Add vcenter events guide (#774)

* add an example of running hardening script with vSphere events
* fix a typo in local config causing eventsgateway to be ignored
* remove unrelated release

Author: kars7e

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docs/_examples/vcenter-events.md

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+---
+layout: default
+title:  Harden VMs in vSphere
+---
+
+# Introduction
+
+This tutorial will walk you through executing functions in response to vSphere events.
+_Note:_ Ensure you have followed the [Quickstart]({{ '/documentation/front/quickstart' | relative_url }}) guide and have a working Dispatch Virtual Appliance.
+
+Our goal is to execute a PowerShell function called hardenVM, which will apply additional hardening configuration on every virtual machine created in vSphere.
+
+# Create Seed Images
+
+Dispatch is bundled with a set of seed images for multiple languages to get you started easily. If you followed the guide, you should
+have a set of images created in your Dispatch VM. Execute the following command to check:
+
+```bash
+$ dispatch get images
+     NAME    |   URL                |    BASEIMAGE    | STATUS | CREATED DATE
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  java       | dispatch/f23f029e... | java-base       | READY  | ...
+  nodejs     | dispatch/6f04f67d... | nodejs-base     | READY  | ...
+  powershell | dispatch/edcbdda8... | powershell-base | READY  | ...
+  python3    | dispatch/1937b329... | python3-base    | READY  | ...
+```
+
+If the list is empty, you can create the seed images using the following command:
+
+```bash
+$ dispatch create seed-images
+Created BaseImage: nodejs-base
+Created BaseImage: python3-base
+Created BaseImage: powershell-base
+Created BaseImage: java-base
+Created Image: nodejs
+Created Image: python3
+Created Image: powershell
+Created Image: java
+```
+
+**Note**: You need to wait a short while for the images to be in the `READY` state. You can always check the status using the `dispatch get images` command.
+
+# Create a PowerShell image with PowerCLI dependency
+
+Our function needs a library that knows how to talk to vSphere. We will use `PowerCLI` SDK to do that. To bring the dependency for our function, we will prepare a dedicated image.
+
+1. Create a file named `deps.ps1` with PowerCLI dependency:
+
+```bash
+cat << EOF > deps.psd1
+@{
+  'VMware.PowerCLI' = 'latest'
+}
+EOF
+```
+
+2. create a new image using PowerShell base image:
+
+```
+$ dispatch create image powershell-powercli powershell-base --runtime-deps deps.psd1
+Created image: powershell-powercli
+```
+
+# Create a secret with vSphere credentials
+
+Our function also needs to know how to connect to vSphere, and what credentials to use. In order to do that, we will create a Dispatch secret.
+
+1. Create a JSON file with secret contents:
+
+```bash
+cat << EOF > vsphere.json
+{
+  "host": "<vCenter host URL, e.g. https://vcenter.example.com>",
+  "username": "<username>",
+  "password": "<password>"
+  "vcenterurl": "<full vCenter URL, e.g. username:[email protected]:443>"
+}
+EOF
+```
+
+2. Create a dispatch secret called `vsphere`:
+```
+$ dispatch create secret vsphere vsphere.json
+Created secret: vsphere
+```
+
+# Create a function
+
+We will use [`ApplyHardening` function](https://github.com/vmware/PowerCLI-Example-Scripts/blob/cb9e57e185a268559747fdb679299499dea816b5/Modules/apply-hardening/apply-hardening.psm1)
+from PowerCLI-Example-Scripts repo. We slightly modify it to include the entrypoint handler (comments  removed for brevity.
+
+1. Create function file with following contents:
+```powershell
+Import-Module PowerCLI.ViCore
+
+function Apply-Hardening {    
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param( 
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,
+        ValueFromPipeline=$True,
+                    Position=0)]
+        [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.InventoryItemImpl[]]
+        $VMs
+    ) 
+    Process { 
+        $ExtraOptions = @{
+            "isolation.tools.diskShrink.disable"="true";
+            "isolation.tools.diskWiper.disable"="true";
+            "isolation.tools.copy.disable"="true";
+            "isolation.tools.paste.disable"="true";
+            "isolation.tools.dnd.disable"="true";
+            "isolation.tools.setGUIOptions.enable"="false"; 
+            "log.keepOld"="10";
+            "log.rotateSize"="100000"
+            "RemoteDisplay.maxConnections"="2";
+            "RemoteDisplay.vnc.enabled"="false";  
+        
+        }
+        if ($DebugPreference -eq "Inquire") {
+            Write-Output "VM Hardening Options:"
+            $ExtraOptions | Format-Table -AutoSize
+        }
+        
+        $VMConfigSpec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec
+        
+        Foreach ($Option in $ExtraOptions.GetEnumerator()) {
+            $OptionValue = New-Object VMware.Vim.optionvalue
+            $OptionValue.Key = $Option.Key
+            $OptionValue.Value = $Option.Value
+            $VMConfigSpec.extraconfig += $OptionValue
+        }
+        ForEach ($VM in $VMs){
+                $VMv = Get-VM $VM | Get-View
+            $state = $VMv.Summary.Runtime.PowerState
+            Write-Output "...Starting Reconfiguring VM: $VM "
+            $TaskConf = ($VMv).ReconfigVM_Task($VMConfigSpec)
+                if ($state -eq "poweredOn") {
+                    Write-Output "...Migrating VM: $VM "
+                    $TaskMig = $VMv.MigrateVM_Task($null, $_.Runtime.Host, 'highPriority', $null)
+                    }
+            }
+        }
+}
+    
+function handle($context, $payload) {
+    [void](Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction ignore -Confirm:$false)
+
+    $username = $context.secrets.username
+    $password = $context.secrets.password
+    $hostname = $context.secrets.host
+    $vmName = $payload.metadata.vm_name
+
+    # Connect to vSphere
+    Write-Host "Checking VC Connection is active"
+    if (-not $global:defaultviservers) {
+        Write-Host "Connecting to $hostname"
+        $server = connect-viserver -server $hostname -User $username -Password $password
+    } else {
+        Write-Host "Already connected to $hostname"
+    }
+
+    Write-Host "Get Virtual Machine By name"
+    $vm = Get-VM -Name $vmName
+
+    Write-Host "Security Harden our VM"
+    $vm | Apply-Hardening 
+    
+    return "success"
+}
+```
+
+2. Create Dispatch function using previously created image and secret (assuming the function file is called hardenvm.ps1):
+```
+$ dispatch create function harden-vm hardenvm.ps1 --image=powershell-powercli --secret vsphere
+Created function: harden-vm
+```
+
+If you have a VM in your vSphere already, you can test the function before wiring it to vSphere events by running it manually:
+
+```
+$ dispatch exec harden-vm --wait --input '{"metadata": {"vm_name": "myvm"}}' | jq -r '.output'
+[
+  "...Starting Reconfiguring VM: myvm ",
+  "success"
+]
+``` 
+
+Replace `myvm` with the name of your vm. 
+
+# Create an event driver
+In order to receive vSphere events we need to create an event driver.
+
+1. Create a vcenter event driver type which registers the docker image implementing the driver:
+```
+$ dispatch create event-driver-type vcenter dispatchframework/dispatch-events-vcenter:solo-auth
+Created event driver type: vcenter
+```
+
+2. Create the driver using previously created secret:
+```
+$ dispatch create event-driver vcenter --secret vsphere --name vcenter
+Created event driver: vcenter
+```
+
+# Wiring function and event - subscription
+
+The final step is to wire the function and event together. to do that, we create a subscription.  We will use vsphere event
+`VMDeployedEvent`, which is emitted when VM finishes deploying:
+
+```
+$ dispatch create subscription --event-type vm.deployed harden-vm --name harden_deployed
+created subscription: harden_deployed
+```
+
+Now, when you create a VM in vSphere, after a while you should see that the `harden-vm` function is executed, and in vSphere UI
+yo can see that VM has now extra configured applied to it!
+
+![Hardening options applied to the vm.]({{ '/assets/images/harden-options.png' | relative_url }}){:width="600px"}
+
+
+
+ 

docs/_posts/2018-11-06-v0-1-24-release.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type localConfig struct {
 	DockerHost     string `mapstructure:"docker-host" json:"docker-host,omitempty"`
 	GatewayPort    int    `mapstructure:"gateway-port" json:"gateway-port,omitempty"`
 	GatewayTLSPort int    `mapstructure:"gateway-tls-port" json:"gateway-tls-port,omitempty"`
-	EventsGateway  string `mapstructure:"events-gateway" json:events-gateway,omitempty"`
+	EventsGateway  string `mapstructure:"events-gateway" json:"events-gateway,omitempty"`
 }
 
 var dispatchConfigPath = ""