IBM::VCenter::Server

This resource type represents a server on VMware vCenter. It extends the type OS::Nova::Server.

The blueprint uses the core properties and extended properties, if any, from this resource type. Review and configure the applicable heat resources that apply to your configuration information.

In the blueprint designer, you can configure the properties that the following table includes. Properties are listed as either core or extended. Each type of property is located in separate sections of the heat resource that you can view in the blueprint designer. You set the core properties in the properties section and set the extended properties in the metadata section of the blueprint.

Table 1. Properties
Name Type Required Core or extended Description
admin_pass String False Core The administrator password for the vCenter server.
admin_user String False Core Name of the administrative user to use on the vCenter server. This property will be removed from Juno in favor of the default cloud-init user that is set up for each image (for example, "ubuntu" for Ubuntu 12.04+, "fedora" for Fedora 19+ and "cloud-user" for CentOS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5).
availability_zone String False Core Name of the availability zone for vCenter server placement.
block_device_mapping List False Core Block device mappings for this vCenter server.
block_device_mapping_v2 List False Core Block device mappings for this vCenter server.
cluster String False Extended The cluster to put the VM in.
config_drive String False Core Value for config drive either boolean, or volume-id.
customization_spec String False Extended The customization specification of the virtual machine. The information is set in the vSphere environment.
datastore String False Extended The datastore to put the VM in.
destination_folder String False Core The folder to put the image in on the vCenter server.
destination_folder String False Extended The destination folder to put the VM in.
diskConfig String False Extended Controls how the disk is partitioned when the vCenter server is created. Valid values are AUTO and MANUAL.
disk_type String False Core Defines the vm disk type as thick or thin.
flavor String True Core The ID or name of the flavor to boot onto.
flavor_update_policy String False Core Policy governing how to apply a flavor update; either by requesting a server resize or by replacing the entire vCenter server. Valid values are RESIZE and REPLACE.
image String False Core The ID or name of the image to boot with.
image_update_policy String False Core Policy governing how to apply an image-id update; either by requesting a server rebuild or by replacing the entire vCenter server. Valid values are
  • REPLACE (the default)
  • REBUILD
  • REBUILD_PRESERVE_EPHEMERAL
key_name String False Core Name of key pair to inject into the vCenter server.
metadata Map False Core Arbitrary key/value metadata to store for this vCenter server. Both keys and values must be 255 characters or less. Non-string values are serialized to JSON (and the serialized string must be 255 characters or less). See Table 2 .
name String False Core vCenter server name.
networks List False Core An ordered list of NICs to be added to this vCenter server, with information about connected networks, fixed IP addresses, and ports.
personality Map False Core A map of files to create or overwrite on the vCenter server at boot time. Keys are file names and values are the file contents.
reservation_id String False Core A UUID for the set of vCenter servers requested.
resource_pool String False Extended The resource pool to put the VM in.
scheduler_hints Map False Core Arbitrary key-value pairs that are specified by the client to help boot a vCenter server.
security_groups List False Core List of security group names or IDs. Cannot be used if Neutron ports are associated with this vCenter server; assign security groups to the ports instead.
software_config_transport String False Core Specifies how the vCenter server receives the metadata that is required for software configuration. POLL_SERVER_CFN (the default) allows calls to the Cloud Formation API action DescribeStackResource authenticated with the provided key pair. POLL_SERVER_HEAT allows calls to the Heat API action resource-show by using the provided keystone credentials.
ssh_key String False Extended The path to an SSH private key to authenticate with.
ssh_username String False Extended The user used to ssh into the vCenter server.
subnet_id String False Extended The subnet to launch the instance in.
user_data String False Core User data script to be run by cloud-init.
user_data_format String False Core How the user_data is formatted for the vCenter server. For HEAT_CFNTOOLS (the default), the user_data is bundled as part of the heat-cfntools cloud-init boot configuration data. For RAW, the user_data is passed to Nova unmodified. For SOFTWARE_CONFIG, the user_data is bundled as part of the software configuration data, and metadata is derived from any associated SoftwareDeployment resources.
Table 2. metadata
Property Type Required Description
os_type String False Used to control script-based behavior that may rely on OS-specific constructs such as bash vs. powershell. Valid values are:
  • Windows (default)
  • Linux
Table 3. Attributes
Name Description
accessIPv4 The manually assigned alternative public IPv4 address of the vCenter server.
accessIPv6 The manually assigned alternative public IPv6 address of the vCenter server.
addresses A dict of all network addresses with corresponding port_id values.
first_address A convenience attribute to fetch the first assigned network address or an empty string if nothing is assigned. The result might not be predictable if the vCenter server has addresses from more than one network.
console_urls URLs of a server's consoles. To get a specific console type, the requested type can be specified as a parameter to the get_attr function, e.g. get_attr: [server, console_urls, novnc. Currently supported types are novnc, xvpvnc, spice-html5, rdp-html5, and serial.
instance_name The AWS compatible instance name.
name The name of the vCenter server.
networks A dict of assigned network addresses of the form: {\"public\": [ip1, ip2...], \"private\": [ip3, ip4]}.
show A dict of all vCenter server details as returned by the API.