topic How can I build my own ViPerlToolKit from the "Perl SDK for vsphere" we can download here? in vSphere SDK for Perl Discussions

How can I build my own ViPerlToolKit from the "Perl SDK for vsphere" we can download here?

flowlsj — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 02:32:58 GMT

Hi there,

Did you have any experience on how to build the VIPerlToolKit from the resource here please?

What I want to do is to let people get the new APIs in SDK 6.0 by run "ppm install viperltoolkit", but seems ppm only supports version 5.5 now. Is there any way I can make that work please?

Thanks

Louis

Re: How can I build my own ViPerlToolKit from the "Perl SDK for vsphere" we can download here?

stumpr — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 03:19:56 GMT

Do you mean the new vAPI methods (content library, tagging, etc)... I'm not sure those are in the Perl SDK yet. They are REST and easy to invoke using RestClient or just LWP.

If you just mean the vSphere API 6.0 methods (old SOAP API), you can just do a source install or use the Perl SDK installer.

Sorry if I misunderstood the question.

Re: How can I build my own ViPerlToolKit from the "Perl SDK for vsphere" we can download here?

flowlsj — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 03:32:14 GMT

Hi stumper,

Thanks for your reply! I want to use some vvol related object and methods like "VvolDatastoreInfo" listed here vSphere 6.0 Documentation Center. In my company, we maintain a private repo, so everyone can get the latest APIs by running 'ppm update/install VIPerlToolKit'. We are using Activate Perl, but the VIPerlToolKit it provides always cannot catch up with "Vmware vSphere SDK for Perl". The installer will install additional tools more than we need and it is not efficient for hundreds of users to install, we just want the modules we need to develop Perl program to manage vSphere.

Thanks

Louis