Containerized UMDS

VMware UMDS (Update Manager Download Service) Running in Docker.

UMDS

Dockerfileexpects to find ./install/VMware-UMDS-8.0.2.00100-11979815.tar.gz. UMDS version must match vCenter version. Installer found in vCenter installer package. UMDS expects ./data/umds/download to be writeable as user 101.

The UMDS service is triggered on container startup and on a given time, defaults to 01:00. Change time with SCHEDULEDTIME environment variable in docker-compose.yml

UMDS config added as example under ./data/umds/downloadConfig.xml Set up to download VMware host updates for ESXI 8.0. Comment out the line - ./data/umds/downloadConfig.xml:/usr/local/vmware-umds/bin/downloadConfig.xml:ro from docker-compose.yml to default to all 6.7, 7.0 and 8.0 updates. or look at Documentation

Nginx

Patches made available to vCenter with Nginx. Usin default config except autoindex on, to allow directory listing.