload::Client.session('Username', 'Organisation', 'Password', 'vcd1.examplehost.com') do |client|

  puts "Choose a vDC:\n"
  i = 0
  client.each(:vdc) do |vdc|
    i += 1
    puts "#{i.to_s}. #{vdc.name} \n"
  end
  i = gets.chomp.to_i

  puts "Choose a catalog:\n"
  j = 0
  client.each(:catalog) do |item|
    j += 1
    puts "#{j.to_s}. #{item.name}"
  end
  j = gets.chomp.to_i

  client.upload_ovf(client.each(:vdc)[i-1].link, client.each(:catalog)[j-1].link, 'Name of your VM', 'OVFFilename', 'path/to/the/ovf', {:description => 'a random description', :blocksize => 12000000}) do |status|
    puts status
  end

end

It is very import that you use the Client.logout method, because the application can throw an Error on the upload.

For more read the documentation.

License

Copyright (C) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH.

vcloud_upload is licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.