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List of VMware CLIs, SDKs & DevOps Tools

01.05.2015 by William Lam // 1 Comment

A frequent question that I get asked from customers and new developers that are looking to get started with VMware Automation is what CLIs (command-line interfaces) or SDKs (programing/scripting specific languages) are available for them to use? I know it is not always easy to find out what is available on the VMware.com website and some times I even have trouble browsing for all the right information as it is located in many different places. I figure it would be helpful not only for myself but also for others if I put together a list of the various VMware CLIs, SDKs and even some of the new DevOps Tools that VMware has been working on that are available to our customers/developers and partners. I have also included a couple of community tools that I think are pretty interesting. If there are others that you think I should add to the list, feel free and leave a comment.

Note: This is by no means a comprehensive list of every single VMware product/toolkit as there are many many more, including gated SDKs specifically for our partner eco-system. For more details on those API/SDKs, be sure to check out the VMware Developer Center.

UPDATE (4/20) - VMware now has an Open Source page on Github http://vmware.github.io/

VMware Cloud Native Apps:

  • VMware Photon
  • VMware Lightwave

VMware DevOps Tools:

  • VMware Docker Machine
  • VMware boot2docker
  • Packer vmware-ovf post processor
  • open-vmdk
  • Vagrant plugin for Photon

vCloud Air:

  • CLIs
    • RaaS (Recovery as a Service) CLI
    • vCloud Air CLI
  • SDKs
    • vCloud Air SDK for Go
    • vCloud Air SDK for Python
  • DevOps Tools
    • Vagrant vCloud Air Provider

vCloud Director:

  • CLIs
    • vCloud Director Tenant and Provider PowerCLI
  • SDKs
    • vCloud Director SDK for .NET
    • vCloud Director SDK for Java
    • vCloud Director SDK for PHP
  • DevOps Tools
    • Vagrant vCloud Director Provider

vSphere:

  • CLIs
    • govc CLI
    • vSphere CLI
    • vSphere PowerCLI
    • vSphere RVC CLI
    • vSphere ovftool CLI
    • vSphere PVC CLI
  • SDKs
    • vSphere SDK for .NET
    • vSphere SDK for Go (govmomi)
    • vSphere SDK for Java
    • vSphere SDK for Perl
    • vSphere SDK for Python (pyvmomi)
    • vSphere SDK for Ruby (rbvmomi)
    • vSphere SDK for JavaScript
    • VSAN Management SDK for .NET
    • VSAN Management SDK for Java
    • VSAN Management SDK for Python
    • VSAN Management SDK for Ruby
  • DevOps Tools
    • VMware Library Puppet Module
    • VMware vCNS Puppet Module
    • VMware vCenter Server Appliance Puppet Module
    • VMware vCenter Server Puppet Module
    • Vagrant Rbvmomi Provider
    • Vagrant vCenter Server Provider

vRealize Management Suite:

  • CLIs
    • vRealize Cloud Client CLI
    • vRealize Automation Center CLI
  • SDKs
    • vRealize Automation SDK for Java
    • vReazlie Orchestrator Plug-In SDK

VMware Community Tools:

  • Vagrant vCenter Simulator Provider
  • Docker Plugin for VMware vRealize Orchestrator
  • VMware VIX API in Go
  • vcloud-tools

Categories // Automation, Cloud Native, vCloud Air, vRealize Suite, vSphere Tags // api, cli, DevOps, Docker, Packer, sdk, Vagrant

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William is Distinguished Platform Engineering Architect in the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Division at Broadcom. His primary focus is helping customers and partners build, run and operate a modern Private Cloud using the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) platform.

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