Add Serial Port To VM

add-serial-port.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
#
# simple function to check for existence of a binary on the current
# path
#
checkExists() {
    bin=`command -v $1`
    if [ -z "$bin" ]
    then
	echo this script requires $1 to be on your path
	exit 1
    fi
}

# we need govc to do this
checkExists govc

# parameters for govc
GOVC_URL=vcenter.fq.dn
GOVC_USERNAME=some_user
GOVC_PASSWORD='password'
GOVC_INSECURE=true
GOVC_NETWORK="VM Network"
GOVC_DATACENTER=some_datacenter

# take first parameter
VM=$1
PORT=$2

# simplistically add serial port for debugging
govc device.serial.add \
    -vm=${VM}
govc device.serial.connect \
    -vm=${VM} \
    -client=false \
    telnet://:${PORT}