PowerCLI Core

Overview

A container image for VMware PowerCLI and supporting modules, community modules, and community script examples.

This image includes the following components:

Component | Description ---------|---------- VMware.PowerCLI | A collection of PowerShell modules for managing and automating VMware products. VMware.vSphereDSC | PowerShell module for vSphere desired state configuration. VMware.CloudServices | PowerShell module for VMware Cloud Services. VMware.vSphere.SsoAdmin | PowerShell module for vCenter Single Sign-on. PowerVCF | PowerShell module for VMware Cloud Foundation. PowerNSX | PowerShell module for VMware NSX for vSphere. PowerCLI Examples | A collection of community contributed PowerShell modules and scripts.

Get Started

Run the following to download the latest container from Docker Hub:

docker pull vmware/powerclicore:latest

Run the following to download a specific version from Docker Hub:

docker pull vmware/powerclicore:x.y.z

Open an interactive terminal:

docker run --rm -it vmware/powerclicore

Run a local script: docker run --rm --entrypoint="/usr/bin/pwsh" -v ${PWD}

docker run --rm --entrypoint="/usr/bin/pwsh" -v ~/scripts:/tmp/scripts vmware/powerclicore /tmp/scripts/example.ps1

Where ~/scripts is the local directory path for your PowerShell scripts.

For more methods, read 5 ways to a run PowerCLI script using the PowerCLI Docker Container by William Lam.