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vcsim - A vCenter and ESXi API based simulator
This package implements a vSphere Web Services (SOAP) SDK endpoint intended for testing consumers of the API. While the mock framework is written in the Go language, it can be used by any language that can talk to the vSphere API.
Installation
% export GOPATH=$HOME/gopath
% go get -u github.com/vmware/govmomi/vcsim
% $GOPATH/bin/vcsim -h
Usage
The vcsim program by default creates a vCenter model with a datacenter, hosts, cluster, resource pools, networks and a datastore. The naming is similar to that of the original vcsim mode that was included with vCenter. The number of resources can be increased or decreased using the various resource type flags. Resources can also be created and removed using the API.
Example using the default settings:
% export GOVC_URL=https://user:pass@127.0.0.1:8989
% $GOPATH/bin/vcsim
% govc find
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/DC0
/DC0/vm
/DC0/vm/DC0_H0_VM0
/DC0/vm/DC0_H0_VM1
/DC0/vm/DC0_C0_RP0_VM0
/DC0/vm/DC0_C0_RP0_VM1
/DC0/host
/DC0/host/DC0_H0
/DC0/host/DC0_H0/DC0_H0
/DC0/host/DC0_H0/Resources
/DC0/host/DC0_C0
/DC0/host/DC0_C0/DC0_C0_H0
/DC0/host/DC0_C0/DC0_C0_H1
/DC0/host/DC0_C0/DC0_C0_H2
/DC0/host/DC0_C0/Resources
/DC0/datastore
/DC0/datastore/LocalDS_0
/DC0/network
/DC0/network/VM Network
/DC0/network/DVS0
/DC0/network/DC0_DVPG0
Example using ESX mode:
% $GOPATH/vcsim -esx
% govc find
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/ha-datacenter
/ha-datacenter/vm
/ha-datacenter/vm/ha-host_VM0
/ha-datacenter/vm/ha-host_VM1
/ha-datacenter/host
/ha-datacenter/host/localhost.localdomain
/ha-datacenter/host/localhost.localdomain/localhost.localdomain
/ha-datacenter/host/localhost.localdomain/Resources
/ha-datacenter/datastore
/ha-datacenter/datastore/LocalDS_0
/ha-datacenter/network
/ha-datacenter/network/VM Network
Supported methods
The simulator supports a subset of API methods. However, the generated govmomi code includes all types and methods defined in the vmodl, which can be used to implement any method documented in the VMware vSphere API Reference.
To see the list of supported methods:
curl -sk https://user:pass@127.0.0.1:8989/about
Listen address
The default vcsim listen address is 127.0.0.1:8989. Use the -httptest.serve flag to listen on another address:
vcsim -l 10.118.69.224:8989 # specific address
vcsim -l :8989 # any address
When given a port value of '0', an unused port will be chosen. You can then source the GOVC_URL from another process, for example:
govc_sim_env=$TMPDIR/vcsim-$(uuidgen)
mkfifo $govc_sim_env
vcsim -l 127.0.0.1:0 -E $govc_sim_env &
eval "$(cat $govc_sim_env)"
# ... run tests ...
kill $GOVC_SIM_PID
rm -f $govc_sim_env
Tests written in Go can also use the simulator package directly, rather than the vcsim binary.
Introducing delays
Sometimes, especially when debugging software, it can be useful to introduce delays to simulate network latency or a poorly performing vCenter. There are three command line options for dealing with delays.
-delay <ms> Adds a constant delay (experessed in milliseconds) to every call
-method-delay <method:milliseconds,method:milliseconds...> Adds a specified delay to individual methods. If both -method-delay and -delay are specified, they are added together
delay-jitter Specifies a jitter, i.e. a random value added to or subtracted from the delay. It is specified as a Coefficient of Variation, which is the same as the standard deviation divided by the mean. A reasonable starting value is 0.5, as it gives a nice variation without extreme outliers.
Projects using vcsim
Related projects
Blog posts on vcsim
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Beginning vCenter Server simulation with Govcsim By Abhijeet Kasurde - October 3, 2017
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govcsim – Neat incubation project (vCenter Server & ESXi API based simulator) by William Lam - April 21, 2017
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