6.5.1

Procedure
1 In a Web browser, go to the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface, https://appliance-IP-
address-or-FQDN:5480.
2 Log in as root.
The default root password is the password you set while deploying the vCenter Server Appliance.
Configure the Repository for URL-Based Patching
For URL-based patching, by default the vCenter Server Appliance is configured to use the default
VMware repository URL that is preset for the build profile of the appliance. You can configure a custom
repository URL as the current source of patches for your environment's requirements.
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.
Prerequisites
Log in to the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface as root.
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 In the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface, click Update.
3 Click Settings.
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