Quick one today. I have been administering an OpenStack environment for a while now. Before rolling with VMware Integrated Openstack, we used the precursor VMware OpenStack (VMOS). When we use the environment to a greater capacity there would be scenario…
Certificate with NCP Below shows how to use certificates with NCP. Generate the certificate Create the certificate below on a linux device below using OpenSSL. openssl genrsa -aes256 -out nsx-ncp.key 2048 openssl req -new -key nsx-ncp.key -out nsx-ncp.csr mv nsx-ncp.key…
Ubuntu Container Host – Zero to Hero The follow takes an administrator through manually preparing an NSX-T container cluster. This assume only NSX-T pre-requisites are configured and that the container hosts are connected to their networks. This example uses a…
Quick one here: I was getting an issue the installing packages on Raspbian which I can easily occur elsewhere. This was a very sore, abused, and then neglected Raspberry Pi! pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo apt-get update Ign:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease…
Using Custom Ansible with VIO5 to replace T0 router I think there is a rite of passage where all NSX administrators delete their T0 Router. While this is a faux pas and you shouldn’t do this, in reality it happens.…
There are scenarios in which I require access to a private repository that hosts a lot of work. In this case, these are files that scripts that call. For example – configurations for Docker, Squid, or other automation scripts for…
I was working on something in Vagrant and it bothered me. I am documenting it here because it wasn’t in their install documentation. On macOS you install Vagrant and if you’re using VMware Fusion you need the vagrant-utility-client. When I…
Setting a node IP is important when you have multiple NICs for a Kubernetes host. This is my topology. I was attempted to do some failure scenarios of Kubernetes virtual nodes by removing underlying datastores, turning them off, et el,…
I have previously written about my journey through various tools that did and didn’t meet my workflow and requirements. Well – key to my current writing style and environment is VScode. Whilst writing in Markdown is quick, efficient, and fast…
I have traversed a few apps over the years to seek my “Markdown” paradise. I’ve been hooked on using the Markdown writing language as it provides flexibility, portability, and it’s damned easy to write with. As such as I have…
I was working in an environment recently that was offline. I needed to ensure that the required images for my Kubernetes cluster were available in the offline registry before starting. My initial thought was to check the available a The…
Quick one here: The Humble Bundle for this months features a raft of O’Reilly books. O’Reilly are synonymous with solid technical books. They are easy to consume and easy to read. This bundle can be bought for 15$ or more.…
I’ve been a long fan of tmux and the capability it provides over screen. It allows me to run local sessions on my destination host independent of my SSH session. This is great for when I SSH to a box…
It seems using Opaque networks has got a bit easier in a recent release of PowerCLI. NSX-T Logical Switches are seen as opaque networks by a vSphere host. This means that traditionally you had to modify the view of the…
Happy little green certificates My good friend and colleague Grant Orchard always called me a heathen for not used trusted certificates in my lab and demos. He was right. I was espousing the principals of do as I say not…
I use MarsEdit4 for my blog posts. It allows me to write offline and post content to my WordPress site. I want to write solely in markdown which I do and that’s great. If I need to use any extensions…
Many devices, many settings, many plugins It is known that I have two computers. A nice shiny MacBook Pro for the road (and I am on it a lot) and an iMac when I am at home. I use VScode…
I was using the Prometheus Helm chart located at stable/prometheus and I noted that my Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) was stuck in pending. Usually this is due to a few things – your storage integration not working or a misconfiguration…
Hello friends It’s been a while. I moved roles in 2016 into a field engineering role. I adore this role. It’s a great mix of hands on, creating, and implementing . I feel my skills now are the best they’ve…
NSX for vSphere 6.3 configuration maximums Woo! This document could not have come sooner enough. The NSX for vSphere 6.3 maximums document can be found here. There are two lines in the document that are salient: * It may not be…
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Getting started with Project Magpie The original launch post can be found here. Project Magpie’s goal is to provide an OVA based appliance that will serve as a framework for various tools to support operation and management of VMware NSX…
PowerNSX website relaunch With VMworld come and gone it was time to give some attention to PowerNSX usability. The website, powernsx.github.io contained a decent repository of snippets and examples of PowerNSX. It allowed users, in conjunction to the built in…
Book Release: Automating NSX for vSphere with PowerNSX When I was first shown PowerNSX a few years ago, I immediatly was hooked. I wanted to contribute on all fronts. This was code, documentation, web tasks, training materials, VMworld sessions, Tech…
PowerNSX in VMware Hands on Labs VMware Hands on Labs provide a plethora of free, online labs to validate and test features of VMware products. HOL-1803-01-NET – VMware NSX – Getting Started HOL-1803-02-NET – VMware NSX – Distributed Firewall and…
Using PowerNSX to create FQDN populated IP Sets NSX for vSphere does not have the ability to create FQDN based rules. Traditionally, a FQDN based rule will use the management planes registered DNS server to perform a lookup against a…