govc Utility Environment Variables

The govc utility uses required and optional environment variables to communicate with the vCenter host.

• Required govc environment variables

  If you use an untrusted security certificate, you must set GOVC_INSECURE as shown below.

  export GOVC_INSECURE=1

  You must set GOVC_URL. The easiest setting is shown below. (An alternative is shown in the next section.)

   
  export GOVC_URL='https://<username>:<password>@<vspherehost>/sdk'

• Optional govc environment variables

  You can also set GOVC_URL as follows, using optional environment variables to set the user, password, and url separately.

  export GOVC_URL=vcenter.company.com

  export GOVC_USERNAME=root

  export GOVC_PASSWORD=vmware123

  export GOVC_DATASTORE=vsanDatastore

  export GOVC_NETWORK="VM Network"

  export GOVC_RESOURCE_POOL='*/Resources'