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Workstation
VMware Workstation 17 Pro New features and Download Link
VMware Workstation is arguably one of the premier desktop virtualization platforms today and provides an excellent platform for development, POCs, and even home labs. I wrote about the latest Workstation beta release with some exciting new features not long ago.…
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Kubernetes
K3sup – automated K3s Kubernetes cluster install
When working with Kubernetes clusters in the home lab and spinning up learning environments, automation is key to creating dependable lab environments and even “production” environments for home using Kubernetes clusters. If you are looking for a tool to automate…
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DevOps
Terraform remote exec provisioner to run shell commands
If you are delving into using Terraform in your production or home lab environment, it is a great way to automate your infrastructure, either in a private cloud or public cloud environment. The Terraform provisioner block allows running commands on…
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Kubernetes
Openlens Kubernetes IDE – Opensource Lens Desktop
If you are looking for a Kubernetes IDE solution that provides a graphical interface for interacting with your Kubernetes clusters, you may have stumbled onto Lens, an excellent product from Mirantis. Many have wondered about the future of the product…
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Kubernetes
Install Hashicorp Vault in Kubernetes
A great solution to run inside Kubernetes is Hashicorp Vault. Vault server is a solution from Hashicorp that allows you to securely introduce secrets management and inject secrets in your environment by using environment variables, dynamic API calls, etc. You…
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home lab
Grafana Loki Configuration Syslog Server for Home Labs
If you are looking for a free and open-source Syslog server for your home lab or production environment, there is a great solution that you may not have heard about yet. It is Grafana Loki. It is a module that…
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Cloud Software
Microsoft 365 security and backup with Hornetsecurity
To the topic of Microsoft 365 security, many businesses are leveraging the cloud’s power for the modern hybrid workforce. One of the most popular offerings for a cloud SaaS solution is Microsoft 365. Microsoft 365 provides the productivity, communication, collaboration,…
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vRealize Suite
vRealize Log Insight Syslog Configuration
In case you didn’t know, VMware has its own logging solution as part of the vRealize Suite of solutions, now VMware Aria called vRealize Log Insight. With vRealize Log Insight, you can aggregate all your logs from vSphere, vSAN, NSX,…
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Choosing the Best VMware Automation Tools
Providing streamlined and consistent management across the virtual estate is extremely important when using enterprise virtualization servers to run virtual machines in the enterprise data center. Managing a vSphere environment can require performing many different management tasks that are tedious…
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Backup Software
Slow Veeam Restores after vCenter Server 7 upgrade
With many customers scrambling to get their now unsupported vSphere 6.5 and 6.7 servers upgraded to vSphere 7, many are getting their vCenter Servers upgraded to VCSA 7. I want to detail an issue I have seen with Veeam v11,…
