Exporting Public Bitnami Application Catalog Image Inventory

Products

• VMware Tanzu Application Catalog

Issue/Introduction

Obtain a comprehensive list of available Bitnami images from the public catalog in a machine-readable format. Accessing the Bitnami web dashboard is not feasible for every use case, particularly when managing internal cataloging or planning image deployments in airgapped environments

 

Environment

Airgapped environments where developers require visibility into available image options without direct access to the web dashboard.

Cause

The Bitnami Application Catalog web interface does not provide a native export feature to generate CSV or Excel reports for the full image inventory.

Resolution

Use the Bitnami Application Catalog API to programmatically retrieve the full list of images from the public catalog.

1. Direct HTTP GET requests to the following public catalog endpoint: https://api.app-catalog.vmware.com/bitnami/v1/catalogs/0272cba2-02eb-4e3c-9d2b-2c151e511d64/applications?statuses=SUPPORTED&statuses=UNSUPPORTED&statuses=DEPRECATED&order_field=LATEST_RELEASE_RELEASED_AT&order_direction=DESC&page=####&page_size=100
2. Iterate through all result pages (e.g., pages 1 through 8) to capture the complete dataset, as the API response is paginated.
3. Parse the returned JSON blobs to extract application details for local registry documentation and planning.

Additional Information

While the public catalog interface filters primarily by "All" or "Photon" base images, confirm that images available in the catalog also contain Debian-based variants by default. For manual browsing needs (non-API), refer to the public catalog.