diff --git a/.drone.sh b/.drone.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 0b6b8bb..1476f8f 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ steps:
   #- cp /shared/index.html ./www/
   - go install github.com/sqlc-dev/sqlc/cmd/sqlc@latest
   - sqlc generate
+  - chmod +x .drone.sh
   - ./.drone.sh
 
 - name: dell-sftp-deploy
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5d5675d..99ae867 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pressly/goose/v3 v3.22.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/tursodatabase/libsql-client-go v0.0.0-20240902231107-85af5b9d094d
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.43.0
 	modernc.org/sqlite v1.33.0
 )
 
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.1 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7 // indirect
-	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/mfridman/interpolate v0.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/ncruces/go-strftime v0.1.9 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7b3a974..cd55cf4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ github.com/antlr4-go/antlr/v4 v4.13.1 h1:SqQKkuVZ+zWkMMNkjy5FZe5mr5WURWnlpmOuzYW
 github.com/antlr4-go/antlr/v4 v4.13.1/go.mod h1:GKmUxMtwp6ZgGwZSva4eWPC5mS6vUAmOABFgjdkM7Nw=
 github.com/coder/websocket v1.8.12 h1:5bUXkEPPIbewrnkU8LTCLVaxi4N4J8ahufH2vlo4NAo=
 github.com/coder/websocket v1.8.12/go.mod h1:LNVeNrXQZfe5qhS9ALED3uA+l5pPqvwXg3CKoDBB2gs=
-github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -67,6 +66,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsT
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/tursodatabase/libsql-client-go v0.0.0-20240902231107-85af5b9d094d h1:dOMI4+zEbDI37KGb0TI44GUAwxHF9cMsIoDTJ7UmgfU=
 github.com/tursodatabase/libsql-client-go v0.0.0-20240902231107-85af5b9d094d/go.mod h1:l8xTsYB90uaVdMHXMCxKKLSgw5wLYBwBKKefNIUnm9s=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.43.0 h1:7Kg3Bkdly+TrE67BYXzRq7ZrDnn7xqpKX95uEh2f9Go=
+github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.43.0/go.mod h1:IOv5nTXCPqH9qVJAlRuAGffogaLsNs8aF+e7vLgsHJU=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
diff --git a/internal/vcenter/vcenter.go b/internal/vcenter/vcenter.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c50ff99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/vcenter/vcenter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+package vcenter
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/vmware/govmomi"
+	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/view"
+	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25/mo"
+	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25/soap"
+)
+
+type Vcenter struct {
+	logger *slog.Logger
+	ctx    context.Context
+	client *govmomi.Client
+}
+
+// New creates a new Vcenter with the given logger
+func New(logger *slog.Logger) *Vcenter {
+
+	//ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	//defer cancel()
+
+	return &Vcenter{
+		logger: logger,
+		ctx:    context.Background(),
+	}
+}
+
+func (v *Vcenter) Login(vUrl string) error {
+	var insecure bool
+
+	insecureString := os.Getenv("VCENTER_INSECURE")
+	username := os.Getenv("VCENTER_USERNAME")
+	password := os.Getenv("VCENTER_PASSWORD")
+
+	// Connect to vCenter
+	u, err := soap.ParseURL(vUrl)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Error parsing vCenter URL: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	u.User = url.UserPassword(username, password)
+
+	/*
+		c, err := govmomi.NewClient(ctx, u, insecure)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Error connecting to vCenter: %s", err)
+		}
+	*/
+
+	if insecureString == "true" {
+		insecure = true
+	}
+
+	c, err := govmomi.NewClient(v.ctx, u, insecure)
+	if err != nil {
+		v.logger.Error("Unable to connect to vCenter", "error", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to connect to vCenter : %s", err)
+	}
+
+	//defer c.Logout(v.ctx)
+
+	v.client = c
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (v *Vcenter) Logout() error {
+	return v.client.Logout(v.ctx)
+}
+
+func (v *Vcenter) FindVMByName(vmName string) ([]mo.VirtualMachine, error) {
+	m := view.NewManager(v.client.Client)
+
+	vms, err := m.CreateContainerView(v.ctx, v.client.ServiceContent.RootFolder, []string{"VirtualMachine"}, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer vms.Destroy(v.ctx)
+
+	var matchingVMs []mo.VirtualMachine
+
+	err = vms.Retrieve(v.ctx, []string{"VirtualMachine"}, []string{"name"}, &matchingVMs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Temporarily just return all VMs
+	//return matchingVMs, nil
+
+	var result []mo.VirtualMachine
+
+	for _, vm := range matchingVMs {
+		if vm.Name == vmName {
+			result = append(result, vm)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result, nil
+}
diff --git a/server/handler/vmCreate.go b/server/handler/vmCreate.go
index 2292324..5b0d1e4 100644
--- a/server/handler/vmCreate.go
+++ b/server/handler/vmCreate.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 	queries "vctp/db/queries"
+	"vctp/internal/vcenter"
 	models "vctp/server/models"
 )
 
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ func (h *Handler) VmCreate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	// Decode the JSON body into vmModel struct
 	var vm models.CloudEventReceived
-	//if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&vm); err != nil {
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(reqBody, &vm); err != nil {
 		h.Logger.Error("unable to decode json", "error", err)
 		http.Error(w, "Invalid JSON body", http.StatusBadRequest)
@@ -48,6 +48,17 @@ func (h *Handler) VmCreate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		unixTimestamp = eventTime.Unix()
 	}
 
+	// TODO - initiate govmomi query of source vcenter to discover related data
+	vc := vcenter.New(h.Logger)
+	vc.Login(vm.CloudEvent.Source)
+	vmObject, err := vc.FindVMByName(vm.CloudEvent.Data.VM.Name)
+	if err != nil {
+		h.Logger.Error("Can't locate vm in vCenter", "vmName", vm.CloudEvent.Data.VM.Name, "error", err)
+	} else {
+		h.Logger.Debug("found VM", "object", vmObject)
+	}
+	vc.Logout()
+
 	// Create an instance of CreateInventoryParams
 	params := queries.CreateInventoryParams{
 		Name:         vm.CloudEvent.Data.VM.Name,