#!/usr/bin/perl -I../lib
=head1 create-vapp-from-template.pl
This example script uses the API to compose a template to a vApp
=head2 Usage
./create-vapp-from-template.pl --username USER --password PASS --orgname ORG --hostname HOST
Orgname is optional. It will default to "System" if not given.
=cut
use Data::Dumper;
use Getopt::Long;
use Term::Prompt;
use VMware::vCloud;
use strict;
my ( $username, $password, $hostname, $orgname );
my $ret = GetOptions ( 'username=s' => \$username, 'password=s' => \$password,
'orgname=s' => \$orgname, 'hostname=s' => \$hostname );
$hostname = prompt('x','Hostname of the vCloud Server:', '', '' ) unless length $hostname;
$username = prompt('x','Username:', '', undef ) unless length $username;
$password = prompt('p','Password:', '', undef ) and print "\n" unless length $password;
$orgname = prompt('x','Orgname:', '', 'System' ) unless length $orgname;
my $vcd = new VMware::vCloud ( $hostname, $username, $password, $orgname, { debug => 1 } );
# Select an Org
my %orgs = $vcd->list_orgs();
my $orgid = &select_one("Select the Org you wish to create a vApp in:",\%orgs,1);
# Select a VDC
my %vdcs = $vcd->list_vdcs($orgname);
my $vdcid = &select_one("Select the Virtual Data Center you wish to create a vApp in:",\%vdcs);
# Select a template
my %templates = $vcd->list_templates();
my $templateid = &select_one("Select the Template you wish to put in your vApp:",\%templates);
# Select network
my %networks = $vcd->list_networks($vdcid);
my $networkid = &select_one("Select the Network you wish the template to use in:",\%networks,1);
# Build the vApp
my $name = 'Example vApp';
my ($task_href,$ret) = $vcd->create_vapp_from_template($name,$vdcid,$templateid,$networkid);
# Wait on task to complete
my ($status,$task) = $vcd->wait_on_task($task_href);
print "\nSTATUS: $status\n";
print "\n" . Dumper($task) if $status eq 'error';
#### Subroutines
# This subroutine quickly handles user input to select items from a hash
sub select_one {
my $message = shift @_;
my %items = %{shift @_};
my @items = sort { lc($items{$a}) cmp lc($items{$b}) } keys %items; # Put the names in alpha order
my $reverse = shift @_;
my $line = '='x80;
my $i = 1;
print "\n$line\n";
for my $item (@items) {
my $label = $reverse ? $item : $items{$item};
print " $i. $label\n";
$i++;
}
my $id = prompt('n',$message, '', undef );
$id -= 1;
return $reverse ? $items{$items[$id]} : $items[$id];
}