devops
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Powershell
Create and Configure PacRequestorEnforcement Registry Key with PowerShell
As a follow-up to the news that Microsoft is rolling out a new Kerberos configuration change to remediate security vulnerability CVE-2021-42287. Starting with the rollout of the November 2021 security patches, Microsoft has introduced a new registry key that controls…
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DevOps
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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home lab
VMware Home Lab and Learning Goals 2022
As we are beginning to wrap up the 2021 year, like me, you may be starting to think about the year ahead and what technologies and other skills you would like to develop. What is on your plate for the…
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VMware Automation
VMware Self Service Provisioning Portal with vRealize Automation
Automation is the name of the game today with organizations needing to streamline operations and ensure the proper governance controls are in place across the board. Using vRealize Automation, VMware Identity Manager, and Active Directory, you can create a VMware…
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Windows 11
Deploy Windows 11 with MDT Download
In the lab environment, I have been playing around with Windows 11 deployments and have started updating a few methods I use in the lab to deploy images of Windows 11. These tools include Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). As a…
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DevOps
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…
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Tanzu
Install Applications in vSphere with Tanzu Kubernetes using Helm
If you followed along in my VMware vSphere Tanzu Kubernetes Home lab post, hopefully, this helped anyone desiring to stand up vSphere with Tanzu in their home lab environment and start playing around with Kubernetes in vSphere. However, once you…
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DevOps
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…
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Automation
Using Terraform Vault Provider with VMware vSphere
If you are getting into infrastructure as code (IaC), no doubt you have at least experimented with Hashicorp Terraform. Terraform is a very human-readable language that allows easily provisioning infrastructure across a wide range of environments, from on-premises to the…
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Automation
Ansible Hashicorp Vault Storing vCenter Password
Recently I had detailed how to Install Hashicorp Vault on Ubuntu 20.04. If you followed along that post, you will see how easy it is to get a working installation of Hashicorp Vault up and running on your Ubuntu 20.04…
