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Deploy VCF Operations for Logs

July 20, 2026 | Homelab, VCF, VCF 9, VCF Logs, VCF Operations for Logs, VCF Ops for Logs, VMware, VMware VCF Logs | No Comments

Login to VCF Operations Select Fleet Management on the left, then Lifecycle and click Add for operations-logs Select your version and deployment type, select Next Either generate or import a certificate. I will be importing Select your certificate and then Next Choose your options from the drop downs and then click Next Provide the information […]

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By Scott Bell

Configuring VCF 9 Operations: Certificates and Offline Depots

June 8, 2026 | Homelab, VCF, VCF 9, VMware | No Comments

Struggling with ‘Untrusted Certificate’ warnings or trying to figure out how to point VCF 9 to your local binary repository? This step-by-step walkthrough covers the critical post-deployment setup for VCF Operations. Learn how to configure global and instance-specific depot settings and replace default self-signed certificates with trusted Microsoft CA certs to get your environment ready for workload deployment.

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By Scott Bell

Deploy VCF 9 using VCF Installer

May 25, 2026 | Homelab, VCF, VCF 9, VCF Installer, VMware | No Comments

Pre-Reqs This portion assumes that you already have set up and linked your VCF installer with an offline\online depot. Deploy VCF installer Setup VCF Installer with Offline Depot Offline Depot/Binary Management for VCF Login to your VCF Installer When you login, make sure your Online\Offline Depot is still linked (shown by the Online Depot Connection […]

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By Scott Bell

Setup VCF Installer with Offline Depot

January 19, 2026 | Homelab, Linux, VCF, VMware | No Comments

Greetings, so today we will be linking the VCF Installer with the Offline Depot Once you have deployed the VCF Installer and deployed and set up the Offline Depot, the next steps will be to setup the VCF Installer to download the binaries from the Offline Depot.  This configuration assumes that you are operating an […]

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By Scott Bell

Deploy VCF Installer

January 5, 2026 | Homelab, VCF, VMware | No Comments

Greetings, today we will be deploying the VCF Installer So to start, the VCF Installer OVA will need to be downloaded, this will require a Broadcom account and the appropriate license entitlement. Link to the download: https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/productfiles?displayGroup=VMware%20Cloud%20Foundation%209&release=9.0.1.0&os=&servicePk=534266&language=EN&groupId=534924&viewGroup=true At the time of this article being written, it would be this download OVA for 9.0.1.0.24962180 Deploy OVA […]

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By Scott Bell

Deploying VCF Offline Depot using Photon OS

December 29, 2025 | Homelab, Linux, VCF, VMware | No Comments

Greetings, today we will be deploying an Photon Linux Offline Depot for VCF This was done using Aaron Rombaut’s and the Broadcom KB articles. https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-9-0-and-later/9-0/deployment/deploying-a-new-vmware-cloud-foundation-or-vmware-vsphere-foundation-private-cloud-/preparing-your-environment/downloading-binaries-to-the-vcf-installer-appliance/connect-to-an-offline-depot-to-download-binaries/set-up-an-offline-depot-web-server-for-vmware-cloud-foundation.html To start, you will need to download the Photon OS from the following link. I will be using the OVA with visual hardware v15 version. https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Downloading-Photon-OS I will be downloading […]

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By Scott Bell

Create Certificate Template for VMware Certificate Authority

December 13, 2025 | ADCS, Certificate Services, Certificate Template, Homelab, Microsoft, VCF, VMware | No Comments

Greetings, this time we are going to be creating a Certificate Template for VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA). This would allow you to use VMCA to issue certificates for your VMware environment. This is based on the following article: Creating a Microsoft Certificate Authority Template for SSL certificate creation in vSphere Open Certificate Authority Select Certificate […]

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By Scott Bell