VMware vSphere (VCSA) VM Finder in bash

README.md

1. First download and install govc binary (Reference)

   # extract govc binary to /usr/local/bin
   # note: the "tar" command must run with root permissions
   curl -L -o - "https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/releases/latest/download/govc_$(uname -s)_$(uname -m).tar.gz" | tar -C /usr/local/bin -xvzf - govc

2. put this script in your .bashrc/.zshrc, replace your credentials (Lines 6 to 16)

3. Use it

   $ find_vm vcsa1 jira
     No VMs found matching 'jira' in datacenter 'vcsa'
   $ find_vm vcsa2 jira
     Matching VMs with IPs in datacenter 'vc':
     VM: /Hetzner/vm/10.11-infra-jira | IP: 172.16.10.11

bashrc.bash

find_vm() {
    datacenter="$1"
    query="$2"

    # Set environment variables based on the datacenter
    if [ "$datacenter" = "vcsa1" ]; then
        export GOVC_URL="https://vsca1url/sdk"
        export GOVC_USERNAME="john"
        export GOVC_PASSWORD="PAASSWord"
        export GOVC_INSECURE="true"
    elif [ "$datacenter" = "vcsa2" ]; then
        export GOVC_URL="https://vsca2url/sdk"
        export GOVC_USERNAME="john"
        export GOVC_PASSWORD="PAASSWord"
        export GOVC_INSECURE="true"
    else
        echo "Unsupported datacenter: $datacenter"
        return 1
    fi

    # Run govc command to search for VMs and retrieve their IP addresses
    vms=$(govc ls "*/vm" | grep -i "$query")

    if [ -z "$vms" ]; then
        echo "No VMs found matching '$query' in datacenter '$datacenter'"
    else
        echo "Matching VMs with IPs in datacenter '$datacenter':"
        while read -r vm_path; do
            # Extract IP address using govc command
            ip_address=$(govc vm.ip "${vm_path}")
            if [ -n "$ip_address" ]; then
                echo "VM: $vm_path | IP: $ip_address"
            else
                echo "VM: $vm_path | IP: N/A"
            fi
        done <<< "$vms"
    fi
}