VSS Command Line Interface v0.2.1

VSSCLI v0.2.1 is available for download via PyPI or GitLab. Latest version includes the following improvements: 

Improvements

• We have simplified the command to update virtual machine disks and split the removal, update and creation in subcommands:

  vss compute vm set <uuid> disk Expand source

  vss compute vm set <uuid> disk
  Usage: vss compute vm set disk [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
  
    Manage virtual machine disks. Add, expand and remove virtual disks.
  
  Options:
    --help  Show this message and exit.
  
  Commands:
    mk  Create new disk
    rm  Remove disk from vm
    up  Update disk capacity

• We have simplified the command to update virtual machine network adapters and split the removal, update and creation in subcommands:

  vss compute vm set <uuid> nic Expand source

  vss compute vm set <uuid> nic
  Usage: vss compute vm set nic [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
  
    Add, remove or update virtual machine network adapters
  
    vss compute vm set <uuid> nic mk --network <net-moref>
  
  Options:
    --help  Show this message and exit.
  
  Commands:
    mk  Create NIC unit
    rm  Remove NIC unit
    up  Update NIC unit

• Listing virtual machines gets better by sorting results by uuid, name or if summary is requested by other attributes:

  vss compute vm ls Expand source

  Usage: vss compute vm ls [OPTIONS]
  
    List virtual machine instances.
  
    Filter and sort list by name, ip address dns or path. For example:
  
    vss compute vm ls -f name VM -s -o name
  
  Options:
    -f, --filter <TEXT TEXT>...  filter list by name, ip, dns or path
    -s, --summary                display summary
    -p, --page                   page results in a less-like format
    -n, --no-header              hide header
    -q, --quiet                  display only uuid
    -o, --sort TEXT              sort by name or uuid. If summary is enabled,
                                 sort by more attributes.
    --help                       Show this message and exit.

• Listing ISOs, Floppies or Images can be sorted now by name or path.

Upgrade or install PyVSS as follows:

# upgrade
pip install vsscli --upgrade

# install
pip install vsscli

Docker images available: uofteis/vsscli:py27:

docker run --it -v /tmp:/data \
-e VSS_API_USER=user_here -e VSS_API_USER_PASS=user_pass_here \
-e VSS_DEFAULT_OUTPUT=json \
uofteis/vsscli bash

For more information, please refer to the official documentation site.