VMware vRealize orchestrator package diff python tool

Ludovic Rivallain calendar Feb 28, 2018  · 1 min read  ·
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vmware orchestrator vrealize python diff script

I have recently published a draft tool to provide a table-formated diff of two vRealize Orchestrator packages.

Project is available on GitHub project and will evolve in futur to support more package item's types and to provide better information about differences.

Sample of output

Installation

Requirements: Python 3 and pip installed.

Download:

1git clone https://github.com/lrivallain/vro-package-diff.git
2cd vro-package-diff

(optionnal) Create python virtualenv:

1virtualenv -p python3 --no-site-packages venv
2. venv/bin/activate

Install required python packages:

1pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1python ./vro_package_diff.py packageA.package packageB.package

With:

  • packageA.package : oldest package file
  • packageB.package : newest package file

Logs

Execution logs are saved in the diff.log file. The file is overwritten at each execution of the diff tool.