The VCF CLI provides integrated and unified command-line access to a broad array of products and solutions in the VMware by Broadcom portfolio. The CLI is based on a plugin architecture where CLI command functionality can be delivered through independently developed plugin binaries. To support this architecture, this project provides releases of the core CLI binary that plugins integrate with. Said binary serves the role of
- providing discovery, installation and lifecycle management of plugins on the CLI host
- providing dispatching of CLI command invocation to a specific plugin
- providing authentication with and managing access to endpoints which certain CLI commands will target
To facilitate plugin development, the Core CLI also provides
- the ability to scaffold new plugin projects and plugin commands themselves.
- the capability to build, test, and publish the plugins being developed.