Posts
2024
Introducing the Packer Provisioner for Salt
·9 mins
Projects
VMware
vExpert
Salt
HashiCorp
Packer
Golang
Plugin
Community
Provisioner
As a long time user of Salt and HashiCorp Packer, I wanted to combine these two technologies. My Packer plugin for Salt is the result. Find out more about it!
Elevating Enterprise Compliance - Bitnami's game changing Salt integration unveiled
·6 mins
Salt
VMware
Tanzu
vExpert
Bitnami
OSS
Compliance
Bitnami have embedded the Salt Minion into every single OVA and cloud image in the Bitnami Application Catalog - this is a good thing!
VMware Explore US 2024 - Why you should go!
·5 mins
Events
VMware
vExpert
VMware Explore
VMworld
Las Vegas
Seven reasons why I think that you should register for VMware Explore 2024 in Las Vegas.
Setting the scripting log level in VMware Aria Orchestrator using the CLI
·4 mins
VMware Aria Orchestrator
VMware
vExpert
VMware Aria
VMware Aria Automation
Developing Workflows and Actions in VMware Aria Orchestrator and need to see debug-level log messages? This is how.
Commvault Cloud Cleanroom Recovery - What is it?
·7 mins
General
Commvault
vExpert
Backup
Recovery
Ransomware
Azure
An overview of, and opinions on, Commvault Cloud Cleanroom Recovery.
Startup plan for vSphere clusters hosting a Kubernetes Supervisor
·5 mins
vSphere
VMware
vExpert
Homelab
Kubernetes
A runbook of steps to complete to startup a vSphere cluster that hosts a Kubernetes Supervisor.
Shutdown plan for vSphere clusters hosting a Kubernetes Supervisor
·6 mins
vSphere
VMware
vExpert
Homelab
Kubernetes
A runbook of steps to complete to shutdown a vSphere cluster that hosts a Kubernetes Supervisor.
Migrating my Homelab with VeloxServ
·4 mins
HomeLab
VMware
vExpert
A brief success story of moving my HomeLab from one VeloxServ datacenter to another.
What I do at VMware by Broadcom
·3 mins
Personal
VMware
Broadcom
Tanzu
I wanted to take this opportunity to explain what I do at VMware by Broadcom now that the acquisition has completed.
Configure the Salt Minion to delay starting in Linux
·4 mins
Salt
VMware
Linux
Packer
If you’re including the Salt Minion in a template then it can be worth delaying the salt-minion service start to prevent conflicts with cloud-init or other guest customization. This article shows you how.