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  • Orchestrating configuration of vROps via REST API with Postman

    Jun 18, 2020 postman rest vrops
    Orchestrating configuration of vROps via REST API with Postman

    vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) exposes some of its configuration via RESTful API. With this we can look to programatically control its configuration. My workflow is to use a REST client to explore API and validate payload formatting before moving to script the steps. My REST client of choice is Postman. Performing …

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  • Peloton bike on a budget

    Jun 16, 2020 peloton
    Peloton bike on a budget

    I’d heard lots of great things about Peloton however it the basic bike costs £1,990. I really wanted to see what I had been missing out but couldn’t justify the cost so set about creating a custom solution. Peloton Membership Peloton membership is required to provide access to their live workout classes and …

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  • vSphere with Kubernetes Homelab Build

    Apr 29, 2020 tanzu kubernetes vsphere
    vSphere with Kubernetes Homelab Build

    I’d been exploring Project Pacific during its beta in my homelab for a while. When vSphere 7 and NSX-T 3.0 went GA I took chance to rebuild lab and consolidate much of the configuration I’d been applying iteratively. My lab hardware specification is a constraint so I’ve had to deviate from …

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  • Sustainable Shopping

    Apr 22, 2020 sustainability
    Sustainable Shopping

    Our shopping affects people, animals and the environment. Every purchase we make has huge repercussions down the supply chain socially, economically and environmentally. Over recent years we have all become much more aware of our impact to the planet. Shop Locally I was raised in rural UK where my parents where …

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  • Working From Home In Pandemic

    Apr 8, 2020 time-management
    Working From Home In Pandemic

    When I was co-located in office with the other members of my team I never really had to put much thought into the structure of the working day. I turned up around 9am, took 30m lunch at 12noon and left around 5:00pm. My work is delivering solutions which often span several weeks or months as such I have a great deal of …

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  • Introduction To Kubernetes Cluster Networking with NSX-T

    Dec 31, 2019 kubernetes nsx
    Introduction To Kubernetes Cluster Networking with NSX-T

    When developing a cloud native application using Docker containers she soon needs to understand how Docker containers communicate. In previous post I looked at how Docker containers communicate on a single host. When the developer wants to scaleout capacity of the hosting across multiple hosts or increase abailability …

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  • Vegetarianuary 2020

    Dec 31, 2019 sustainability
    Vegetarianuary 2020

    I have under taken my personal challenges over the years and the occasion of a new decade seemed a good reason to undertake another. I was inspired to look at doing this by my daughter who is an avid fan of science and is very data-driven. Last year in the middle of summer at the Bluedot science and music festival we …

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  • Introduction To Docker Container Networking

    Nov 18, 2019 docker
    Introduction To Docker Container Networking

    When developing a cloud native application using Docker containers understanding network connectivity between containers and non-Docker workloads such as other servers and cloud APIs is essential. Docker’s networking subsystem is pluggable using drivers, several drivers exist by default, and others can be added easily. …

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  • Cloudbased-init For vSphere

    Sep 26, 2019 vm guest customization cloudbased-init vra vsphere
    Cloudbased-init For vSphere

    vRealize Automation Cloud and 8.x allows you to deploy and configure cloud agnostic virtual machines. To achieve agnostic in-guest OS customization capability across for on-premises vSphere, AWS, GCP and Azure endpoints cloud-init is used for Linux guests and cloudbase-init is used for Windows guests. Inital Attempt …

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  • Understanding VMware Guest OS Customization

    Sep 11, 2019 vm guest customization cloud-init vra vsphere
    Understanding VMware Guest OS Customization

    I recently began looking more closely at cloud-init for customizing VMware guest VMs. This caused me some heachaches! I took various notes while troubleshooting and researching around this. Why Guest OS Customization Is Needed When you clone a virtual machine or deploy a virtual machine from a template it clones the …

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Darryl Cauldwell

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