After a couple of years of using my beefier NUC to run Ubuntu with VMware Workstation, I decided it was time for a switch. Naturally, this has nothing to do with the current state of VMware/Broadcom. Definitely not. Looking for Read more…
I recently completed my Linux Foundation Certified System Administration certification. Although I have used and managed Linux servers for several years as part of my job and homelab, it wasn’t my primary responsibility. The certification was a nice way for Read more…
A couple of months ago I was looking around for something new to try in the homelab. Since I had done Kubernetes last year when I was getting certified, I thought it might be a good idea to try out Read more…
For any familiar with PowerCLI, this is one of the first scripts someone may learn. It is just long enough to need more than one-liner, but short enough to feel like you don’t need to be an expert. Here is Read more…
Normally I frequently use Powershell when it comes to vSphere automation, but lately, I have been wanting to develop tools and scripts that are user-friendly and easily reusable. With those objectives in mind, it is hard to find a better Read more…
I believe it was last year when I first heard about Project Keswick and how VMware wanted to streamline and change how ESXi hosts are deployed at the edge. It sounded cool and exciting, and I made a note to Read more…
In the last post, we got Tanzu configured, however, before we can get any services deployed there are a few more items we need set up. The first is getting a Namespace setup, followed by permissions and storage. Fortunately, all Read more…
Now for the moment of truth, it is time to deploy Tanzu. Assuming all the prerequisites are configured correct, this is actually a pretty straightforward process. Start by going to Workload Management, this is under the main vCenter navigation pane. Read more…
With Tanzu requiring either NSX or HAProxy in order to be deployed, I decided HAProxy would probably be the smaller lift for my smaller home lab. After walking through what networking requirements are needed for HAProxy we should be ready Read more…
For my requirements, pfSense is going to be the router for the second network which will be the workload network. This translates to pfSense having two nics. One nic will be on my main home network, and the second nic Read more…