vPi
OVERVIEW AND DEMONSTRATION OF VPI FOR THE RASPBERRY PI
whois
Sean Duffy (@shogan85)
• I blog / write in a few different places…
• shogan.co.uk
• hobbyistcoder.com
• Simple-Talk.com
• I live in the UK, but am originally from South Africa
• I am a VMware/Virtualisation
evangelist/enthusiast and have vExpert status for
2012/2013
• I am actually qualified as a Graphic Designer,
but left the industry to work in IT
• Working as a Consultant / Developer at Xtravirt
Limited
• I <3 memes
Credit: http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2008-09-12/
Raspberry Pi
What exactly is the Raspberry Pi?
• It is not a dessert
• It is, a credit card sized computer,
capable of many things
• Model B has 700 MHz default clock speed
with 512 MB RAM
vPi
• Community supported Image for Raspberry Pi
• Main focus is on VMware Integration
• “Management toolbox” solution
Perl 5.14.2 + CPAN 1.98
VMware vSphere Perl SDK 5.1.0 build 780721
Python 2.7.3
Ruby 1.8.7 & 1.9.3 + Rubygems 1.8.24
Ruby vSphere Console 1.1.0
(http://labs.vmware.com/flings/rvc)
vGhetto Scripts – built as DEB package from William Lam.
Includes a custom vGhetto update script to easily update the
scripts from William’s Sourceforge repository
ESXCLI 5.1 (a special ARM compiled version allowing it to run
on the Raspberry Pi hardware)
vmkfstools 5.1.0
Misc. software: ngnix-light, PPTP Client, ifstat, iftop,
subversion client, tmux
What can we do with vPi?
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Manage VMware Infrastructure
Report
Script
Automate
Monitor
Integrate
Demo
Home Lab environment
Questions
• Feel free to raise hand / ask now
OR
• Xtravirt forums (xtravirt.com/forums)
• Twitter (@shogan85)