example of creating/destroying an ESXi instance in VCA

create_destroy_esx.py

from pyvcloud.vcloudair import VCA
from pprint import pprint
import os
import time
import uuid

class ESXInstance(object):

    def __init__(self, password=os.getenv("vca_password"),
                 username=os.getenv("vca_username"),
                 vca_uri='https://us-california-1-3.vchs.vmware.com',
                 org='83ccbb04-6c2c-4868-8e54-d4369e215bbf',
                 instance='ab72fda9-1d23-43ac-837f-4c1b895daf03',
                 vdc='VDC1',
                 template_id="ESXi 6 Nested for Testing",
                 vapp_name=uuid.uuid4().hex,
                 catalog_name='vic-catalog'):

        self.password = password
        self.username = username

        self.vca_uri = vca_uri
        self.catalog_name = catalog_name
        self.org = org
        self.instance = instance
        self.vdc = "VDC1"

        self.template_id = template_id
        self.vapp_name = vapp_name
        self.vca = None

    def login(self):
        vca = VCA(self.vca_uri, self.username)
        vca.login(self.password)
        vca.login_to_instance(password=password, instance=instance, token=None, org_url=None)
        vca.login_to_instance(instance=instance, password=None, token=vca.vcloud_session.token,
                              org_url=vca.vcloud_session.org_url)
        self.vca = vca
        return vca


    def create_esx_instance(self):
        try:
            self.vca.block_until_completed(
                self.vca.create_vapp(self.vdc, self.vapp_name, self.template_id,
                                     self.catalog_name,
                                     poweron='true', deploy='true'))

        except Exception as e:
            print e.message
            self.delete_esx_instance()

    def delete_esx_instance(self):
        if self.vca == None:
            return False
        else:
            self.vca.block_until_completed(vca.delete_vapp(self.vdc, self.vapp_name))


def main():
    esx = ESXInstance() # create a default-settings esx metadata object
    esx.login()  # create a session on vcloudair
    esx.create_esx_instance()  # instantiate the instance in vcloudair
    esx.delete_esx_instance()  # destroy the instance in vcloudair

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()