VMware ResetVm

VMware ResetVm
Certified
Enterprise Edition
Hard reset a VM on an ESXi host

Performs a power-cycle reset of the VM without guest shutdown. Use only if the VM is unresponsive; prefer RebootVm when VMware Tools is available. Requires the VM to be powered on.

yaml
type: io.kestra.plugin.ee.vmware.esxi.ResetVm

Examples

Hard reset a VM

yaml
id: reset_vm
namespace: company.team

tasks:
  - id: reset
    type: io.kestra.plugin.ee.vmware.esxi.ResetVm
    server: "esxi.mycompany.com"
    username: "{{ secret('VMWARE_ESXI_USERNAME') }}"
    password: "{{ secret('VMWARE_ESXI_PASSWORD') }}"
    vmName: "vm-to-reset"

Properties

password *string

Password

server *string

Server hostname or IP

FQDN or IP of the vCenter or ESXi endpoint (no scheme or port).

username *string

Username

e.g. Administrator@vsphere.local for vCenter or root for ESXi.

vmName *string

VM name

port integerstring

Default443

Server port

Defaults to 443.

trustStorePath string

Trust store path

Optional path to a PKCS12 trust store containing the CA certificate(s) used to validate the vCenter/ESXi server's TLS certificate. If omitted (or if the path does not exist), the JVM's default trust store (system CA certificates) is used instead. Certificate validation is always enforced; this plugin never disables TLS certificate validation.