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The harness can use vms and snapshots that live within vSphere as well.
To do this create a `~/.fog` file with your vSphere credentials:

### example .fog file ###

    :default:
      :vsphere_server: 'vsphere.example.com'
      :vsphere_username: 'joe'
      :vsphere_password: 'MyP@$$w0rd'

These follow the conventions used by Cloud Provisioner and Fog.

>Note: Your fog credential file location may be specified in the 'CONFIG' section using the 'dot_fog' setting

There are two possible `hypervisor` hypervisor-types to use for vSphere testing, `vsphere` and `vcloud`.

### `hypervisor: vsphere`
This option locates an existing static VM, optionally reverts it to a pre-existing snapshot, and runs tests on it.

### `hypervisor: vcloud`
This option clones a new VM from a pre-existing template, runs tests on the newly-provisioned clone, then deletes the clone once testing completes.

The `vcloud` option requires a slightly-modified test configuration file, specifying both the target template as well as three additional parameters in the 'CONFIG' section ('datastore', 'datacenter', and 'folder').  Optionally, a resourcepool may be specified via the 'resourcepool' setting in the 'CONFIG' section.  Template can be expressed in the 'HOSTS' section, or you can set the template to be used via the `BEAKER_vcloud_template` environment variable.

#### example vcloud hosts file ###
    HOSTS:
      master-vm:
        roles:
          - master
          - agent
          - dashboard
        platform: ubuntu-10.04-amd64
        template: ubuntu-1004-x86_64
        hypervisor: vcloud
      agent-vm:
        roles:
          - agent
        platform: ubuntu-10.04-i386
        template: ubuntu-1004-i386
        hypervisor: vcloud
    CONFIG:
      consoleport: 443
      datacenter: testdc
      datastore: instance0
      resourcepool: Delivery/Quality Assurance/FOSS/Dynamic
      folder: delivery/Quality Assurance/FOSS/Dynamic

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beaker-3.15.0	docs/how_to/hypervisors/vsphere.md