Obtain credentials for VMware Application Catalog integration with Bitnami Services

This topic tells you how to obtain credentials for VMware Application Catalog (VAC) to use when following the procedure in Configure private registry and VMware Application Catalog integration for Bitnami Services.

Prerequisites

Before obtaining credentials, you must have a VAC instance that can create access tokens from within the VAC UI.

Obtain the Helm chart repository for VMware Application Catalog

  1. In VMware Application Catalog, navigate to the Applications side tab.

  2. Under Filter your catalog, search for Helm Charts in your catalog, for example, MySQL, and click Details for one of the charts you found:

    The applications tab in the VAC UI. The catalog is filtered with the search term MySQL and by type Helm chart.

  3. Take note of the repository shown under For Helm CLI >= 3.7.0. You must include the oci:// prefix as shown on the page:

    A MySQL Helm chart page in the VAC UI. The name of the repository is highlighted in the list of commands required to consume the Helm chart.

Obtain pull credentials for VMware Application Catalog

  1. In VMware Application Catalog, navigate to the Registries side tab:

  2. Click on the registry that contains your Helm Charts and container images and record the Registry URL.

  3. Click the Registry Credentials tab.

  4. Click Generate New Credentials.

  5. Record the user name and token you are presented with.

    Generate new credentials dialog box showing a name and token.

You can now take the repository, user name, and token and use it to configure VAC integration with the Bitnami services by following the steps in Configure Private Registry and VMware Application Catalog Integration for Bitnami Services.

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