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Why is vCenter Server trying to access assets.contentstack.io or send DNS requests for it?

Duncan Epping · Feb 9, 2023 · 6 Comments

On VMTN I noticed somehow asking why vCenter Server was trying to access  assets.contentstack.io, and why there were so many DNS requests for  assets.contentstack.io. It took me a while to figure it out, but I noticed that there’s a plugin for the VMware Cloud Provider Services, this plugin is hosted on contentstack.io, and that is the reason you see vCenter Server trying to connect with that URL and why you are seeing DNS requests for assets.contentstack.io. You can prevent this from happening by simply selecting the plugin, and then removing it. That is, of course, if you are not planning on using these services.

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Server vcenter, vcenter server, VMware, vSphere

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  1. nobody special says

    10 February, 2023 at 05:43

    in general, I’m seeing vsphere8 and esxi8 making a HUGE number of dns requests compared to v7. not only for assets.contentstack.io, but for all the members of a cluster. it’s like they don’t respect the ttl in the response. or don’t care.

    has anyone else noticed this?

    Reply
    • Duncan Epping says

      14 March, 2023 at 09:33

      I have reported this internally, still not sure why…

      Reply
  2. isengdoang says

    14 February, 2023 at 00:06

    Tnx

    Reply
  3. dsd says

    14 February, 2023 at 00:21

    After removing still the same.

    Reply
    • Duncan Epping says

      14 March, 2023 at 09:33

      Strange, as it has reportedly worked for various folks?

      Reply
      • squuiid says

        20 March, 2023 at 12:29

        It just gets reinstalled on reboot. Not a solution unfortunately.

        Reply

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Duncan Epping is a Chief Technologist in the Office of CTO of the Cloud Platform BU at VMware. He is a VCDX (# 007), the author of the "vSAN Deep Dive", the “vSphere Clustering Technical Deep Dive” series, and the host of the "Unexplored Territory" podcast.

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