In the following recipe, we shall create a local content library and upload contents:
- Log in to vCenter Server with the relevant privileges.
- Navigate to Home | Content Libraries as shown here:
- Select Local content library and check Publish externally, you may choose to have an authentication enabled by selecting the Enable authentication checkbox:
- Choose an appropriate datastore and click Finish. Review the Recent Tasks to confirm that library creation is complete:
- Navigate to the newly created content library, home, and then content library | library name:
- Note down the Subscription URL depicted under Summary | Publication for future reference.
- Click on Actions | Import Item...:
- Provide the location of the file to be imported in the section named Source file through any of the two available options: URL or Local file as shown here:
