Set the GuestStore Repository with ESXCLI

You can use ESXCLI commands to set the URL to the GuestStore repository and verify the configuration by retrieving the currently set URL.

Procedure

1. Set the GuestStore repository URL.
   Note: The URL must point to a datastore path where GuestStore content is stored. The datastore path must be accessible to the ESXi host. If you want to set up a common GuestStore repository across multiple ESXi hosts, you should use a shared datastore path.

   esxcli system settings gueststore repository set --url "<datastore_path>"

   The following example contains a possible syntax for the datastore path.

   esxcli system settings gueststore repository set --url "ds:///vmfs/volumes/<datastore_uuid>/GuestStore"

2. Retrieve the GuestStore repository URL.

   esxcli system settings gueststore repository get

   You receive the currently set URL in the output.

   URL: <datastore_path>