Using Kyndryl Cloud Uplift public assets

Kyndryl Cloud Uplift public assets are useful files designed to help you build and run your virtual machines. Kyndryl Cloud Uplift public assets are shared with all users by default.

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Types of public assets

Kyndryl Cloud Uplift hosts several files in the public assets library:

  • VMware Tools – a utility that should be installed on a machine prior to importing it into Kyndryl Cloud Uplift. Re-installing VMware tools can also fix some common VM problems.

  • gparted-live – a boot ISO that you can use when you need to boot your VM from something other than the boot partition (such as when you’re are trying to increase the size of the main boot partition).

Downloading public assets

Public assets can be downloaded to a VM. For instructions, see Downloading files to a VM or local computer from the Assets page.

Restricting access to Kyndryl Cloud Uplift public assets

Public assets are shared with all users by default.

  • To remove a user’s access to public assets, see Editing users.
  • To restrict a user’s access to specific public assets, remove the user’s access to public assets (Editing users), and then share the public asset with the user via a project. For more information about projects, see Sharing resources with projects.