Q: This driver needs vmware-tools to be installed in the guest os, is there any way around this?

[anjannath]

docker-machine-driver-vmware/pkg/drivers/vmware/driver.go

Lines 299 to 311 in abd4e62

	vmrun("-gu", d.SSHUser, "-gp", d.SSHPassword, "directoryExistsInGuest", d.vmxPath(), "/var/lib/boot2docker")
	// Copy SSH keys bundle
	vmrun("-gu", d.SSHUser, "-gp", d.SSHPassword, "CopyFileFromHostToGuest", d.vmxPath(), d.ResolveStorePath("userdata.tar"), "/home/docker/userdata.tar")
	// Expand tar file.
	vmrun("-gu", d.SSHUser, "-gp", d.SSHPassword, "runScriptInGuest", d.vmxPath(), "/bin/sh", "sudo sh -c \"tar xvf /home/docker/userdata.tar -C /home/docker > /var/log/userdata.log 2>&1 && chown -R docker:staff /home/docker\"")
	// copy to /var/lib/boot2docker
	vmrun("-gu", d.SSHUser, "-gp", d.SSHPassword, "runScriptInGuest", d.vmxPath(), "/bin/sh", "sudo /bin/mv /home/docker/userdata.tar /var/lib/boot2docker/userdata.tar")
	// Enable Shared Folders
	vmrun("-gu", d.SSHUser, "-gp", d.SSHPassword, "enableSharedFolders", d.vmxPath())

These instructions needs the client tools to be available in the guest os, i was unable to install them after trying many times. How do i use a config drive (any pointer for this?) so that these instructions need not be run and a user does not have to install vmware-tools?

/cc @anfernee

[anfernee]

Sorry for the late response. I searched inbox but cannot find notification. This driver should just work. You don't need to specify guest os or anything. If it doesn't work, can you share your working env: OS type, Workstation/Fusion version, the command you run, and the logs you received. Also are you a minikube user or docker-machine user?