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.

Other Languages

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

Documentation

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

Python Support

• pyVmomi 5.5.0_2014.1 (first 2014 release) and above supports Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3 and 3.4
• pyVmomi 5.5.0 and below supports Python 2.6 and 2.7

Releases

• 5.1.0
• 5.5.0
• Next release in progress 5.5.0_2014.1

Related Projects

• Feature Incubator: pyvmomi-tools
• Samples Project: pyvmomi-community-samples

Have fun!