I've been a user of NSX-T for a while but as I'm not a networking guru I know just enough to get the job done (and enough to be dangerous) but not enough to design a large scale setup. Load balancing is something that I haven't really paid much attention to, I just accepted that … Continue reading NSX-T – Inline and One-Arm Load Balancing Part 1
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NSX-T – Version Upgrade
This article is a quick show and tell covering what's involved in a point release upgrade of NSX-T. In this case I am moving from 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 (used with vSphere) but the same principles can be applied for other versions (note some screens may differ for future versions). Upgrade Order The order that an … Continue reading NSX-T – Version Upgrade
vRealize Automation – 7.x Migration
This article is probably late coming but I thought it was still worthwhile to write given that a large number of customers are still on early 7.x releases (some on 6.2.x) of vRA and unlikely to be moving to 8.x any time in the immediate future. For those customers it is possible to move to … Continue reading vRealize Automation – 7.x Migration
Cloud Assembly – Extensibility with ABX (FaaS) – Part3
In this article I am going to take the information from the previous articles in this series and use it to build my use case using ABX. Links to the previous 2 articles in this series can be found via the links below. Part 1Part 2 Python or Node.js FaaS providers generally support a number … Continue reading Cloud Assembly – Extensibility with ABX (FaaS) – Part3
Cloud Assembly – Extensibility with ABX (FaaS) – Part2
This is the second article in my mini series covering Cloud Assembly extensibility via ABX (Action Based Extensibility). Links to the other articles in the series are listed below: Part 1Part 3 In this article I am going to lay out an example extensibility scenario and start planning out a solution that will use ABX. … Continue reading Cloud Assembly – Extensibility with ABX (FaaS) – Part2
Cloud Assembly – Extensibility with ABX (FaaS) – Part1
A Brief Introduction In this series of articles I am going to cover creating and deploying an extensibility use case based on ABX. Links to the other articles in this series can be found here: Part 2Part 3 Before I get into creating actions and writing code I want to explain what ABX is and … Continue reading Cloud Assembly – Extensibility with ABX (FaaS) – Part1
Ansible – Certificate Authentication to Windows
In my previous article I covered getting a very basic setup running between a Linux (CentOS 7) Ansible server and a Windows 2016 server. In almost all instances this configuration should never be used in a production environment, it is just simply too insecure! In this article I am going to explore how to apply … Continue reading Ansible – Certificate Authentication to Windows
Ansible – Lets Talk Windows!
Up until now my journey with Ansible has been solely in relation to leveraging Linux operating systems but as well all know there is more to life than just Linux! Now it's time to look at Windows and see how we can make that integrate. For this article I am going to be using a … Continue reading Ansible – Lets Talk Windows!
Integrating and Using Ansible with VMware Cloud Assembly
If you have been following my Ansible articles (https://vnuggets.com/category/3rd-party-solutions/ansible/) that covers getting up and running then you should be comfortable with the process of building a Playbook to apply configuration to an existing machine. In this article we are going to look at bringing Ansible and VMware Cloud Assembly together to provide a way to … Continue reading Integrating and Using Ansible with VMware Cloud Assembly
Ansible – Using the “Vault”
In the "Ansible - Getting Started" article I wrote previously we briefly touched on creating an Ansible vault together with a password file that was added to the main Ansible configuration file. So far we haven't used it however in this article we are going to bring it into play. Remember to check out my … Continue reading Ansible – Using the “Vault”
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