Prompt for vCentre password so it doesn't need to be saved in config file

[robinbowes]

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[tomeon]

Would really appreciate this feature! 👍

[robinbowes]

@BaxterStockman I worked around this as follows:

Put your credentials in a file in the root of your home dir named .vcenter_login.yaml like this:

---
username: "your_username"
password: "your_password"

Add code to Vagrantfile, something like this:

provider = 'vcenter'
creds_file = YAML.load_file(File.expand_path("~/.#{provider}_login.yaml"))
username = creds_file['username']
password = creds_file['password']

Then you can use the username and password variables like this:

config.vm.provider :vcenter do |vcenter|
     vcenter.username = username
     vcenter.password = password
...

[tomeon]

@robinbowes -- thanks for sharing your setup! I had hoped to do something similar, but I've gotten pushback from colleagues who aren't enthusiastic about storing their credentials in a file (even with restrictive permissions). I have a workaround, but it makes me feel bad about myself 😢:

# This is a simplified version of the logic that's followed in `bin/vagrant`;
# see https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/blob/master/bin/vagrant.          
class UI                                                                     
  extend SingleForwardable                                                   

  class << self                                                              
    attr_accessor :ui                                                        

    def init(argv = ARGV)                                                    
      self.ui = ui_class(argv).new                                           
    end                                                                      

    def ui_class(argv)                                                       
      if argv.include?("--machine-readable")                                 
        Vagrant::UI::MachineReadable                                         
      elsif argv.include?("--no-color") || ENV["VAGRANT_NO_COLOR"]           
        Vagrant::UI::Basic                                                   
      elsif argv.include?("--color")                                         
        Vagrant::UI::Colored                                                 
      elsif !Vagrant::Util::Platform.terminal_supports_colors?               
        Vagrant::UI::Basic                                                   
      elsif !$stdout.tty? && !Vagrant::Util::Platform.cygwin?                
        Vagrant::UI::Basic                                                   
      else                                                                   
        Vagrant::UI::Colored                                                 
      end                                                                    
    end                                                                      

    private :ui_class                                                        
  end                                                                        

  def_single_delegators :ui, :ask, :detail, :warn, :error, :info, :output,   
                        :success                                             
end

UI.init                                                                             

Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|                                                  
  config.vm.provider :vcenter do |vcenter|                                                                  
    vcenter.password = UI.ask('vSphere password (will be hidden): ', :echo => false)                                                                          
   end
end