Nutanix 🆕

This plugin is in beta and should not be used in production, but only for testing purposes.

Features

The Nutanix plugin utilizes the Prism REST API (Prism Central or Element) to inventory your Nutanix infrastructure and inject the results into GLPI’s native inventory engine.

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Requirements (self-hosted)

GLPI Version	Minimum PHP	Recommended
10.0.x	8.1	8.2
11.0.x	8.2	8.4

A GLPI Network ADVANCED subscription (or higher) is required. This plugin is also available for all GLPI Network Cloud instances.

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Install the plugin

• Go to the marketplace. Download and install the Nutanix plugin.

Install plugin

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Inventoried Elements

The plugin maps Nutanix components to native GLPI objects as follows:

Nutanix Item	GLPI Destination	GLPI Object Type
Enclosure	Enclosure	Enclosure
Cluster	Cluster	Cluster
Host (Hypervisor)	Computer (Physical)	Computer
VM	Computer + VM	Computer (linked as VM)
Disk	Item_Disk	Disk item

Inventory Details

• Hosts: Name, UUID, BIOS (version/serial), RAM, CPUs, service IPs, and physical disks.

• VMs: Name, UUID, power state, memory, vCPUs, IPs/MACs, and vDisks.

• Relationships: Automatic creation of Enclosure / Cluster ↔ Host and VM ↔ Host links via UUID.

Important: Do not use this plugin to import VMs that already have a GLPI Agent installed. Inventory formats differ, which will result in error logs or redundant data entries.

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Plugin Configuration (Nutanix API)

Setup Nutanix

• Navigate to: Setup → Plugins → Nutanix (Configuration tab).

Required Settings:

• API REST URL: Your Prism endpoint (e.g., https://prism-central.domain.com:9440).

• API Version: 2.0 or 3.0 (both are supported).

• Credentials: Nutanix account with read-only access (clusters, hosts, vms, and disks).

• SSL Verification: Enable or disable certificate validation.

Passwords are stored encrypted within the GLPI database.

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Automated Inventory Task

The inventory of Nutanix assets (Clusters, Hosts, VMs, Disks) is entirely managed by a dedicated automatic action within GLPI. No third-party agents are required on the hypervisors.

• Go to Setup > Automatic actions

1. Task Name: NutanixInventory (automatically registered upon plugin activation).

2. Process: This task connects to the Prism API, fetches the asset structure, and injects it into GLPI's native inventory engine.

You can manage:

• Run frequency: from one minute to monthly

• Status: scheduled or disabled

• Run mode: CLI or GLPI (use CLI to use GLPI's cron job)

• Run period: enter the times when GLPI is allowed to synchronize data

• Number of days this action logs are stored: infinite to 360 days