RVTools mailer on Wine - Docker image

This project sends RVTools file exported from your VMware infrastructure by mail using Wine and Docker

Screenshot

Coming soon

Features

• Sends .xlsx file exported from RVTools to a mail address of your choice
• Only needs Docker to work, everything else is automated!
• More coming soon...

Installation

Please make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• Git
• Docker
• SMTP mail server
• RVTools Installer file (tested with v4.2.2)

Show details for RVTools

Name: RVTools 4.2.2
File name: RVTools4.2.2.msi
File Size: 6.7 MB
SHA-256 Checksum: bb947325f9b58b715bcb5dd761ec8156b01d0fa07f4a0baeefa0ed75779bdc41
Published: 2021-12-29

Downloading the source code

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/canalplustelecom/rvtools-wine.git
cd rvtools-wine

To update the source code to the latest commit, run the following command inside the rvtools-wine directory:

git pull

Usage

• Add the installer file RVTools4.2.2.msi inside project's folder.

• Create a copy of .env.sh.template to .env.sh and modify the file so the variables match with your environment:

cp .env.sh.template .env.sh
vi .env.sh

• Create a copy of .message.txt.template to .message.txt and modify the file with the message you want to send (supports environment variables):

cp .message.txt.template .message.txt
vi .message.txt

• If you have Docker installed you just have to type the following commands and wait approximately 15 minutes for the program to run completely (after building the image).

# Build Docker image
docker build -t cpt/rvtools-wine .
# Run the image inside a container
docker run -d --rm cpt/rvtools-wine

Example

A typical usage could be to run the command above each week with crontab:

# Edit your cron tasks
crontab -e
# Add the project's command to this file and whatever else you want
54 1 * * 2 docker run -d --rm cpt/rvtools-wine >> /var/log/rvtools-wine.log 2>&1
@weekly date >> /var/log/beforereboot.log && /sbin/shutdown -r +5

Authors & Credit

• scottyhardy (creator of the image that NyaMisty based his image on, source: https://github.com/scottyhardy/docker-wine)
• NyaMisty (creator of the image with DotNET integrated I based this project on, source: https://github.com/NyaMisty/docker-wine-dotnet & https://hub.docker.com/r/nyamisty/docker-wine-dotnet)
• GERARD Angelo