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How to download offline copy of the vSphere Kubernetes releases (VKr) Content Library?

10.10.2023 by William Lam // 2 Comments

As part of the setup for vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS), a local vSphere Content Library needs be created to store the various vSphere Kubernetes releases (VKr) which users typically synchronize from VMware's online VKr Content Library repository.


I typically recommend configuring the content library subscription to only download files when needed, rather than the entire library, which is currently over 200GB+.

After standing up another VKS environment, I needed to download additional VKr images but I could not reuse my existing subscribed content library since it was configured on a different vCenter Server.

With the ability to host a custom vSphere Content Library on my Synology, I realized a better solution would be for me to simply download the full VMware VKr Content Library and host that locally on my network rather than re-downloading the same images each time I have a new deployment.

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Categories // Kubernetes, vSphere 7.0, vSphere 8.0, vSphere Kubernetes Service, vSphere Supervisor Tags // content library, Synology, VKr, vSphere Kubernetes Service, vSphere Supervisor

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