Announcing deprecation of vSphere Automation SDK for Ruby

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
vSphere Automation SDK for Ruby has been deprecated with vSphere 7.0 P04 and will not be supported from next vSphere major release. Refer to the SDK details at GitHub.
• VMware vSphere Automation SDK for Ruby 

Resolution

VMware is committed to provide a better developer experience with the modern programming language SDKs. VMware's recommended approach for customers is to use other modern programming language SDKs supported such as vSphere Automation SDK for Python, Java and migrate their automation script to these modern programming languages. Refer to the GitHub for more details on these SDKs.
• VMware vSphere Automation SDK for Python
• VMware vSphere Automation SDK for Java

FAQ
What Is happening?
vSphere Automation SDK for ruby will be deprecated on March 29, 2022.

What is the Automation SDK for Ruby?
A way for Ruby developers to create their own custom tools and automation for vSphere using vSphere Automation SDK.

Why is this changing?
VMware is putting more resources into improving the modern programming languages like Python, Java, and GO SDKs.

Who's impacted?
Anyone who is leveraging the vSphere Automation SDK for Ruby.

Who's not Impacted?
Anyone who is using vSphere Automation SDK for Java, Python.

What should we use instead?
vSphere Automation SDK for Java or vSphere Automation SDK for Python.