VMware vSphere® Integrated Containers 1.5.5 | 16 APR 2020 VMware vSphere Integrated Containers Appliance 1.5.5 Build e70af4f VMware vSphere Integrated Containers Engine 1.5.5 Build 50a4495 VMware vSphere Integrated Containers Registry 1.7.6 Build afb558e VMware vSphere Integrated Containers Management Portal 1.5.5 Build 74704b9 VMware vSphere Integrated Containers Plug-In for vSphere Client 1.5.5 Build e09818e Check for additions and updates to these release notes.

What's in the Release Notes

These release notes cover the following topics:

• About vSphere Integrated Containers
• What's New
• Localization
• Product Documentation
• Installation
• Compatibility
• Upgrading vSphere Integrated Containers
• Open Source Components
• Resolved Issues
• Known Issues

About vSphere Integrated Containers

vSphere Integrated Containers is delivered as an appliance, that comprises the following major components:

• VMware vSphere Integrated Containers Engine, a container runtime for vSphere that allows developers who are familiar with Docker to develop in containers and deploy them alongside traditional VM-based workloads on vSphere clusters. vSphere adminitrators can manage these workloads by using vSphere in a way that is familiar.
• vSphere Integrated Containers Plug-In for vSphere Client, that provides information about your vSphere Integrated Containers setup and allows you to deploy virtual container hosts directly from the vSphere Client.
• VMware vSphere Integrated Containers Registry (Harbor), an enterprise-class container registry server that stores and distributes container images. vSphere Integrated Containers Registry extends the Docker Distribution open source project by adding the functionalities that an enterprise requires, such as security, identity and management.
• VMware vSphere Integrated Containers Management Portal, a container management portal that provides a UI for DevOps teams to provision and manage containers, including retrieving stats and info about container instances. Cloud administrators can manage container hosts and apply governance to their usage, including capacity quotas and approval workflows. When integrated with vRealize Automation, more advanced capabilities become available, such as deployment blueprints and enterprise-grade Containers-as-a-Service.

vSphere Integrated Containers enables VMware customers to deliver a production-ready container solution to their developers and DevOps teams. By leveraging their existing SDDC, customers can run container-based applications alongside existing virtual machine based workloads in production without having to build out a separate, specialized container infrastructure stack. As an added benefit for customers and partners, vSphere Integrated Containers is modular. So, for example, if your organization already has a container registry in production, you can use that registry with vSphere Integrated Containers Engine and vSphere Integrated Containers Management Portal.

What's New

vSphere Integrated Containers 1.5.5 includes the following changes:

• Support for vSphere 7. Read more.
• Bug fixes and Security updates.

Localization

vSphere Integrated Containers 1.5.5 is only available in English.

Product Documentation

The vSphere Integrated Containers 1.5.5 documentation includes the following publications:

• Overview of vSphere Integrated Containers
• vSphere Integrated Containers for vSphere Administrators
• vSphere Integrated Containers Management Portal Administration
• Using vSphere Integrated Containers as a DevOps Administrator, Developer, or Viewer
• Developing Applications with vSphere Integrated Containers

Installation

Official vSphere Integrated Containers release: http://www.vmware.com/go/download-vic.

For information about installing vSphere Integrated Containers 1.5.5, see Installing vSphere Integrated Containers.

Compatibility

For information about compatibility, see Interoperability of vSphere Integrated Containers with Other VMware Software in Install, Deploy, and Maintain the vSphere Integrated Containers Infrastructure and the VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes.

Upgrading vSphere Integrated Containers

For information about upgrading to vSphere Integrated Containers 1.5.5, see Upgrading vSphere Integrated Containers.

Open Source Components

The vSphere Integrated Containers components are licensed under Apache 2 with additional licenses denoted within the vSphere Integrated Containers appliance, Engine, Registry, Management Portal, and vSphere Client plug-in open source repositories.

Resolved Issues

For the lists of issues that have been resolved in vSphere Integrated Containers 1.5.5, see the Github open-source project pages for each component.

• Resolved Issues in vSphere Integrated Containers Appliance 1.5.5
• Resolved Issues in vSphere Integrated Containers Engine 1.5.5
• Resolved Issues in vSphere Integrated Containers Management Portal 1.5.5
• Resolved Issues in vSphere Integrated Containers Registry 1.7.6
• Resolved Issues in vSphere Integrated Containers Plug-In for vSphere Client 1.5.5

Known Issues

For the lists of known issues in vSphere Integrated Containers 1.5.5, see the Github open-source project pages for each component.

• Known Issues in vSphere Integrated Containers Appliance 1.5.5
• Known Issues in vSphere Integrated Containers Engine 1.5.5
• Known Issues in vSphere Integrated Containers Management Portal 1.5.5
• Known Issues in vSphere Integrated Containers Registry 1.7.6
• Known Issues in vSphere Integrated Containers Plug-In for vSphere Client 1.5.5