VCF Installer APIs on My Cloudy World

VCF Installer APIs: Connect VCF Installer to the Broadcom Depot

gblake@jadenetworks.co.uk (Gary Blake) — Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Before you can begin deploying VMware Cloud Foundation, you first configure the VCF Installer to connect to the Broadcom Depot. In order to do this you must first obtain your unique download token from the VCF Business Services Console , once you have your download token you can proceed with setting up the VCF Installer.

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VCF Installer APIs: Validating Your JSON Using VCF Installer

gblake@jadenetworks.co.uk (Gary Blake) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The first step to automating the deployment of a new VMware Cloud Foundation platform is the creation and validation of your JSON specification file. This JSON specification file describes the environment to be configured.

There are a few ways in which you can build your JSON specification file, probably the easiest is through the use of the Planning and Preparation Workbook and a PowerShell utility my friend and colleague Ken Gould created called VCF.JSONGenerator (for a full rundown of the tool see Ken's blog post Introducing the VCF.JSONGenerator PowerShell Module for VMware Cloud Foundation ).

VCF Installer APIs: Download Binaries from Broadcom Depot

gblake@jadenetworks.co.uk (Gary Blake) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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