Holodeck VCF 9 deployment - Depot failure

[Will Reigle]

I'm trying to deploy a new instance of Holodeck, -Version 9.0. The deployment hits an error at the Depot step. I've tried Online and Offline depot but still getting the error. Has anyone encountered this?

Thanks

Using Online Depot:

16-07-2025 18:15:36  HoloSite[33954]: [INFO] Deploying Full Stack SDDC
16-07-2025 18:15:36  HoloSite[33954]: [INFO] Deploying Management Domain
16-07-2025 18:15:36  SddcMgmtDomain[33954]: [INFO] Beginning SDDC Management Domain Deployment
16-07-2025 18:15:36  SddcMgmtDomain[33954]: [INFO] Verifying VCF Installer availability
16-07-2025 18:15:36  SddcMgmtDomain[33954]: [INFO] VCF Installer is now ready
16-07-2025 18:15:36  SddcMgmtDomain[33954]: [INFO] Setting up depot for VCF Installer
16-07-2025 18:15:36  SddcMgmtDomain[33954]: [INFO] Depot Type selected: online
16-07-2025 18:15:39  SddcMgmtDomain[33954]: [ERROR] Depot connection failed.
ConvertFrom-Json: Cannot bind argument to parameter 'InputObject' because it is null.
Exception: Exiting

Using Offline Depot:

16-07-2025 20:19:24  HoloSite[33954]: [INFO] Deploying Full Stack SDDC
16-07-2025 20:19:24  HoloSite[33954]: [INFO] Deploying Management Domain
16-07-2025 20:19:24  SddcMgmtDomain[33954]: [INFO] Beginning SDDC Management Domain Deployment
16-07-2025 20:19:24  SddcMgmtDomain[33954]: [INFO] Verifying VCF Installer availability
16-07-2025 20:19:24  SddcMgmtDomain[33954]: [INFO] VCF Installer is now ready
16-07-2025 20:19:24  SddcMgmtDomain[33954]: [INFO] Setting up depot for VCF Installer
16-07-2025 20:19:24  SddcMgmtDomain[33954]: [INFO] Depot Type selected: offline
ConvertFrom-Json: Cannot bind argument to parameter 'InputObject' because it is null.
16-07-2025 20:19:24  SddcMgmtDomain[33954]: [ERROR] Depot setup failed. Error encountered:
Exception: Exiting

[Dhruv Tyagi]

For the online depot, there is a known issue. Workaround is documented here: vmware.github.io/Holodeck/release_notes/#workaround

Try this out and let us know if this works.