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31 December 2025 Personal CertificationHashiCorpHomelabKubernetesPackerVCFvExpertVMware

COMING SOON – My plans for 2026

I've done a few retrospectives over the years, but I haven't often written about my plans for the coming year. It's time that I changed my approach. Besides, one of my plans is already in the oven and should be baked soon!

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31 December 2025 VCF Automation HomelabvExpertVMware

phpIPAM integration for VMware VCF Automation 8.x

I couldn't find a current integration for phpIPAM in VCF Automation 8.x, so I wrote my own! I'm sharing it now as an end of year gift.

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24 May 2025 vSphere ArgoCDHomelabKubernetesSupervisorvExpertVKSVMware

Deploying Argo CD as a vSphere Supervisor service

How to deploy Argo CD into a vSphere Supervisor namespace using the Argo CD operator Supervisor Service.

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28 January 2025 VCF Automation vSphere HomelabKubernetesvExpertVMware

Profile function for authenticating to VMware CCI

If you thought that using the vSphere plugin for kubectl required some typing, the CCI plugin requires more! Let's simplify that process...

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28 January 2025 VKS vSphere HomelabKubernetesvExpertVMware

Profile function for authenticating to VMware VKS

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!

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25 January 2025 VKS vSphere HomelabKubernetesvExpertVMware

Supervisor cluster running out of disk space in /dev/root

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.

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7 November 2024 VCF Automation GitLabHomelabvExpertVMware

Using ‘substring’ in VCF Automation cloud templates

Using the 'substring' expression in a VCF Automation template caused me a small issue recently. The fix is very simple!

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5 November 2024 VKS vSphere HomelabKubernetesvExpertVMware

An introduction to vSphere Supervisor and vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS)

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).

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4 November 2024 VKS vSphere HomelabKubernetesTLSvExpertVMware

Handling CA trust with vSphere Supervisor

In this article I cover off how you can enable SSL trust in the vSphere Supervisor.

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3 November 2024 Vault VKS HashiCorpHomelabKubernetesVaultvExpertVMware

Setting up Vault Secrets Operator between Kubernetes Clusters

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...

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