DevOps

  • Download the Jira Core installation

    JIRA Upgrade JIRA Core Self-managed Server

    Most of you are no strangers to JIRA. It is arguably the most popular Agile project management solution adopted worldwide. Like most companies, Atlassian is pushing everyone to the cloud. The self-managed JIRA Server offering is deprecated and will no…

  • Decrypting the password using the key file

    Terraform AWS Windows Instance Code

    Most of the time, if you are like me, you use Terraform to configure Linux EC2 instances for provisioning in AWS. However, you may have the need for Terraform AWS Windows instance code. In this simple walkthrough, I will show…

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    VMware Event Broker Appliance VEBA tutorial: How to create an email notification

    Among the really cool projects I have stood up in the lab as of recently is the VMware Event Broker Appliance (VEBA). If you have not heard about VEBA and you are looking to take your vCenter notifications and automation…

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    Install Jenkins on Ubuntu 21.04 with Self-signed SSL certificate

    There are many great platforms out there that provide automation server capabilities, including making use of CI/CD pipelines. Many familiar names include Git, GitLab, BitBucket, and others. However, a platform that is well known in the circles of DevOps is…

  • Running terraform 1.0.1 on linux devops workstation

    Linux DevOps tools: Building Linux Infrastructure as Code Workstation

    I have been doing quite a bit of DevOps work the past few months and have found myself working with Linux tools more and more. With this being said, I have built up a Linux DevOps workstation to use as…

  • Find guest os type id using powercli

    Find Guest OS Type ID using PowerCLI

    Have you needed to find the Guest OS type IDs that are used in Terraform or other automation in provisioning VMware vSphere virtual machines? There is a really easy way to find the Guest OS ID descriptions that are used…

  • Packer build ubuntu 21.04 for vsphere

    Packer Build Ubuntu 21.04 for VMware vSphere

    If you aren’t already using Hashicorp Packer for automating builds of the various operating systems you use in your environment, you are missing out. Packer is a great tool that allows automating the builds you are using in your virtual…

  • Running the terraform plan command

    Terraform vSphere tutorial: Linux Virtual Machine Clone

    Terraform is a great infrastructure as code (IaC) platform that allows easily spinning up and customizing infrastructure. The great thing is you can use it for many different environments, not just VMware vSphere. However, for this Terraform vSphere tutorial, I…

  • Terraform 0.15 released new features

    Terraform 0.15 Released New Features

    Terraform is arguably one of the most popular DevOps tools across a wide range of platforms. It continues to add features and functionality for DevOps practitioners, engineers, and others working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Today was exciting news for…

  • Gitlab ci cd pipeline packer build finishes successfully

    Automated Packer VMware vSphere templates with CI/CD Pipeline Build

    Lately, I have been getting more into automation, CI/CD pipelines, and other technologies. I knew it was time with the home lab to delve off into using CI/CD pipelines to do some common things I generally do in a manual…