Unable to deploy/upgrade VCD with proxy to 10.6 from VCPLCM 1.7

Products

• VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

• Unable to deploy VCD 10.6 or upgrade to 10.6. with proxy, due to the VCD node not being able to reach Broadcom repository online to download openssl-fips-provider.
• If we configure proxy on the VCD appliance manually, the deployment still fails
• In the task logs, you can see:

["2024-08-21 16:13:18,932Z"] [Thread-12] DEBUG PythonExecutor@debug:67 taskId_9-subtask_StepPreValidation-VCD-10.6.0-PRE_DEPLOY_VALIDATION_xxxxxxxxxxx- 2024-08-21 16:13:18,931 - ERROR - Failed to execute task step - Failed to validate lb dns entry.
["2024-08-21 16:13:18,932Z"] [Thread-12] DEBUG PythonExecutor@debug:67 taskId_9-subtask_StepPreValidation-VCD-10.6.0-PRE_DEPLOY_VALIDATION_xxxxxxxxxxx - Traceback (most recent call last):
["2024-08-21 16:13:18,932Z"] [Thread-12] DEBUG PythonExecutor@debug:67 taskId_9-subtask_StepPreValidation-VCD-10.6.0-PRE_DEPLOY_VALIDATION_xxxxxxxxxxx -   File "/opt/vmware/cplcm/scripts/python/vcplcm/plugin/vcplcm_base_operation.py", line 793, in run_method_and_log_to_result
["2024-08-21 16:13:18,932Z"] [Thread-12] DEBUG PythonExecutor@debug:67 taskId_9-subtask_StepPreValidation-VCD-10.6.0-PRE_DEPLOY_VALIDATION_xxxxxxxxxxx -     method_result = method_to_run(*method_arguments)
["2024-08-21 16:13:18,933Z"] [Thread-12] DEBUG PythonExecutor@debug:67 taskId_9-subtask_StepPreValidation-VCD-10.6.0-PRE_DEPLOY_VALIDATION_xxxxxxxxxxx -   File "/opt/vmware/cplcm/scripts/python/vcplcm/plugin/decorators/vcplcm_net_properties_validation_decorator.py", line 43, in validate_lb_in_dns["2024-08-21 16:13:18,932Z"] [Thread-12] DEBUG PythonExecutor@debug:67 taskId_9-subtask_StepPreValidation-VCD-10.6.0-PRE_DEPLOY_VALIDATION_xxxxxxxxxxx - 2024-08-21 16:13:18,931 - ERROR - Failed to execute task step - Failed to validate lb dns entry.

Cause

• As of now there is no OVF property to set the proxy for VCD appliance during deployment through VCPLCM.

Resolution

• To workaround this, set the proxy manually for VCD, reboot both the appliances. Post this the upgrade to VCD 10.6 should be successful.