esxi-gateway 0.2.1

CLI gateway that converts VMware ESXi SOAP API calls into simple shell commands

esxi-gateway

CLI gateway that converts VMware ESXi / vSphere SOAP API calls into simple shell commands.

pip install esxi-gateway

Quick start

# Set credentials via environment variables
export ESXI_HOST=192.168.1.10
export ESXI_USER=root
export ESXI_PASSWORD=secret
export ESXI_NO_VERIFY=1  # for self-signed certs

# Run commands
esxi-gateway vm list
esxi-gateway vm start "my-vm"
esxi-gateway vm info "my-vm"
esxi-gateway datastore list
esxi-gateway host info

Or pass credentials directly:

esxi-gateway --host 192.168.1.10 --user root --password secret --no-verify vm list

Commands

Command	Description
vm list	List all VMs
vm info <name>	Show VM details
vm start/stop/suspend/reset/reboot <name>	Power operations
vm snapshot list/create/revert/remove	Snapshot management
host list	List all hosts
host info [name]	Show host details
datastore list	List all datastores
datastore info <name>	Show datastore details
network list	List all networks

Use --json on any command for structured output.

See CLAUDE.md for the full command reference.