vibauthor-how-to-v0.1.docx

Creang a Custom VIB

This paper shows how to use the vibauthor fling

(http://labs.vmware.com/f lings/vib-author ) to create a VIB to add a custom

firewall rule to your vSphere hosts.

Install the vibauthor Tool

Download the vibauthor tool and instructions from

http://labs.vmware.com/flings/vib-author. Use RPM to install:

# rpm -ihv vmware-esx-vib-author-5.0.0-0.0.783903.i386.rpm

Once installed you are ready to go as there is no additional setup required. There

are four basic steps to creating a custom VIB:

1) Create a payload directory

2) Add files to the payload directory

3) Create a VIB descriptor.xml file

4) Use vibauthor to create the VIB

Setup The Payload Directory

Create a staging directory where you will copy the files that will make up the

payload of your VIB.

# mkdir /stagedir

# mkdir MyRule

Inside the /stagedir/payloads/MyRule directory create a directory structure that

reflects the full path where the files are to be installed on the vSphere host. As