
USB 3.1 devices are now able to connect to virtual machines Increased VM Maximums

If AMD or Nvidia GPUs are in use by X it will default to the OpenGL renderer with DX11 and OpenGL 4.1 (currently in testing).If Workstation detects an Intel GPU is present and in use by X, it will default to the Vulkan renderer.This feature enables Linux hosts with Intel GPUs to provide 3D support with DX10.1 and OpenGL 3.3 to VMs, which was previously not possible without discrete GPUs from AMD or Nvidia. Vulkan is seen as the successor to OpenGL and Workstation for Linux is testing a new Vulkan-based rendering engine. In addition to support for containers with vctl, we’re also looking for feedback in the following areas: Vulkan renderer support for Linux Workstation. Port Forwarding is not required: Each container has its own lightweight vm appliance host based on Photon OS What else is new? Let us know how it goes and where we can improve! We encourage users to test their container apps by doing a ‘vctl pull’ from docker hub or ‘vctl build’ in a directly with a standard Dockerfile, and fire it up with ‘vctl run’. We’re working to deliver a container runtime that leverages the benefits of the VMware Workstation hypervisor stack, optimized for containers, to deliver an experience that supports the workflows of today in a familiar and friendly way. This being our first release of this technology on Windows, we’re eager to hear feedback from the community about your experience.

By default vctl supports pulling directly from docker hub, but can be configured to pull images from any compatible registry such as Harbor. Vctl allows users to Build, Run, Pull and Push OCI container images using Workstation. With the release of today’s Workstation 20H2 July Tech Preview, we’re beginning to bring the same container workflow of ‘vctl’ to Workstation for Windows. vctl gives users the control to Build, Run, Pull and Push OCI container images without needing another container runtime installed, while continuing to build and run virtual machines. Recently, VMware Fusion introduced ‘vctl’, the command-line interface to our container platform.

vctl container CLI with Workstation Tech PreviewĪ reminder that this is pre-release software and should be used for testing purposes only.īuilding and running containers has become a mainstay in modern cloud-based application development, but today if users want to build an app with containers and test it with different clients, you’d need multiple tools. Today we’ve released a new Tech Preview with a first look at a big new feature: Containers.
