Build a VMware Cloud on AWS Content Library using AWS S3

Gilles Chekroun Lead NSX Systems Engineer - VMware Europe --- What is a Content Library? DISCLAIMER: External content libraries are not supported by VMware GSS ! vSphere Content Library is a repository where you can store VM templates, vApp templates and other kind of files like ISO. Administrators can use the templates to deploy VMs and vApps. Each item library can contain multiple files. The basis is .ovf together with the description files like .mf and .vmdk If you have .ova files, you can simply un-compress them using the linux command: tar -xvf SomeFile.ova There are two kind of Libraries: Local and Subscribed. Local Library Local Library stores items in a single vCenter. VM and vApp templates are stored as OVF file format. Subscribed Library You can create a Subscribed Library in the same vCenter and to ensure the content is up-to-date, the library can automatically sync with the source on a regular basis. You can also use the option to download co