Using open-vm-tools/xenial,now 2:10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~ppa6 amd64 [installed], subprocesses started by vim.vm.guest.ProcessManager fail to create temporary files.
Summary:
* When running subprocesss through open-vm-tools 2:10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1 (via vim.vm.guest.ProcessManager), subprocesses crash while trying to write temporary files.
* Subprocesses run correctly when executed directly from the shell
* Subprocesses execute correctly from open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-10.2.0-7253323, when compiled from source
Steps to reproduce:
1. Install open-vm-tools/xenial 2:10.2.0-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~ppa6 on a VMWare ESX 6.5 16.04 guest
2. Using VMOMI API, start a child process that relies on temporary files (eg. `apt-get update`)
3. Note the error code on the child process (eg. 100)
4. Run process directly from guest shell (eg. `apt-get update`)
5. Note the successful return code on the child process (1)
Logs from vmtoolsd on guest:
Mar 23 19:32:32 kcp vmtoolsd[660]: Hit:1 https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-xenial InRelease
Mar 23 19:32:32 kcp vmtoolsd[660]: Couldn't create tempfiles for splitting up /var/lib/apt/lists/apt.dockerproject.org_repo_dists_ubuntu-xenial_InReleaseErr:1 https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-xenial InRelease
Mar 23 19:32:32 kcp vmtoolsd[660]: Could not execute 'apt-key' to verify signature (is gnupg installed?)
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Psuedo code using pyVMOMI API to start a child process:
#!/usr/bin/python
import re
import time
from pyVim import connect
from pyVmomi import vim, vmodl
service_instance = connect.SmartConnectNoSSL(host=<vcenter_hostname>,
user=<vcenter_username>,
pwd=<vcenter_password>,
port=443)
content = service_instance.RetrieveContent()
vm = content.searchIndex.FindByIp(datacenter=None,
ip=<vm_ip_address>,
vmSearch=True)
creds = vim.vm.guest.NamePasswordAuthentication(
username="root", password=<guest_password>
)
pm = content.guestOperationsManager.processManager
ps = vim.vm.guest.ProcessManager.ProgramSpec(
programPath="/usr/bin/apt-get",
arguments="update"
)
res = pm.StartProgramInGuest(vm, creds, ps)
pid_exitcode = pm.ListProcessesInGuest(vm, creds,
[res]).pop().exitCode
while re.match('[^0-9]+', str(pid_exitcode)):
time.sleep(5)
pid_exitcode = pm.ListProcessesInGuest(vm, creds,
[res]).pop().exitCode
if pid_exitcode == 0:
print("Program %d completed with success" % res)
break
# Look for non-zero code to fail
elif re.match('[1-9]+', str(pid_exitcode)):
print("ERROR: Program apt-get completed with Failure %s" % pid_exitcode)
Tim, what exactly do you mean with 'Subprocesses execute correctly from open-vm-tools open-vm-