// retrieves the uuid of the appliance vm to create a unique vsphere extension name
func (d *Dispatcher) GenerateExtensionName(conf *metadata.VirtualContainerHostConfigSpec) error {
defer trace.End(trace.Begin(conf.ExtensionName))
// must be called after appliance VM is created
vm, err := d.findAppliance(conf)
if err != nil {
return errors.Errorf("Could not find appliance at extension creation time; failed with error: %s", err)
}
var o mo.VirtualMachine
err = vm.Properties(d.ctx, vm.Reference(), []string{"config.uuid"}, &o)
if err != nil {
return errors.Errorf("Could not get VM UUID from appliance VM due to error: %s", err)
}
conf.ExtensionName = "com.vmware.vic." + o.Config.Uuid
return nil
}
