4.29. VMware over SOAP API
Table 4.30, “VMware Fencing (SOAP Interface) (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 and later)” lists the fence device parameters used by
fence_vmware_soap, the fence agent for VMware over SOAP API.
| luci Field | cluster.conf Attribute | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | name | Name of the virtual machine fencing device. |
| IP Address or Hostname | ipaddr | The IP address or host name assigned to the device. |
| IP Port (optional) | ipport | The TCP port to use for connection with the device. The default port is 80, or 443 if Use SSL is selected. |
| Login | login | The login name used to access the device. |
| Password | passwd | The password used to authenticate the connection to the device. |
| Password Script (optional) | passwd_script | The script that supplies a password for access to the fence device. Using this supersedes the parameter. |
| Power Wait (seconds) | power_wait | Number of seconds to wait after issuing a power off or power on command. |
| Power Timeout (seconds) | power_timeout | Number of seconds to continue testing for a status change after issuing a power off or power on command. The default value is 20. |
| Shell Timeout (seconds) | shell_timeout | Number of seconds to wait for a command prompt after issuing a command. The default value is 3. |
| Login Timeout (seconds) | login_timeout | Number of seconds to wait for a command prompt after login. The default value is 5. |
| Times to Retry Power On Operation | retry_on | Number of attempts to retry a power on operation. The default value is 1. |
| VM name | port | Name of virtual machine in inventory path format (for example, /datacenter/vm/Discovered_virtual_machine/myMachine). |
| VM UUID | uuid | The UUID of the virtual machine to fence. |
| Delay (optional) | delay | The number of seconds to wait before fencing is started. The default value is 0. |
| Use SSL | ssl | Use SSL connections to communicate with the device. |
Figure 4.22, “VMware over SOAP Fencing” shows the configuration screen for adding a VMware over SOAP fence device
Figure 4.22. VMware over SOAP Fencing
The following command creates a fence device instance for a VMware over SOAP fence device:
ccs -f cluster.conf --addfencedev vmwaresoaptest1 agent=fence_vmware_soap login=root passwd=password123 power_wait=60 \ separator=,
The following is the
cluster.conf entry for the fence_vmware_soap device:
<fencedevices> <fencedevice agent="fence_vmware_soap" ipaddr="192.168.0.1" login="root" name="vmwaresoaptest1" passwd="password123" \ power_wait="60" separator="."/> </fencedevices>
