Using ESXi Image Builder

In this chapter we will cover the following recipes:

  • Enabling ESXi Image Builder service for vSphere Web Client GUI
  • Preparing an ESXi Image Builder CLI environment
  • Downloading an ESXi offline bundle
  • Importing a software depot
  • Creating an online software depot
  • Creating a custom depot
  • Creating image profiles using an existing image profile
  • Creating image profiles from scratch
  • Comparing image profiles
  • Moving image profiles between software depots
  • Exporting image profiles