VMware vCenter v4

Prerequisites

Centreon Plugin

Install this plugin on each needed poller:

yum install centreon-plugin-Virtualization-Vmware2-Connector-Plugin

Centreon VMware daemon

Installation

Install this daemon on each needed poller:

yum install centreon-plugin-Virtualization-VMWare-daemon

Configuration

To configure the access to your infrastructure, edit the "/etc/centreon/centreon_vmware.pm" configuration file:

%centreon_vmware_config = (
    vsphere_server => {
        default => {
            url => 'https://<ip_hostname>/sdk',
            username => '<username>',
            password => '<password>'
        }
    }
);

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Make sure to replace variables with needed information:

• ip_hostname: IP address or hostname of the vCenter or ESX (if standalone),
• username: username with at least "read only" access to the vCenter or ESX,
• password: password of the username.

You can configure multiple vCenter / vSphere / ESX connections using this structure:

%centreon_vmware_config = (
    vsphere_server => {
        default => {
            url => 'https://<ip_hostname>/sdk',
            username => '<username>',
            password => '<password>'
        },
        'my_other_vcenter' => {
            url => 'https://<ip_hostname>/sdk',
            username => '<username>',
            password => '<password>'
        },
    },
    port => 5700
);

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Each entry is called a container. You need at least a "default" entry.

You can also define the "port" attribute to change listening port.

Then start the daemon and make sure it is configured to start at server boot:

systemctl start centreon_vmware
systemctl enable centreon_vmware

Make sure that the daemon configuration works fine by looking for errors in "/var/log/centreon/centreon_vmware.log".

Centreon configuration

Create a host using the appropriate template

Go to Configuration > Hosts and click Add. Then, fill the form as shown by the following table:

Field	value
Host name	Name of the host
Alias	Host description
IP	Host IP Address
Monitored from	Monitoring Poller to use
Host Multiple Templates	Virt-VMWare2-vCenter-4-custom

Click the Save button.

Host macro configuration

The following macros must be configured on host:

Macro	Description	Default value	Example
CENTREONVMWAREHOST	Host of centreon_vmware daemon	localhost	10.1.2.3
CENTREONVMWAREPORT	Port of centreon_vmware daemon	5700	5701
CENTREONVMWARECONTAINER	Defined container to use	default	srv-vcenter