PowerCLI Core

Overview

A container image for VMware PowerCLI and supporting modules, community modules, and community script examples.

This image includes the following components:

Component	Description
`VMware.PowerCLI`	A collection of PowerShell modules for managing and automating VMware products.
`VMware.vSphereDSC`	PowerShell module for vSphere desired state configuration.
`VMware.CloudServices`	PowerShell module for VMware Cloud Services.
`VMware.vSphere.SsoAdmin`	PowerShell module for vCenter Single Sign-on.
`PowerVCF`	PowerShell module for VMware Cloud Foundation.
`PowerNSX`	PowerShell module for VMware NSX for vSphere.
PowerCLI Examples	A collection of community contributed PowerShell modules and scripts.

Run the following to download the latest container from Docker Hub:

docker pull vmware/powerclicore:latest

Run the following to download a specific version from Docker Hub:

docker pull vmware/powerclicore:x.y.z

Open an interactive terminal:

docker run --rm -it vmware/powerclicore

Run a local script: docker run --rm --entrypoint="/usr/bin/pwsh" -v ${PWD}

docker run --rm --entrypoint="/usr/bin/pwsh" -v ~/scripts:/tmp/scripts vmware/powerclicore /tmp/scripts/example.ps1

Where ~/scripts is the local directory path for your PowerShell scripts.