Adding ESXPASSWORD as commandline argument. ESXPassword cannot be hardcoded in testbed.py file since ESX doesnt have default password

Signed-off-by: Pavan Bidkar <[email protected]>

Adding ESXPASSWORD as commandline argument. ESXPassword cannot be hardcoded in testbed.py file since ESX doesnt have default password

Signed-off-by: Pavan Bidkar <[email protected]>

Author: pgbidkar

samples/vsphere/vcenter/setup/main.py

@@ -49,9 +49,12 @@
     _testbed.config['ESX_HOST1'] = args.esxhost1
 if (args.esxhost2):
     _testbed.config['ESX_HOST2'] = args.esxhost2
+if (args.esxpassword):
+    _testbed.config['ESX_PASS'] = args.esxpassword
 if (args.nfsserver):
     _testbed.config['NFS_HOST'] = args.nfsserver
 
+
 print(_testbed.to_config_string())
 
 # Connect to VIM API Endpoint on vCenter system

samples/vsphere/vcenter/setup/setup_cli.py

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def build_arg_parser():
     -server, --vcenterserver
     -e1, --esxhost1
     -e2, --esxhost2
+    -epass, --esxpassword
     -n,  --nfsserver
 
     """
@@ -100,6 +101,11 @@ def build_arg_parser():
                         help='ESX HOST 2 IP to prepare the testbed to run the samples.'
                              'If not passed as argument, update testbed.py file')
 
+    parser.add_argument('-epass', '--esxpassword',
+                        action='store',
+                        help='ESX Server password'
+                             'If not passed as argument, update testbed.py file')
+
     parser.add_argument('-n', '--nfsserver',
                         action='store',
                         help='NFS Server IP to setup datastore for samples run.'