What is the VMCaster/VMCatcher Toolset?

VMCaster is a simple tool for managing and updating published virtual machines image lists, following the HEPiX image list format.

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VMCatcher is a tool which allows users to subscribe to Virtual Machine Image Lists. It may also perform the following functions:

  • cache the images referenced by an image list,
  • validate signed image lists against a X.509 public key,
  • validate images contained in a list against SHA512 hashes,
  • provide events for other applications to update or mark as expired, or otherwise process changes to virtual machine images without having to further validate the images in question.

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