pyVmomi is the Python SDK for the VMware vSphere API that allows you to manipulate ESX, ESXi, and vCenter.
To get started, check out the samples project at http://vmware.github.io/pyvmomi-community-samples/
- community discussion on IRC freenode.net channels #pyvmomi and #pyvmomi-dev
You can install this as a package. The official release is availabe using pip, just run pip install pyvmomi. To install the version listed here use python setup.py develop for development install or python setup.py install. The master is code that is in development, official releases are tagged and posted to pypi.
There are other bindings of this API in other languages. See:
- vijava (Java): http://vijava.sourceforge.net/
- rbvmomi (Ruby): https://github.com/vmware/rbvmomi
- vSphere SDK for Perl (non-free): https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VSP510-SDKPERL-510&productId=285
For general language neutral documentation of vSphere Management API see: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/index.jsp#com.vmware.wssdk.apiref.doc/right-pane.html
pyVmomi currently supports Python 2.6 and 2.7; support for Python 3.x is currently in progress.
- 5.1.0
- 5.5.0
- Next release in progress 5.5.0_2014.1
- Feature Incubator: pyvmomi-tools
- Samples Project: pyvmomi-community-samples
Have fun!