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