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VIB Packages

ESXi vSphere Installation Bundles (VIB) are packages used to install applications on ESXi devices. Artemis supports parsing installed VIB packages on ESXi systems.

Other parsers:

  • Any program that can read a text file

References:

Collection​

You have to use the artemis api in order to parse ESXi VIB files.

import { getVibs } from "./artemis-api/mod";

function main() {
    const results = getVibs();
    console.log(JSON.stringify(results));
}

main();

Output Structure​

An array of VibInfo.

export interface VibInfo {
    message: string;
    datetime: string;
    timestamp_desc: "VIB Package Installed" | "VIB Package Released";
    artifact: "ESXi VIB Package";
    data_type: "esxi:vib:entry";
    vib_version: number;
    install_date: string;
    name: string;
    version: string;
    vendor: string;
    summary: string;
    description: string;
    /**Can be spoofed easily. No guarantee to be UTC*/
    release_date: string;
    level: string;
    vib_type: string;
    payloads: VibPayload[];
    urls: string[];
    evidence: string;
    installed: boolean;
    timezone: string;
}