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Using 'substring' in VCF Automation cloud templates
·3 mins
Automation
VMware
vExpert
VCF Automation
Homelab
YAML
IaC
GitLab
Using the ‘substring’ expression in a VCF Automation template caused me a small issue recently. The fix is very simple!
An introduction to vSphere Supervisor and vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS)
·5 mins
vSphere
Supervisor
VKS
VMware
vExpert
Homelab
Kubernetes
They’ve gone by many names, and I have been talking about them a fair bit, so I decided to do a quick introduction to the vSphere Supervisor and the vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS).
Handling CA trust with vSphere Supervisor
·2 mins
vSphere
Supervisor
VMware
vExpert
Kubernetes
TLS
SSL
Homelab
Air Gap
Airgapped
In this article I cover off how you can enable SSL trust in the vSphere Supervisor.
Setting up Vault Secrets Operator between Kubernetes Clusters
··6 mins
Vault
HashiCorp
Kubernetes
Homelab
VKS
vExpert
I’ve been using the Vault Secrets Operator (VSO) in the same cluster as my Vault instance for some time. Setting up to use VSO between clusters is a little different. Here’s how…
Changing the ESXi certificate mode
·2 mins
vSphere
VMware
vExpert
Security
ESXi
SSL
TLS
Homelab
In pursuit of trusted SSL everywhere? Haven’t changed the certificates on your ESXi host? Why not, it’s easy!
vSphere IaaS Supervisor "not ready" after vCenter update
·1 min
vSphere
VMware
vExpert
IaaS
Supervisor
Kubernetes
vCenter
Applying 8.0 Update 3c to vCenter stopped Supervisor configuration completing until I fixed it!
Using GitLab CI/CD to automate my Packer builds
·10 mins
Automation
HashiCorp
Packer
DevOps
Pipelines
GitLab
Homelab
Revisiting the automation of my vSphere Packer builds using GitLab a CI/CD pipeline.
Fixing Ansible AWX ingress when using the AVI load balancer
·7 mins
AVI
VMware
vExpert
LoadBalancer
SSL
TLS
Kubernetes
AKO
NSX
AWX
Login to AWX worked without AVI Load Balancer, but not with it. I had to find out why and how to fix it!
vSphere Kubernetes shared Virtual Services show 80% health in the AVI dashboard
·5 mins
AVI
VMware
vExpert
LoadBalancer
SSL
TLS
Kubernetes
AKO
NSX
In this article I explain why shared Virtual Services show only 80% health in the AVI dashboard and how to fix it.
What now?
·2 mins
Personal
VMware
vExpert
I have been quiet on here for a while. This post explains why, and (more importantly) what’s next! It’s exciting!