get procs on vm through pyvmomi

get_procs.py

# Attempts to get procs on a given VM (uuid)
# Through pyvmomi and vmware-tools
#
from pyVim import connect
from pyVmomi import vim

import ssl
import tools.cli as cli
import atexit

# Monkey patch SSL
ssl._create_default_https_context = ssl._create_unverified_context


def setup_args():
    parser = cli.build_arg_parser()
    parser.add_argument('-uuid', '--uuid',
                        help='file of uuid',
                        required=True)
    parser.add_argument('-vmpass', '--vmpass',
                        help='vm passwd',
                        required=True)
    parser.add_argument('-vmuser', '--vmuser',
                        help='file of uuid',
                        required=True)
    my_args = parser.parse_args()
    return cli.prompt_for_password(my_args)


ARGS = setup_args()


try:
    SI = connect.SmartConnect(host=ARGS.host,
                              user=ARGS.user,
                              pwd=ARGS.password,
                              port=ARGS.port)

    content = SI.RetrieveContent()
    atexit.register(connect.Disconnect, SI)
    creds = vim.vm.guest.NamePasswordAuthentication(username=ARGS.vmuser,
                                                    password=ARGS.vmpass)

except IOError:
    pass


def main(vm):
    vm = content.searchIndex.FindByUuid(None, ARGS.uuid, True, True)
    print(content.guestOperationsManager.processManager.ListProcesses(vm,
                                                                      creds))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main(ARGS.uuid)