VMWare-ESXi-update-without-vCenter.md

VMWare-ESXi-update-without-vCenter

# Enable http through the firewall
esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient

# Set VMWare Depot URL
DEPOT_URL='https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml'

# Get newest standard image for ESXi 6.7
UPDATE_VER=$(esxcli software sources profile list -d ${DEPOT_URL} | grep -Eo 'ESXi-6.7.[0-9]-20[0-9]+\-standard' | sort | tail -1)

# Initiate update
esxcli software profile update -p ${UPDATE_VER} -d ${DEPOT_URL}

# Reboot host when ready
reboot

Example

Using username "root".
Using keyboard-interactive authentication.
Password:
The time and date of this login have been sent to the system logs.

WARNING:
   All commands run on the ESXi shell are logged and may be included in
   support bundles. Do not provide passwords directly on the command line.
   Most tools can prompt for secrets or accept them from standard input.

VMware offers supported, powerful system administration tools.  Please
see www.vmware.com/go/sysadmintools for details.

The ESXi Shell can be disabled by an administrative user. See the
vSphere Security documentation for more information.
[root@ESXi67-test1:~] esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient
[root@ESXi67-test1:~] DEPOT_URL='https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml'
[root@ESXi67-test1:~] UPDATE_VER=$(esxcli software sources profile list -d ${DEPOT_URL} | grep -Eo 'ESXi-6.7.[0-9]-20[0-9]+\-standard' | sort | tail -1)
[root@ESXi67-test1:~] esxcli software profile update -p ${UPDATE_VER} -d ${DEPOT_URL}
Update Result
   Message: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective.
   Reboot Required: true
   Update Result
   VIBs Installed: <long list of vibs here>