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Configure URL-Based Patching
For URL-based patching, the vCenter Server Appliance is preset with a default VMware repository URL
for the build profile of the appliance. You can use the update.set command to configure the appliance to
use the default or a custom repository URL as the current source of patches and enable automatic
checks for patches.
By default the current repository for URL-based patching is the default VMware repository URL.
Note You can use the proxy.set command to configure a proxy server for the connection between the
vCenter Server Applianceand the repository URL. For more information about the API commands in the
appliance shell, see vCenter Server Appliance Configuration.
If the vCenter Server Appliance is not connected to the Internet or if your security policy requires it, you
can build and configure a custom repository. The custom patching repository runs on a local Web server
within your data center and replicates the data from the default repository. Optionally, you can set up an
authentication policy for accessing the Web server that hosts the custom patching repository.
Procedure
1 If you want to configure a custom repository URL, build the repository on your local Web server.
a Download the vCenter Server Appliance patch ZIP file from the VMware website at
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads.
b On your Web server, create a repository directory under the root.
For example, create the vc_update_repo directory.
c Extract the ZIP file into the repository directory.
The extracted files are in the manifest and package-pool subdirectories.
2 Access the appliance shell and log in as a user who has a super administrator role.
The default user with a super administrator role is root.
3 To see information about the current URL-based patching settings, run the update.get command.
You can see information about the current repository URL, the default repository URL, the time at
which the appliance last checked for patches, the time at which the appliance last installed patches,
and the current configuration of automatic checks for patches.
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