This post is a long overdue tutorial on how to setup govc. What is govc? It’s a cli utilizing govmomi, a go library used to interact with vSphere API. Why use govc? It’s fast and way better to use for automation tasks. Installation: Download release binary here: https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/releases Depending on the platform, decompress: gzip -d govc_linux_amd64.gz Flag it as executable chmod +x govc
