7.2.5 Building a Software Repository
Building a central software repository or depot simplifies the service development process.
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he software repository should be located in the same environment or datacenter as the target
vCloud provider where vFabric Application Director provisioned applications will be deployed.Data downloads from the software repository can be large in complex deployments so bandwidth and latency between the software repository and provisioned virtual machines must be considered.
vFabric Application Director can optionally place content on a provisioned virtual machine using a special “content” type property. To support this feature, the software repository needs to allow HTTP access for file downloads. Other access methods require the service author to write their own method to retrieve data from a software repository.