VSS Command Line Interface (vss-cli) v2021.8.0 🎉

VSS-CLI v2021.8.0 is available for download via PyPI or GitLab. Latest version includes the following improvements and bug fixes:

Improvements

compute vm mk: new --template option  (#453)

Commands:

• compute vm mk shell
• compute vm mk from-template
• compute vm mk from-spec
• compute vm mk from-clone 
• compute vm mk from-clib

A new --template sets the resulting virtual machine as template. For instance, to duplicate a virtual machine template with a minimal modification:

vss-cli compute vm mk from-template \ 
--source my-template --template \
--description 'slightly modified template' \
--client EIS --os ubuntu64Guest --folder group-v2658 -n PUBLIC \
--disk '{"capacity_gb": 20, "scsi": 0}' --disk '{"capacity_gb": 1024, "scsi": 1}' \
--scsi '{"type": "lsilogic", "bus": 0}' --scsi '{"type": "paravirtual", "bus": 1}' \
my-new-template

compute vm mk: new --cores-per-socket option  (#454)

Commands:

• compute vm mk shell
• compute vm mk from-template
• compute vm mk from-spec
• compute vm mk from-clone 
• compute vm mk from-clib

The --cores-per-socket option allows to define an advanced CPU configuration for a new virtual machine. To calculate virtual machine CPU sockets, divide the number of CPUs by the number of cores per socket.

Creating a virtual machine with 8 CPUs in 2 CPU sockets, the --cores-per-socket value should be 4 as follows:

vss-cli compute vm mk shell \ 
--description 'new virtual machine' \
--cpu 8 --cores-per-socket 4 \
--client EIS --os ubuntu64Guest --folder group-v2658 -n PUBLIC \
--disk '{"capacity_gb": 20, "scsi": 0}' --disk '{"capacity_gb": 1024, "scsi": 1}' \
--scsi '{"type": "lsilogic", "bus": 0}' --scsi '{"type": "paravirtual", "bus": 1}' \
my-new-vm

compute vm set cpu count: --cores-per-socket option  (#455)

To update an existing VM, use the command compute vm set <id> set cpu count --cores-per-socket. For example:

compute vm set vm-3457 cpu count --cores-per-socket 4 8

core: update pyvss from v2021.6.8 to v2021.8.0 (#456)

Bug Fixes

compute vm set controller scsi rm: missing verb in removal confirmation (#452)

Upgrade

Remember, VSS-CLI documentation is now available in VSS-CLI and the full Change Log is available here. Upgrade or install VSS-CLI as follows:

# using vss-cli
vss-cli upgrade 

# upgrade with pip
pip install vss-cli --upgrade

# install
pip install vss-cli 

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