VMware vCenter VMs and Templates CloneTemplate
CertifiedEnterprise EditionClone a template to a new template
VMware vCenter VMs and Templates CloneTemplate
Clone a template to a new template
Duplicates an existing VM template into another template on vCenter. No power-on occurs; use for versioned base images.
type: io.kestra.plugin.ee.vmware.vcenter.CloneTemplateExamples
Clone a template into another template
id: clone_template
namespace: company.team
tasks:
- id: clone
type: io.kestra.plugin.ee.vmware.vcenter.CloneTemplate
server: "vcenter.mycompany.com"
username: "{{ secret('VMWARE_VCENTER_USERNAME') }}"
password: "{{ secret('VMWARE_VCENTER_PASSWORD') }}"
templateName: "ubuntu-golden-template"
targetTemplateName: "ubuntu-golden-template-v2"
hostname: "esxi01.mycompany.com"
datastoreName: "datastore1"
Installation
This Enterprise plugin requires an Enterprise image and access to the plugin registry. Install it with the following command:
kestractl plugins get io.kestra.plugin.ee:plugin-ee-vmware --compatible-for $KESTRA_VERSION For kestractl, use your Kestra version with --compatible-for, or specify an exact plugin version.
For Kestra CLI, replace LATEST with a specific version or version range to pin the plugin version.
Properties
datastoreName *string
Datastore
Datastore that will hold the cloned template files.
hostname *string
Placement host
ESXi host on which to register the cloned template.
password *string
Password
server *string
Server hostname or IP
FQDN or IP of the vCenter or ESXi endpoint (no scheme or port).
targetTemplateName *string
New template name
templateName *string
Source template name
username *string
Username
e.g. Administrator@vsphere.local for vCenter or root for ESXi.
assets
Assets this task consumes as inputs or produces as outputs, for lineage tracking and the asset graph (Enterprise Edition). A flow declaring this property on a task is rejected in the open-source edition.
io.kestra.core.models.assets.AssetsDeclaration
IGNOREFAILWARNAsset failure behavior
Behavior applied to the task state when a declared asset fails to render, emit, or be persisted (e.g. a lock conflict): FAIL escalates it to FAILED, WARN (default) warns it if it would otherwise succeed, IGNORE leaves the state untouched.
Whether to auto-register assets referenced dynamically at runtime that are not statically declared in inputs or outputs.
The assets consumed as inputs.
io.kestra.core.models.assets.AssetIdentifier
1The assets produced as outputs.
io.kestra.plugin.ee.assets.Dataset
1150{}1150io.kestra.plugin.ee.assets.File
1150{}1150io.kestra.plugin.ee.assets.Table
1150{}1150io.kestra.plugin.ee.assets.VM
1150{}1150io.kestra.core.models.assets.External
1150{}1150io.kestra.core.models.assets.Custom
11501Custom asset type
{}1150port integerstring
443Server 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.
