GOVC wrapper on Mac, install vmrc for remote console and imagemagick for cropping. Useful mainly for a lab

manage.sh

#!/bin/zsh

export PATH=$PATH:/Users/$(whoami)/go/bin/

export GOVC_URL=https://192.168.
export GOVC_USERNAME=root
export GOVC_PASSWORD=Pleaseshareallyourcredentialsongithubnow!
export GOVC_INSECURE=true
export DEF_SSH_USER=root


# cat manage.sh | grep -A100000 "^# githubcopy" | pbcopy
# githubcopy

# consider
# brew install imagemagick
# brew install jq

COMMON_FIELDS="[.Object.name,.Object.runtime.powerState,.Object.guest.ipAddress,.Object.guest.guestId]"

if [[ $1 == "l" || -z $1 ]]
then
 if [[ -z "$1" ]]
 then
  echo "(l)ist (d)own (u)p (s)hutdown (r)emoteconsole screensh(o)t (k)eys (c)har (h)ostdown"
 fi
 if [[ -z "$2" ]]
 then
  govc ls --json=true /ha-datacenter/vm | jq  ".elements[] | $COMMON_FIELDS | @csv " -r | column -s, -t
 else
  govc ls --json=true /ha-datacenter/vm | jq  ".elements[] | select(.Path | match(\"$2\")) | $COMMON_FIELDS | @csv " -r | column -s, -t
 fi
elif [[ $1 == "h" ]]
then
  govc host.shutdown -f=true $(govc ls /ha-datacenter/host)
elif [[ $1 == "u" || $1 == "d" || $1 == "r" || $1 == "s" || $1 == "o" || $1 == "k" || $1 == "c" ]]
then
  VM=$(govc ls --json=true /ha-datacenter/vm | jq  ".elements[] | select(.Object.name == \"$2\") | .Object")
  if [[ -z "$VM" ]]
  then
	echo "Couldnt find $2"
	echo "Consider:"
        govc ls --json=true /ha-datacenter/vm | jq  ".elements[] | select(.Path | match(\"$2\")) | $COMMON_FIELDS | @csv " -r | column -s, -t
  else
	VMNAME=$(printf '%s' "$VM"  | jq -r ".name")
	VMIP=$(printf '%s' "$VM" | jq -r ".guest.ipAddress")
	VMGUEST=$(printf '%s' "$VM" | jq -r ".guest.guestId")

	#echo "found $VMNAME $VMIP $VMGUEST"

	if [[ $1 == "d" ]]
	then 
		govc vm.power -off $VMNAME
	elif [[ $1 == "s" ]]
	then 
		govc vm.power -s=true $VMNAME
	elif [[ $1 == "k" ]]
	then 
		govc vm.keystrokes -vm=$VMNAME -s="${@[3,-1]}"
	elif [[ $1 == "c" ]]
	then 
		govc vm.keystrokes -vm=$VMNAME -c=$3
	elif [[ $1 == "o" ]]
	then
		if [[ -n "$3" && $(expr "$3") -gt 0 ]]
		then
			max=$(expr "$3")
			for x in {1..$max}
			do
				printf "%3d/%3d tick\n" $x $max
				sleep 1
			done			
		fi

		DIROUT=$(date +%y%m%d) 
		mkdir -p $DIROUT

		PNGOUT=$(date +%y%m%d-%H%M%S-%s)-$VMNAME.png
		PNG="$DIROUT/$PNGOUT"
 
		echo "cheese: $PNG"
		
		govc vm.console -capture $PNG $VMNAME	
		[ "$(which magick)" != "magick not found" ] && magick identify -ping -format '{"w":%w,"h":%h}\n' $PNG
	
		# $4=-0-42 remove 42 from bottom = windows bar
		# or with top bar esxi o vm 0 '1024x726+0+42'
		if [[ -n "$4" ]]
		then
			CROP="$DIROUT/CROP-$PNGOUT"
			magick $PNG -crop $4 $CROP
			echo "$CROP" 
		else
			echo "no crop"
		fi

	elif [[ $1 == "r" ]]
	then 
		if [[ $VMIP != "null" ]]
		then
			VMWIN=$(printf '%s' "$VM" | jq -r ".guest.guestId | test(\"windows\")")
			if [[ $VMWIN == "true" ]]
			then
				if [[ ! -a "$VMNAME.rdp" ]]
				then
					echo "Creating $VMNAME.rdp .."
					echo "full address:s:$VMIP" > "$VMNAME.rdp"
				fi
				echo "Consider open $VMNAME.rdp"
			else
				if [[ ! -a "$VMNAME.sh" ]]
				then
					echo "Creating $VMNAME.sh .."
					echo "ssh $VMIP -l $DEF_SSH_USER" > "$VMNAME.sh"
					chmod +x "$VMNAME.sh"
				fi
				echo "Consider ssh with ./$VMNAME.sh"
			fi
    
		else
			echo "Couldnt find ip, falling over to console"
		fi
		open $(govc vm.console $VMNAME)
	else

		govc vm.power -on $VMNAME
	fi
  fi
else
 govc $@
fi