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.gitignore

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+fah.conf
+*.ova
+*.log

README.md

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+Folding@Home ovftool deployment script
+--------------------------------------
+
+## Introduction
+The script is used for deploying the folding@home image supplied by [VMWare](https://flings.vmware.com/vmware-appliance-for-folding-home) on VMWare ESXi (free).
+
+The script is based on the one from [VMWare's GitHub](https://github.com/lamw/vmware-fah-automation).
+
+## Usage
+1. In order to use it, you need to have `ovftool` installed.
+
+2. Then, you need to create an `fah.conf` file with the parameters shown in `example.conf`
+
+3. The script will automatically download the ova if not present in the current directory and will deploy it on the remote ESXi host

deploy_esxi.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+if [ -x "$(command -v ovftool)" ]; then
+    # Specify the path for ovftool
+    OVFTOOL_BIN_PATH=$(which ovftool)
+
+    # Source the configuration
+    . fah.conf
+    FAH_OVA="VMware-Appliance-FaH_${FAH_OVA_VERSION}.ova"
+
+    if [ ! -f "${FAH_OVA}" ]; then
+        # Download OVA if not present
+        wget "https://download3.vmware.com/software/vmw-tools/VMWare_Folding@Home_Appliance/${FAH_OVA}"
+    fi
+
+    ### DO NOT EDIT BEYOND HERE ###
+
+    "${OVFTOOL_BIN_PATH}" \
+        --X:injectOvfEnv \
+        --powerOn \
+        --noSSLVerify \
+        --sourceType=OVA \
+        --allowExtraConfig \
+        --diskMode=thin \
+        --numberOfCpus:*=${FAH_CPU_COUNT} \
+        --name="${FAH_NAME}" \
+        --net:"VM Network"="${FAH_NETWORK}" \
+        --datastore="${FAH_DATASTORE}" \
+        --prop:guestinfo.ipaddress=${FAH_IP} \
+        --prop:guestinfo.hostname=${FAH_HOSTNAME} \
+        --prop:guestinfo.netmask="${FAH_PREFIX}" \
+        --prop:guestinfo.gateway=${FAH_GW} \
+        --prop:guestinfo.dns=${FAH_DNS} \
+        --prop:guestinfo.domain=${FAH_DNS_DOMAIN} \
+        --prop:guestinfo.ntp=${FAH_NTP} \
+        --prop:guestinfo.root_password=${FAH_OS_PASSWORD} \
+        --prop:guestinfo.fah_username=${FAH_USERNAME} \
+        --prop:guestinfo.fah_passkey=${FAH_PASSKEY} \
+        --prop:guestinfo.fah_mode=${FAH_MODE} \
+        --prop:guestinfo.debug=${FAH_DEBUG} \
+        "${FAH_OVA}" \
+        "vi://${DEPLOYMENT_TARGET_USERNAME}:${DEPLOYMENT_TARGET_PASSWORD}@${DEPLOYMENT_TARGET_ADDRESS}/"
+else
+    echo 'ERROR: ovftool is not installed.' >&2
+    exit 1
+fi

example.conf

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+# ESXi settings
+DEPLOYMENT_TARGET_ADDRESS="192.168.30.14"
+DEPLOYMENT_TARGET_USERNAME="root"
+DEPLOYMENT_TARGET_PASSWORD="VMware1!"
+
+FAH_OVA_VERSION="1.0.1"
+FAH_NAME="VMWARE-FAH"
+FAH_CPU_COUNT="4"
+FAH_IP="192.168.30.112"
+FAH_HOSTNAME="fah.primp-industries.com"
+FAH_PREFIX="24 (255.255.255.0)"
+FAH_GW="192.168.30.1"
+FAH_DNS="192.168.30.1"
+FAH_DNS_DOMAIN="primp-industries.com"
+FAH_NTP="pool.ntp.org"
+FAH_OS_PASSWORD="VMware1!"
+FAH_NETWORK="VM Network"
+FAH_DATASTORE="sm-vsanDatastore"
+FAH_DEBUG="True"
+FAH_USERNAME="lamw"
+FAH_PASSKEY="e6cf014f62ba0f60e6cf014f62ba0f60"
+FAH_MODE="light"