waterlemons2k/open-vm-tools repository overview

⁠open-vm-tools⁠

This Docker container allows you to run open-vm-tools on VMware ESXi.

• Supports Shutdown/Restart
• Returns networking information to the VMware ESXi host

⁠Dependencies

• SSH must be enabled.
  • The shutdown and restart commands are sent over ssh.
  • This container will generate a unique ssh key pair when it is first launched.

⁠Usage

SSH run this command.

sudo mkdir /root/.ssh
sudo docker run -d --restart=always --net=host -v /root/.ssh/:/root/.ssh/ --name open-vm-tools waterlemons2k/open-vm-tools