Home Assistant Switch to start/shutdown VmWare ESXi VM

switch.yaml

# needs SSH active on ESXi host
# needs SSH public key from HomeAssistant in ESXi ssh authorized_keys config '/etc/ssh/keys-<username>/authorized_keys' Have a look here: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1002866
# get VM ID on ESXi commandline by 'vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms' You need to set this in the scripts commands where 00 is shown
# needs VMware Tools installed on the VM you want to control 
# change in Switch: ESXi ip address, VM ID, switch name and switch friendly name 

switch:

  # https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/switch.command_line/
  - platform: command_line
    switches:
      windows11_vm:
        friendly_name: Windows 11 VM
        command_on: ssh -i /config/.ssh/id_rsa root@192.168.xyz.zz -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -q 'vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on 00'
        command_off: ssh -i /config/.ssh/id_rsa root@192.168.xyz.zz -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -q 'vim-cmd vmsvc/power.shutdown 00'
        command_state: ssh -i /config/.ssh/id_rsa root@192.168.xyz.zz -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -q 'vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate 00 | awk "END{print}"'
        value_template: '{{ value == "Powered on" }}'
        icon_template: >-
          {% if value == "Powered on" %} mdi:toggle-switch
          {% else %} mdi:toggle-switch-off
          {% endif %}