Get VM external IP from vCloud

[virtualportal]

I am looking to get the External IP of a Specific VM in a vApp.

The VM is connected to a vApp Network which is routed. In the GUI I can see that by default every VM in the vApp gets an external address and can see it on the GUI.

I have also found the method externalIP on  the scripting class VclNatOneToOneVmRule, in the "Search API" function of vCO. I am just not sure how to ensure that I am specifying the correct VM and how to go about getting this information.

I currently have the following information avaialble to run the query:

vm id

Vcloud:vApp object

Vcloud:Nm object

I can probably get more but I am guessing i need to find the vApp network and then find the rules and filter on VMid or something. I couldnt find a scripting class for Vcloud:VappNetwork.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[cdecanini_]

Hi,

Try this:

vm.updateInternalState();
var externalIps = new Array();
var networkConnectionSection = vm.getNetworkConnectionSection();
var networkConnections = networkConnectionSection.networkConnection.enumerate();
for each (var networkConnection in networkConnections) {
    var externalIp = networkConnection.externalIpAddress;
    if (externalIp != null) {
        externalIps.push(externalIp);
    }
}
return externalIps;

Christophe.

[efelton]

Hello Christophe

Thank you for this code example.  I have used to to get the external IP address of a VM in a vApp.

Here is my final javascipt code that inside a larger workflow that clones a vApp and then returns the IP address of the VMs.

IPaddresses = [];
internalVAppChildren = internalVapp.getChildrenVms();
internalVAppChildrenNumber = internalVAppChildren.length;
System.log("Number of VMs in VApp: "  + internalVAppChildrenNumber);


for (var i=0; i < internalVAppChildren.length; i++) {
  System.log("i: "+ i);


  internalTheVM = internalVAppChildren[i];

  System.log("VM: " +internalTheVM);
  System.log("VM name: " +internalTheVM.name);
  System.log("VM description: " +internalTheVM.description);

  var networkConnectionSection = System.getModule("com.vmware.library.vCloud.operation").getNetworkConnectionSectionVM(internalTheVM);  
  System.log("networkConnectionSection: "+ networkConnectionSection);
  System.log("networkConnectionSection.length: "+ networkConnectionSection.length);

  var networkConnections = networkConnectionSection.networkConnection.enumerate();  
  for each (var networkConnection in networkConnections) {  
  var externalIp = networkConnection.externalIpAddress;  
     if (externalIp != null) {  
  IPaddresses.push(externalIp);
  System.log("externalIp "+ externalIp);
    }  
  }//For each (var networkConnection in networkConnections) 
}//for (var i=0; i < internalVAppChildren.length; i++)