#Read the VCenter FQDN from a config file:
Echo "Please enter the name of your config file, default is details.conf:"
$config = read-host
if ($config -eq "")
{ $config = "details.conf"}
echo "Your config file is" $config

Foreach ($i in $(Get-Content $config)){
    Set-Variable -Name $i.split("=")[0] -Value $i.split("=",2)[1]
}
Echo "Using the following details from config file:"
echo $vurl
echo $username
echo $location
echo $template
#Connect to the vcenter:
Try{
Connect-VIServer $vurl -User $username -ErrorAction Stop
}
catch {
$ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message
Write-Host "Alert!!!! Connection to vCenter failed: $ErrorMessage" -ForegroundColor Red -BackgroundColor Yellow
pause
Write-Host "Please Restart the script" -ForegroundColor Red
start-sleep -Seconds 5
break
}
Echo "Listing VMs:"
$vmuser = ($username + "*")
$vms = Get-VM -Name $vmuser
echo $vms
Echo "Listing templates:"
$tlocation = ($location + "*")
$templates = Get-template -location $tlocation
echo $templates
echo "Disconnecting:"
disconnect-viserver