VMWare Provider Example

cmatrixbox.conf

# /etc/salt/cloud.profiles.d/cmatrixbox.conf

cmatrixbox:
  script_args: -P -p build-essential -p python-dev git v2015.8.0
  
  provider: tt-vmware
  clonefrom: Ubuntu-1404
  
  num_cpus: 1
  memory: 512MB
  
  devices:
    disk:
      Hard disk 1:
        size: 20
  datacenter: Austin
  ssh_username: salt
  password: salt
  sudo_password: salt
  sudo: True
  
  minion:
    master: 192.168.1.20
    startup_states: highstate
    grains:
      roles: cmatrix
      environment: demo
  

NOTES

Provider file
- The provider id name is tt-vmware
- This provider is using the vmware provider module as specified with provider: vmware


Profile file
- You might not need script_args unless you have problems bootstrapping the new instance. The line I have here installs a version from github using a tag version
- provider is the name I have as the id in the provider file NOT THE FILE NAME
- clonefrom is an image I already have ready in vSphere named Ubuntu-1404
- To use this profile
   salt-cloud -p cmatrixbox newbox1

vmware.conf

# /etc/salt/cloud.providers.d/vmware.conf

tt-vmware:
  provider: vmware
  user: root
  password: vmware
  port: 443
  protocol: 'https'
  url: 192.168.1.10