Fission
Intro
Fission is a simple command line tool for managing VMware Fusion VMs.
Install
gem install fission
Usage
Clone
fission clone existing_vm new_vm [--start]
If you provide '--start', then the new VM will be powered on after cloning
Start
fission start my_vm
Starts the VM
Status
fission status
Displays the status (running or not) of all of the VMs found
Stop
fission stop my_vm
Stops the VM
Suspend
fission suspend my_vm
Suspends the VM
Help
fission -h
or just
fission
Config
By default, fission will use the default VMware Fusion VM directory (~/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/) when cloning. If you want to use a different directory, you can set this in a config file.
The config file needs to be in yaml format and live at '~/.fissionrc'
$cat ~/.fissionrc
---
vm_dir: "/vm"
Other Notable Info
The name of the VM used in the previous examples should be the directory name of the VM minus the '.vmwarevm' extension. Typically the VM name and the directory name are the same.
As of now, VMware Fusion doesn't provide an easy, out of the box, way to modify the personality (hostname, ip, etc.) of a VM. Because of this, a clone created by fission is an exact copy of the original (including hostname, ip address, etc.). Most likely, this isn't what you want.
One approach is to create a VM which will act as a template. Create the VM with the desired install method (ideally with easy install) and settings, but do not power on the VM. You can then create clones from this VM 'template'. When you power on the clone, it will start the OS install process (and assign a new ip, etc.).
Contribute
- Fork the project
- Make your feature addition or bug fix (with tests) in a topic branch
- Bonus points for not mucking with the gemspec or version
- Send a pull request and I'll get it integrated
License
See LICENSE