tnk4on/powercli repository overview

⁠Powercli: Container Image

Dowonload ---> [Quay.io⁠: ] or [Docker.io⁠]

⁠Current Version: PowerShell:v7.2.0

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/tnk4on/powercli⁠

• This repository assumes the use of Podman⁠ and Buildah⁠. If you are using Docker, please read as appropriate.

⁠Description

• PowerCLI: A multi-platform scripting language to manage your VMware infrastructure on any OS.

⁠Reference

• VMware PowerCLI - VMware {code}⁠
• vmware/powerclicore: PowerCLI Core Dockerfile⁠
• PowerShell/PowerShell: PowerShell for every system!⁠

⁠About container images

There are four types of container images depending on how they are built

• tnk4on/powercli:latest,mcr-alpine-3.14 -> Base Image:mcr.microsoft.com/powershell:mcr-alpine-3.14
• tnk4on/powercli:ubi8-minimal -> Base Image:ubi8-minimal:latest
• tnk4on/powercli:alpine-scratch -> Base Image:alpine:3.14
• tnk4on/powercli:photon -> Base Image:photon:4.0

⁠Features

• Image size smaller than official VMware image(vmware/powerclicore⁠)
• PowerCLI-Example-Scripts are not included
• POWERSHELL_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT is set to true

⁠How to use

$ podman run --rm -it tnk4on/powercli

Note: CMD is set to pwsh command. You can override the execution command by specifying the command as an argument.

⁠How to build a container image

$ git clone https://github.com/tnk4on/powercli
$ cd powercli/Containerfile.d
$ TYPE=mcr-alpine
$ buildah bud -t tnk4on/powercli -f Containerfile.${TYPE}

Note: TYPE is the name you want to build with (e.g. alpine-scratch)

• TYPE
  • alpine-scratch
  • mcr-alpine
  • photon
  • ubi8-minimal