https://www.why-did-it.fail/tags/curl/Recent content in curl on Why did IT failHugo -- gohugo.ioenCopyright © 2026 Dominik Textoris (formerly Zorgnotti). All Rights Reserved.Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.why-did-it.fail/blog/2022-05-how-to-query-hcl-api/Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.why-did-it.fail/blog/2022-05-how-to-query-hcl-api/Yet again, customer questions make the best blog posts. This time, it’s about retrieving the firmware and drivers from an ESXi host. So far, the customer uses esxcli which required either PowerCLI or direct SSH access, both were not the preferred choices in this case. High-level overview Starting with vSphere 7, vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) can handle this task. This blog post will show you how to create a HCL report for a given host which contains all the required information about firmware and drivers, as well as the bonus information about the support status of the system and devices.https://www.why-did-it.fail/blog/2022-04-howto-attatch-clib-iso/Thu, 14 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.why-did-it.fail/blog/2022-04-howto-attatch-clib-iso/A few days ago I was asked by a customer on how to attach an ISO file to a VM using RestAPI calls in the vCenter. Having never done this before I had a look at the problem today and want to share the steps with you. High-level overview Assuming you uploaded the ISO file to the content library prior to reading this, you need to obtain three information before you can attach an ISO file: