Bits, Bytes, & Radio Waves

A quiet journey through discovery and understanding.

Author: Aaron Rombaut

  • VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Bundle Transfer Utility (v 5.2) and Offline Depot with RHEL 9 (Archived)

    This post documents building an offline depot for VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 using the legacy Bundle Transfer Utility on RHEL-compatible systems. It covers practical setup steps, repository hosting considerations, and operational caveats encountered in real environments. While archived, the content remains relevant for customers maintaining VCF 5.x deployments.

  • VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Bundle Transfer Utility v5.2 for Windows (Archived)

    This post describes using the legacy VMware Cloud Foundation Bundle Transfer Utility on Windows to build an offline depot for VCF 5.2 environments. It highlights Windows-specific considerations, repository setup, and common operational pitfalls. Although archived, the content remains useful for understanding legacy workflows still required in some VCF 5.x deployments.

  • VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and Third-Party Certificates

    Using Third-Party Certificates with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) I consider this a “Day 1.5” task—VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) has been successfully deployed (Day 1), but there’s still some essential configuration work to be done before handing it off to the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) team for Day 2 operations. Certificate Management in VCF By default,…