VMware vSphere
Creates machines on a VMware vSphere Virtual Infrastructure. The machine must have a working vSphere ESXi installation. You can use a paid license or free 60 day trial license. Your installation may also include an optional VCenter server. $ docker-machine create --driver vmwarevsphere --vmwarevsphere-username=user --vmwarevsphere-password=SECRET vm
Options:
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--vmwarevsphere-username
: required vSphere Username. -
--vmwarevsphere-password
: required vSphere Password. -
--vmwarevsphere-cpu-count
: CPU number for Docker VM. -
--vmwarevsphere-memory-size
: Size of memory for Docker VM (in MB). -
--vmwarevsphere-disk-size
: Size of disk for Docker VM (in MB). -
--vmwarevsphere-boot2docker-url
: URL for boot2docker image. -
--vmwarevsphere-vcenter
: IP/hostname for vCenter (or ESXi if connecting directly to a single host). -
--vmwarevsphere-vcenter-port
: vSphere Port for vCenter. -
--vmwarevsphere-network
: Network where the Docker VM will be attached. -
--vmwarevsphere-datastore
: Datastore for Docker VM. -
--vmwarevsphere-datacenter
: Datacenter for Docker VM (must be set toha-datacenter
when connecting to a single host). -
--vmwarevsphere-pool
: Resource pool for Docker VM. -
--vmwarevsphere-hostsystem
: vSphere compute resource where the docker VM will be instantiated (use /* or / if using a cluster).
The VMware vSphere driver uses the latest boot2docker image.
Environment variables and default values:
CLI option | Environment variable | Default |
---|---|---|
--vmwarevsphere-username | VSPHERE_USERNAME | - |
--vmwarevsphere-password | VSPHERE_PASSWORD | - |
--vmwarevsphere-cpu-count | VSPHERE_CPU_COUNT | 2 |
--vmwarevsphere-memory-size | VSPHERE_MEMORY_SIZE | 2048 |
--vmwarevsphere-boot2docker-url | VSPHERE_BOOT2DOCKER_URL | Latest boot2docker url |
--vmwarevsphere-vcenter | VSPHERE_VCENTER | - |
--vmwarevsphere-vcenter-port | VSPHERE_VCENTER_PORT | 443 |
--vmwarevsphere-disk-size | VSPHERE_DISK_SIZE | 20000 |
--vmwarevsphere-network | VSPHERE_NETWORK | - |
--vmwarevsphere-datastore | VSPHERE_DATASTORE | - |
--vmwarevsphere-datacenter | VSPHERE_DATACENTER | - |
--vmwarevsphere-pool | VSPHERE_POOL | - |
--vmwarevsphere-hostsystem | VSPHERE_HOSTSYSTEM | - |
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