In this article I will show you how to use Terrafom to provision a VM to VMware cloud on AWS. Using Terraform with the vSphere Provider is not new. Because VMware Cloud on AWS is a managed service there are some gotchas with using a tool like Terraform. Because of the limited rights model you […]
vSAN Operations: Using vRealize Operations and Log Insight
A great post on realizing the value of vRealize Operations & Log Insight in vSAN Operations Source: vSAN Operations: Using vRealize Operations and Log Insight
Getting started with Logstash | Opensource.com
No longer a simple log-processing pipeline, Logstash has evolved into a powerful and versatile data processing tool. Here are basics to get you started. Source: Getting started with Logstash | Opensource.com
VMworld 2017: Recap VMware on AWS
It’s been a couple of weeks since VMworld 2017 was held in Las Vegas. This was my first time in attendance, and wow, what a great event. What I found most valuable were the sessions that were the customer-based sessions and the LABs. I also spent a lot of time in the LABs, though I […]
VMworld 2017: VMware on AWS YouTube Playlist
I’ve compiled a list of videos from VMware regarding the recently announced VMware on AWS. There are currently 15 videos in this playlist and I’ll add more once the sessions get posted. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlQV57zRlZvMuKEsUYqU1p0vvJ1VeN1-a
Home Lab Upgrades
I just confirmed that the Intel NUC 5i5MYHE will accept 16GB Low Profile SODIMMs. Specificall, I used a 32GB Kit which I bought on eBay, it was a 32GB (2x16GB) Memory PC3L-12800 SODIMM For Laptop DDR3L-1600MHz RAM. Removing the 2x8GB SODIMMs and replacing them with the 16GB SODIMMs the system booted right up without any issues. […]
Measuring DevOps
DevOps is about delivering Business Value, therefore the things you measure should align with the business. Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) should fall into one of 3 general categories, Velocity, Quality, or Business Value. Velocity specifically measures the rate at which an organization can deliver software change. Quality measures how well the software change being delivered meets […]
RedHat OpenShift to add Azure Support
Red Hat is bringing its OpenShift and OpenShift Dedicated to Microsoft’s Azure, and will support Windows container workloads on the same platform as Linux. Red Hat will offer a technology preview of the technology in 2018. The companies also plan to collaborate on delivering enterprise performance standards and integrated support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux workloads running in […]
AWS Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio Team Services
AWS Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) adds tasks to easily enable build and release pipelines in VSTS and Team Foundation Server to work with AWS services including Amazon S3, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, AWS CodeDeploy, AWS Lambda, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon Simple Queue Service and Amazon Simple Notification Service, and run commands using the […]
HashiCorp Extends Microsoft Collaboration to Help Terraform Users Adopt Azure | HashiCorp
HashiCorp Extends Microsoft Collaboration to Help Terraform Users Adopt Azure Source: HashiCorp Extends Microsoft Collaboration to Help Terraform Users Adopt Azure | HashiCorp