VIM Connector Properties for Different VIMs

VIM Connector Properties

The VIM connector configuration enables ESC to connect to the VIM. The properties within the configuration provides details specifc to the VIM and its credentials. The table below shows the VIM connector properties for different VIMs. For more information, see Managing VIM Connectors.

Table 1. VIM Connector Properties

VIM

Property

Reference

OpenStack

 
<properties>
<property>
<name>os_auth_url</name>
<value>http://172.16.103.153:35357/v3</value>
</property>
<property>
<name>os_project_domain_name</name>
<value>default</value>
</property>
<property>
<name>os_project_name</name>
<value>admin</value>
</property>
<property>
<name>os_identity_overwrite_endpoint</name>
<value>http://some_server:some_port/</value>
</property>
<property>
<name>os_network_overwrite_endpoint</name>
<value>http://some_other_server:some_other_port/</value>
</property>

For more information, see VIM Connector Configurations for OpenStack.

AWS

 
<properties>
<property>
<name>aws_default_region</name>
<value>us-east-2</value>
</property>
</properties>
<users>
<user>
<id>AWS_ACCESS_ID</id>
<credentials>
<properties>
<property>
<name>aws_secret_key</name>
<encrypted_value>AWS_SECRET_KEY</encrypted_value>
</property>
</properties>

For more information, see VIM Connector Configurations for AWS.

VMware vCD

 
<properties>
<property>
<name>authUrl</name>
<!-- vCD is the vCD server IP or host name -->
<value>https://vCD</value>
</property>
</properties>
<users>
<user>
<!-- the user id here represents {org username}@{org name} -->
<id>user@organization</id>
<credentials>
<properties>
<property>
<name>password</name>
<!—the organization user’s password-->
<value>put user’s password here</value>
</property>
</properties>
</credentials>
</user>

For more information, see VIM Connector Configuration for VMware vCloud Director (vCD).

VMware vSphere

 
<esc_system_config xmlns="http://www.cisco.com/esc/esc">
  <vim_connectors>
    <vim_connector>
      <id>vimc-vc-lab</id>
      <type>VMWARE_VSPHERE</type>
      <properties>
        <property>
          <name>vcenter_ip</name>
          <value>IP_ADDRESS</value>
        </property>
        <property>
          <name>vcenter_port</name>
          <value>PORT</value>
        </property>
      </properties>
      <users>
        <user>
          <id>esc@vsphere.local</id>
          <credentials>
            <properties>
              <property>
                <name>vcenter_password</name>
                <value>PASS</value>
              </property>
            </properties>
          </credentials>
        </user>
      </users>
    </vim_connector>
  </vim_connectors>
</esc_system_config>

For more information, see VIM Connector Configuration for VMware vSphere.

Cisco Cloud Services Provider (CSP) 2100

 
<properties>
        <property>
          <name>csp_host_ip</name>
          <value>172.16.89.100</value>
        </property>
        <property>
          <name>csp_host_port</name>
          <value>2022</value>
        </property>
      </properties>
      <users>
        <user>
          <id>admin</id>
          <credentials>
            <properties>
              <property>
                <name>csp_password</name>
                <value>*******</value>
              </property>
            </properties>

For CSP extenstions, see Cloud Services Provider Extensions.