VSS Command Line Interface v0.4.7

VSSCLI v0.4.7 is available for download via PyPI or GitLab. Latest version includes the following improvements and bug fixes:

• Improvements

  • Default docker image uofteis/vsscli:latest switched to Python 3 (latest):

    docker run --rm -it uofteis/vsscli:latest sh
    / # python -V
    Python 3.7.0
    / # vss --version
    vsscli/0.4.7 pyvss/0.9.24

  • Provide current endpoint in prompt and message vss shell :

    vss shell
    
        __   _____ ___
        \ \ / / __/ __|      API Endpoint: https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca
         \ V /\__ \__ \      Tab-completion & suggestions
          \_/ |___/___/      Prefix external commands with "!"
           CLI v0.4.7        History is saved: /Users/josem/.vss/history
    
        Exit shell with :exit, :q, :quit, ctrl+d
    
    vss (vss-api) >

  • Display NIC information before deleting device vss compute vm set nic rm:

    vss compute vm set <uuid> nic rm 1
    Network adapter:	1
    Mac address:		00:50:56:1a:2b:5e
    Network:		VL-0000-VLAN-MGMT (dvportgroup-12345)
    Connected:		True
    
    Are you sure you want to delete listed NICs [y/N]:

  • Check for updates when generating a new access token with any command vss:

    vss account get status
    Update available 0.4.6 -> 0.4.7. Run vss upgrade to install latest.
    
    active              : Yes
    created_on          : 2016-05-13 Fri 16:45:51 EDT
    ip_address          : 142.150.131.102
    last_access         : 2018-07-31 Tue 16:42:23 EDT
    updated_on          : 2018-07-31 Tue 16:42:23 EDT
    
    
    vss account get status
    Running latest version 0.4.7.
    
    active              : Yes
    updated_on          : 2018-07-31 Tue 15:42:16 EDT
    created_on          : 2016-05-13 Fri 16:45:51 EDT
    ip_address          : 142.150.131.101
    last_access         : 2018-07-31 Tue 15:42:16 EDT

• Bug fixes
  • Fixed doc issue in Deploy Instance from image.
  • Fixed issue with Python 2 and 3 on Alpine Linux Segmentation Fault using vss stor commands.

Upgrade or install PyVSS as follows:

# using vsscli
vss upgrade

# upgrade with pip
pip install vsscli --upgrade

# install
pip install vsscli

Docker images available: uofteis/vsscli:py2 and uofteis/vsscli:py3:

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.