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Downloading the container access key

Related topics

Setting up a Harbor registry in a local network and synchronizing it with BMC Helix DTR

Setting up a Harbor registry in an air-gapped environment and synchronizing it with BMC Helix DTR

Download the token required to obtain container images from the BMC Electronic Product Distribution (EPD) site. You can use this token to perform the following tasks:

  • Pull images from BMC Helix DTR during the setup of a Harbor registry and then use those images to deploy the on-premises gateway later
  • Pull and use images during the on-premises gateway deployment 

To download the container access key

  1. Log in to EPD with your BMC Helix Support ID.
  2. Select Product Downloads > Product Download Tool.
  3. On the Products tab, in the search box, search for BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations.
  4. Click the product version (for example, 26.1.00).
  5. To generate a token, perform the following steps:
    1. On the Product tab, click Container Access Product.
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      A dialog box to generate the Personal Access Token (PAT) is displayed.
    2. Click here.
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      You are navigated to the Docker UI with a user configured for you.
    3. Go to Settings > Personal access tokens.
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    4. On the Personal Access tokens page, click Generate new token.
    5. In the Create access token section, enter the following information:
      FieldDescription
      Access token descriptionSpecify a description for the token that you want to generate.
      Expiration dateSelect the expiry date of the token.
      Access permissions

      Select the Read-only permission from the list.

      Important: You have only read access to the BMC Helix repositories.

    6. Click Generate.
      A token is generated and displayed on the Copy access token page.
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  6. Copy and save the token details.
    Use the token to pull images from BMC Helix DTR during the setup of a Harbor registry or when deploying the on-premises gateway.
Warning

Important

When you switch the organization to bmchelix by using the Docker personal list on the Docker page to access repositories, you might encounter an error.  
This is expected behavior because the page is designed for managing tokens and not for accessing repositories.
To access repositories, perform the following steps:

  1. On the Docker page, on the left navigation pane, click Hub, and then select Repositories.
    The Repositories page initially shows no repositories.
  2. To view the repositories, click Docker personal list, and switch your account to bmchelix. 

Where to go from here

Creating a namespace for the on-premises gateway deployment

 

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BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations 26.1