Managing container registries in
VMware Cloud Director extension
for Data Solutions
VMware Cloud Director extension
for Data Solutions
Container registries are collections of repositories, which manage the
Docker
images in your cloud. When you add your container
registries to the VMware Cloud Director extension
for Data Solutions
, they are registered to VMware Cloud Director
.Add a container registry
After the initial onboarding of
VMware Cloud Director extension
for Data Solutions
, set the user name and
password for the default VMware Harbor Registry
. VMware Cloud Director
does not verify the validity of the VMware Harbor Registry
credentials. If you plan to add a local container
registry from which
Kubernetes
clusters
can pull content, you can skip configuring the default VMware Harbor Registry
and add your
own container registry.- Log in toVMware Cloud Director extension for Data SolutionsfromVMware Cloud Director.
- ClickContainer Registries.
- In theHostspanel, clickAdd.
- Enter the necessary details and clickSave.
The registry is successfully registered, and you can see its relevant repositories
in the
Repositories
panel.Update the repositories. See
Update a repository.
Update a repository
After you create a container registry, you must update the repository locations for
mandatory packages. The locations must be available to the tenant
Kubernetes
clusters.- Log in toVMware Cloud Director extension for Data SolutionsfromVMware Cloud Director.
- ClickContainer Registries.
- In theRepositoriespanel, navigate to the repository that you want to update and click the vertical ellipsis button.
- ClickUpdate.
- Enter the necessary details.
- Enter the necessary repository details.
- ForChartRepositoryrepository type, enter the chart name.
- Enter the default package version.
- To use the default values for all fields, select theUse Default Valuecheck box.
- ClickSave.
Remove a container registry
After you remove a host, update the
package repositories, which are referring to that host.
- Log in toVMware Cloud Director extension for Data SolutionsfromVMware Cloud Director.
- ClickContainer Registries.
- In theHostspanel, select the registry host that you want to remove.
- ClickDelete.