VMware vSphere Python SDK
Project description
pyVmomi is the Python SDK for the VMware vSphere API that allows you to manage ESX, ESXi, and vCenter.
Getting Started
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
community email is on nabble
Installing
The master is code that is in development, official releases are tagged and posted to pypi
The official release is availabe using pip, just run pip install pyvmomi.
To install the version in github use python setup.py develop for development install or python setup.py install.
Contributing
Research open issues
Follow the contribution standards
Coordinate with other developers on the project.
Documentation
For general language neutral documentation of vSphere Management API see:
Python Support
pyVmomi 5.5.0-2014.1 and later support Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3 and 3.4
pyVmomi 5.5.0 and below support Python 2.6 and 2.7
Compatibility Policy
pyVmomi versions are marked vSphere_version _separator_release . Pyvmomi maintains minimum backward compatibility with the previous _four_ releases of vSphere and it’s own previous four releases. Compatibility with much older versions may continue to work but will not be actively supported.
For example, version v5.5.0_2014.1 is most compatible with vSphere 5.5, 5.1, 5.0, and 4.1 and was the first release in 2014. Initial releases compatible with a version of vSphere will bare a naked version number of v5.5.0 indicating that version of pyVmomi was released simultaneously with the GA version of vSphere with the same version number.
Releases
5.5.0 release notes https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/compare/v5.1.0…v5.5.0
5.5.0_2014.1 release notes https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/compare/v5.5.0…v5.5.0_2014.1
Next release in progress 5.5.0_2014.2
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