Configure a Python Virtual Environment for Ansible VMware - ansible collection community.vmware

$ python3.8 -m venv venv
$ source venv/bin/activate
(venv) $ pip3.8 install --upgrade pip
(venv) $ pip3.8 install requests
(venv) $ pip3.8 install pyvmomi
(venv) $ pip3.8 install --upgrade git+https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python.git

[devops@demo ~]$ python3.8 -m venv venv
[devops@demo ~]$ source venv/bin/activate
(venv) [devops@demo ~]$ pip install -U pip
Collecting pip
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/96/2f/caec18213f6a67852f6997fb0673ae08d2e93d1b81573edb93ba4ef06970/pip-22.1.2-py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: pip
  Found existing installation: pip 19.3.1
    Uninstalling pip-19.3.1:
      Successfully uninstalled pip-19.3.1
Successfully installed pip-22.1.2
(venv) [devops@demo ~]$ pip install requests
Collecting requests
  Using cached requests-2.28.0-py3-none-any.whl (62 kB)
Collecting idna<4,>=2.5
  Using cached idna-3.3-py3-none-any.whl (61 kB)
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Collecting certifi>=2017.4.17
  Using cached certifi-2022.6.15-py3-none-any.whl (160 kB)
Installing collected packages: urllib3, idna, charset-normalizer, certifi, requests
Successfully installed certifi-2022.6.15 charset-normalizer-2.0.12 idna-3.3 requests-2.28.0 urllib3-1.26.9
(venv) [devops@demo ~]$ pip install pyvmomi
Collecting pyvmomi
  Using cached pyvmomi-7.0.3.tar.gz (592 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done
Requirement already satisfied: requests>=2.3.0 in ./venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from pyvmomi) (2.28.0)
Collecting six>=1.7.3
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Using legacy 'setup.py install' for pyvmomi, since package 'wheel' is not installed.
Installing collected packages: six, pyvmomi
  Running setup.py install for pyvmomi ... done
Successfully installed pyvmomi-7.0.3 six-1.16.0
(venv) [devops@demo ~]$ pip3.8 install --upgrade git+https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python.git
Collecting git+https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python.git
  Cloning https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python.git to /tmp/pip-req-build-_g3pilmu
  Running command git clone --filter=blob:none --quiet https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python.git /tmp/pip-req-build-_g3pilmu
  Resolved https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python.git to commit 19e521a2741dd0ca6e1a4fe671ff520bef615b32
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done
Processing //tmp/pip-req-build-_g3pilmu/lib/vapi-runtime/vapi_runtime-2.34.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Processing //tmp/pip-req-build-_g3pilmu/lib/vapi-client-bindings/vapi_client_bindings-3.8.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Processing //tmp/pip-req-build-_g3pilmu/lib/vapi-common-client/vapi_common_client-2.34.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Processing //tmp/pip-req-build-_g3pilmu/lib/vmc-client-bindings/vmc_client_bindings-1.59.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Processing //tmp/pip-req-build-_g3pilmu/lib/nsx-python-sdk/nsx_python_sdk-3.1.5.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Processing //tmp/pip-req-build-_g3pilmu/lib/nsx-policy-python-sdk/nsx_policy_python_sdk-3.1.5.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Processing //tmp/pip-req-build-_g3pilmu/lib/nsx-vmc-policy-python-sdk/nsx_vmc_policy_python_sdk-3.1.5.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Processing //tmp/pip-req-build-_g3pilmu/lib/nsx-vmc-aws-integration-python-sdk/nsx_vmc_aws_integration_python_sdk-3.1.5.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Processing //tmp/pip-req-build-_g3pilmu/lib/vmc-draas-client-bindings/vmc_draas_client_bindings-1.19.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting lxml>=4.3.0
  Using cached lxml-4.9.0-cp38-cp38-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.manylinux_2_24_x86_64.whl (6.9 MB)
Requirement already satisfied: pyVmomi>=6.7 in ./venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from vSphere-Automation-SDK==1.77.0) (7.0.3)
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Requirement already satisfied: setuptools in ./venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from vapi-runtime@ file://localhost//tmp/pip-req-build-_g3pilmu/lib/vapi-runtime/vapi_runtime-2.34.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl->vSphere-Automation-SDK==1.77.0) (41.6.0)
Collecting pyOpenSSL>=18.0.0
  Using cached pyOpenSSL-22.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (55 kB)
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Requirement already satisfied: urllib3<1.27,>=1.21.1 in ./venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from requests>=2.3.0->pyVmomi>=6.7->vSphere-Automation-SDK==1.77.0) (1.26.9)
Collecting cffi>=1.12
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Using legacy 'setup.py install' for vSphere-Automation-SDK, since package 'wheel' is not installed.
Installing collected packages: pycparser, lxml, cffi, cryptography, pyOpenSSL, vapi-runtime, vapi-common-client, vapi-client-bindings, vmc-draas-client-bindings, vmc-client-bindings, nsx-vmc-policy-python-sdk, nsx-vmc-aws-integration-python-sdk, nsx-python-sdk, nsx-policy-python-sdk, vSphere-Automation-SDK
  Running setup.py install for vSphere-Automation-SDK ... done
Successfully installed cffi-1.15.0 cryptography-37.0.2 lxml-4.9.0 nsx-policy-python-sdk-3.1.5.0.0 nsx-python-sdk-3.1.5.0.0 nsx-vmc-aws-integration-python-sdk-3.1.5.0.0 nsx-vmc-policy-python-sdk-3.1.5.0.0 pyOpenSSL-22.0.0 pycparser-2.21 vSphere-Automation-SDK-1.77.0 vapi-client-bindings-3.8.0 vapi-common-client-2.34.0 vapi-runtime-2.34.0 vmc-client-bindings-1.59.0 vmc-draas-client-bindings-1.19.0
(venv) [devops@demo ~]$ pip3.8 freeze > requirements.txt

certifi==2022.6.15
cffi==1.15.0
charset-normalizer==2.0.12
cryptography==37.0.2
idna==3.3
lxml==4.9.0
nsx-policy-python-sdk @ file://localhost//tmp/pip-req-build-pjtbl7ev/lib/nsx-policy-python-sdk/nsx_policy_python_sdk-3.1.5.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
nsx-python-sdk @ file://localhost//tmp/pip-req-build-pjtbl7ev/lib/nsx-python-sdk/nsx_python_sdk-3.1.5.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
nsx-vmc-aws-integration-python-sdk @ file://localhost//tmp/pip-req-build-pjtbl7ev/lib/nsx-vmc-aws-integration-python-sdk/nsx_vmc_aws_integration_python_sdk-3.1.5.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
nsx-vmc-policy-python-sdk @ file://localhost//tmp/pip-req-build-pjtbl7ev/lib/nsx-vmc-policy-python-sdk/nsx_vmc_policy_python_sdk-3.1.5.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
pycparser==2.21
pyOpenSSL==22.0.0
pyvmomi==7.0.3
requests==2.28.0
six==1.16.0
urllib3==1.26.9
vapi-client-bindings @ file://localhost//tmp/pip-req-build-pjtbl7ev/lib/vapi-client-bindings/vapi_client_bindings-3.8.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
vapi-common-client @ file://localhost//tmp/pip-req-build-pjtbl7ev/lib/vapi-common-client/vapi_common_client-2.34.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
vapi-runtime @ file://localhost//tmp/pip-req-build-pjtbl7ev/lib/vapi-runtime/vapi_runtime-2.34.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
vmc-client-bindings @ file://localhost//tmp/pip-req-build-pjtbl7ev/lib/vmc-client-bindings/vmc_client_bindings-1.59.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
vmc-draas-client-bindings @ file://localhost//tmp/pip-req-build-pjtbl7ev/lib/vmc-draas-client-bindings/vmc_draas_client_bindings-1.19.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
vSphere-Automation-SDK==1.77.0