vCenter Connectivity

Configure your environment with GOVC_* variables and then map them into the configuration file using the !!env YAML tag:

Install govc

Linux

wget -nv -nc https://github.com/vmware/govc/releases/latest/download/govc_linux_amd64.gz && \
    gzip -d govc_linux_amd64.gz && \
    chmod +x govc_linux_amd64 && \
    mv govc_linux_amd64 /usr/local/bin/govc

MacOSX

wget -nv -nc https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/releases/latest/download/govc_darwin_amd64.gz  && \
  gzip -d govc_darwin_amd64.gz  && \
  chmod +x govc_darwin_amd64 && \
  mv govc_darwin_amd64 /usr/local/bin/govc

Configure govc

export GOVC_USER=
export GOVC_DATACENTER=
export GOVC_CLUSTER=
export GOVC_FOLDER=
export GOVC_DATASTORE=
# can be found on the Datastore summary page
export GOVC_DATASTORE_URL=
export GOVC_PASS=
export GOVC_FQDN=

Test Connection

export GOVC_URL="$GOVC_USER:$GOVC_PASS@$GOVC_FQDN"
govc about