Intro

The purpose of this milestone is going to be creating a powershell module that is capable of executing something.

I followed this guide for downloading and setting up a license key.

Powershell Code

Deliverable Video

• Requirements for Milestone 5

  • license vcenter and vsphere/esxi using these instructions
  • Install vscode on xubuntu-wan as well as the powershell extension
  • Build a module skeleton as described here
  • Implement or improve upon the functions demonstrated
  • Using what you know about PowerCLI now add functions to your 480Utils.psm1 module that allow you to do the following:
    • Create a linked or full clone

Note, a full clone should be made from the "Base Snapshot" (which implies you create a temporary linked clone). This is ideal for "live systems" that have a base snapshot in them like Server 2019 or vyos.

• A linked clone from the "Base" snapshot
• Gather other parameters either interactively (Read-Host) or via your configuration file.
• The esxi server on which this clone is to run
• The datastore where the clone should be stored
• It makes sense to ask the user the name of the new clone
• You should fail gracefully and let the user know if any parameters are in error. Optional Features
• set the new vm's network adapters to a network of your choice.
• power the vm on

My notes for this milestone are all uploaded via github desktop to the code section of my tech journal.