FUSION...ORY-ESX(1p)

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version 2.6 · 3 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ NAME ✨

fusioninventory-esx — remote inventory of vCenter / ESX / ESXi, straight from the command line 💖

(The manual page itself is filed under FUSION...ORY-ESX(1p), in case the filename was giving you a lil suspense. It's the fusioninventory-esx page bestie, we made it.)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

fusioninventory-esx --host <host> --user <user> --password <password>
--directory <directory>

💫 Options 💫

  • --help — the menu. it shows you this menu 🫶
  • --host hostname — the ESX server hostname, like the actual name of the machine you're stalking (affectionately)
  • --user username — your user name
  • --password xxxx — your password. yes, on the command line. we don't make the rules 💀
  • --directory directory — where the output goes, your output directory
  • --tag tag — a tag for the inventoried machine, so you can label your lil guy 🏷️

🌟 Advanced options 🌟

these are the extra-credit ones, the ones you don't need until you need them:

  • --dump — also dumps the ESX host's full info datas into a *-hostfullinfo.dump file
  • --dumpfile file — generates one inventory from a *-hostfullinfo.dump file

🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

here's the whole vibe in one line:

% fusioninventory-esx --host myesx --user foo --password bar --directory /tmp

and then — this is the part where it gets good — you can import the .ocs file into your inventory server using the fusioninventory-injector tool. slay 💅

%fusioninventory-injector -v --file /tmp/*.ocs -u https://example/plugins/fusioninventory/

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so fusioninventory-esx creates an inventory of remote ESX/ESXi and vCenter VMware. it talks to the remote server over its SOAP interface — no cap, that's literally how it does it.

Supported systems, the guest list:

  • ESX and ESXi 3.5
  • ESX and ESXi 4.1
  • ESXi 5.0
  • vCenter 4.1
  • vCenter 5.0
⚠️ Active Directory users, bestie, please note: the AD authentication doesn't work. You must create a account on the VMware server. that's the tea, no workaround on this page 🙈

💀 LIMITATION 💀

so far, ESX serial number are not collected. that's just... where we're at right now 😭 (it says so far, so like, main character growth is possible, but don't quote me)

🔥 SECURITY 🔥

The SSL hostname check of the server is disabled. yeah. that one. now you know 💀

okay that's the whole page bestie, you ate it, you understood it, iconic behavior 👑

this lil beauty shipped as part of the User Contributed Perl Documentation, running on perl v5.38.2, dated 2024-05-15 🎀✨ go forth and inventory 🦋

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