Posts
2024
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.
Reflections on the acquisition of VMware by Broadcom
·3 mins
Personal
VMware
Broadcom
Some of my personal thoughts about the acquisition of VMware by Broadcom in 2023.
vExpert 2024 Program Announcement
·1 min
Personal
VMware
vExpert
Whilst I was sleeping, the vExpert 2024 program annoucement came out. Did I make it in again?
2023
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle without Aria Automation
·1 min
VMware Aria Suite
Automation
Lifecycle
Did you know that you can download VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle without Aria Automation ISOs embedded?
Creating a Packer container for an Image Factory
·5 mins
HashiCorp Packer
Docker
Packer
Docker
Automation
How to create a simple Docker container for executing HashiCorp Packer builds.
Creating a simple Docker host using Photon OS and VMware Aria Automation
·7 mins
VMware Aria Automation
Photon OS
Docker
Automation
This post goes through the creation of a standalone Docker host based on Photon OS. Then it gets turned in to a catalog item for Aria Automation.
2022
Ch...Ch...Ch...Changes!
·2 mins
Personal
Career
Health
Lots of people have been changing roles and employers in my Twitter and LinkedIn feeds lately. My time is coming…