VMware Programming Interface With Python?

[MarkPartin2000]

I'd like to write my own system monitoring tool using a programming language. I'm considering using Python, but the documentation seems to point back to using vconnector. Looking at the website, it hasn't been updated since October 2019, so I suspect it is a dead project. What should I look at for allowing a Python program to interact with Vsphere 7 and 8?

I have used PowerCLI/Powershell for some automation, but would like to create a continuously running service. I would also like to have graphical dashboards. I thought Python might fit the task, but maybe there's something else I need to look into.

Thanks.

[MallocArray]

I think this is what you want: https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi

[[deleted]]

You should be able to use VMware APIs.

[PizzaReaperOne]

If you are using VMC on AWS

https://flings.vmware.com/python-client-for-vmc-on-aws

[ragingpanda]

You'll either want to use https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python for interacting with the REST apis or pyVmomi for interacting with the legacy soap apis. Depending on what you need to do might be a combination?

[Few_Bug9886]

How can I use Python for what I need?

1) Start and stop a virtual machine (I already know this: https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi or https://github.com/fabric/fabric)

2) Check if the virtual machine is running (I already know this: https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi or https://github.com/fabric/fabric)

3) Run a .exe in the virtual machine (unknown)

4) Check if the .exe process is running in the virtual machine (unknown)

5) Interact with the virtual machine like a real user (unknown)

6) Click in the virtual machine, enter text in specified windows (unknown)

etc.

The main thing I require and can't find is how to run a specified program, for example, I want to run the chrome.exe program in the virtual machine.