Install ESXCLI

You can install ESXCLI by downloading the installation package and running a Python command.
  • Verify that there is no existing ESXCLI installation on the system.
  1. Download the ESXCLI Python package.
    You can find a link to the package on the ESXCLI page, which you can find in the
    Developer Tools
    section of the
    Resources
    tab on the VMware Developer website.
  2. Navigate to the folder where you downloaded the package and run the Python
    pip
    installer.
    $ pip install esxcli-8.0.0-XXXXXXXX.tgz