Posts
2025
Using descriptions AND source control for VCF Automation templates
·4 mins
VCF Automation
VMware
vExpert
GitLab
GitHub
IaC
The source control integration in VCF Automation templates isn’t bi-directional and adding descriptions to templates can cause an annoying problem. There is a way around it though.
Profile function for authenticating to VMware VKS
·3 mins
VKS
vExpert
VMware
Script
Kubernetes
Homelab
vSphere
Supervisor
LazyOps
The vSphere plugin for kubectl allows you to authenticate to VMware VKS clusters with ease, but what if you’re a lazy typist? Lighten the load with this function!
Profile function for authenticating to VMware CCI
·2 mins
VCF Automation
vExpert
VMware
Script
Kubernetes
Homelab
vSphere
CCI
LazyOps
If you thought that using the vSphere plugin for kubectl required some typing, the CCI plugin requires more! Let’s simplify that process…
Supervisor cluster running out of disk space in /dev/root
·4 mins
vSphere
Supervisor
VKS
VMware
vExpert
Homelab
Kubernetes
What do you do in the /dev/root filesystem in your Supervisor cluster is running out of room? Log a support request! But there is a short-term fix that I can share.
2024
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!