VCF Automation integration with a Git solution like Github or Gitlab is a conversation that has come up a lot over the years and again recently. The suggestion is often to use the native integration options provided with the product, which are fine for their intended use case but many
Continue readingIt has been a while since I covered anything related to the build tools that support development in VCF Automation. A lot has changed since I covered it in my ‘IaC for vRealize‘ series. Many people have been asking and I finally had some time to write an updated post,
Continue readingIn this post, we will go through the process of deploying an AVI Controller cluster. The reason for deploying this as a cluster is to emulate a production deployment. AVI is supported on a single controller, but you lose control plane high availability. If your resource-constrained in your lab (AVI
Continue readingIntroduction Server & infrastructure automation now plays an essential role in systems administration due to the disposable nature of modern environments. Tools such as Ansible are typically used to streamline the process of automating server setup by establishing standard procedures for new servers while also reducing human error associated with manual setups. It
Continue readingA brief recap from part 1 Deployed 4x VMs, with ubuntu 20.04 Created an inventory list of the nodes Update the VM’s Deployed the prerequisites Deployed Docker-ce Deploy Non-Root user Add K8 repositories Disable Swap Deploy Master Configuaration Deploy Worker Configuaration
Continue readingThis series will document my journey in creating a Kubernetes cluster in my home lab, which consists of a handful of mac minis with ESXi 7.02 installed and some shared storage. I appreciated that most people would use a public cloud offering for this service but to understand how this
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