vesctl-container

Repo for the lazy to run vesctl from docker (or someone who doesn't want to add an untrusted code signing cert to MacOS).

Run

docker run kreynoldsf5/vesctl:latest --help

Configure vesctl

Follow the instructions here to grab API credentials from VoltConsole. Export the P12 password. Write a config file.

$ export VES_P12_PASSWORD=myp12password
$ cat $HOME/.vesconfig
server-urls: https://acmecorp.ves.console.volterra.io/api
p12-bundle: /root/acmecorp.ves.volterra.io.api-creds.p12

Note that my p12 is stored locally and .vesconfig specifies the file's path as the target of a volume mount.

Alias

Alias vesctl to a docker run command that passes in the local ENV variable for your P12 password, volume mounts for vesconfig and your p12 cert.

alias vesctl='docker run \
  --env VES_P12_PASSWORD \
  -v ~/.vesconfig:/root/.vesconfig \
  -v ~/Downloads/acmecorp.ves.volterra.io.api-creds.p12:/root/acmecorp.ves.volterra.io.api-creds.p12 \
  --rm -it \
  kreynoldsf5/vesctl:latest'

Make your alias permanent by adding it to your $SHELLrc (.bashrc, .zshrc. etc).

Use it

$vesctl configuration get user -n system
system
+-----------+-----------------------+--------+
| NAMESPACE |         NAME          | LABELS |
+-----------+-----------------------+--------+
| system    | [email protected]             | <None> |
+-----------+-----------------------+--------+