Get Resource Content
When the GuestStore repository has been configured on ESXi host, resources from the GuestStore repository can be easily accessed using VMware Tools command line utility.
You can fetch a resource content from the GuestStore repository using the VMware Tools Toolbox command line utility.
"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMwareTools\VMwareToolboxCmd.exe" gueststore getcontent <resource path> <output file>
/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox-cmd gueststore getcontent <resource path> <output file>
where,
<resource path>
is the path under the GuestStore repository datastore root URL.For example:
"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMwareToolboxCmd.exe" gueststore getcontent /vmware/apps/vmtools/windows64/metadata.json C:\Temp\metadata.json
"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMwareToolboxCmd.exe" gueststore getcontent /vmware/configurations/vmtools/windows/tools.conf C:\Temp\tools.conf
Guest admin can use the following
tools.conf
settings to control access to the GuestStore repository.
[guestStore]
disabled = false
(By default, access to the GuestStore repository is enabled when configured on the ESXi host side)adminOnly = false
(By default, admin privilege is not required to access the GuestStore repository)If
disabled = true
, then all guest access to the GuestStore repository is disabled including VMware Tools GuestStore based upgrade and GlobalConf features.When GuestStore access is enabled (
disabled = false
), setting adminOnly = true
restricts that only administrators or root users can get content from the GuestStore repository by running the following command:
- Windows"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMwareTools\VMwareToolboxCmd.exe" gueststore getcontent <resource path> <output file>
- Linux/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox-cmd gueststore getcontent <resource path> <output file>