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Linux – How to increase LVMs by extending existing virtual disks
CentOS / RHEL Operating Systems

Linux – How to increase LVMs by extending existing virtual disks

Use Case: Logical Volume (LVM) on a Linux server requires expansion. Pre-Req: Increase the virtual disk size to the required...
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Synchronising VMware SDDC Manager Credentials to Hashicorp Vault with Python
Hashicorp Vault Python VCF

Synchronising VMware SDDC Manager Credentials to Hashicorp Vault with Python

VMware's SDDC has a great feature whereby it can manage credentials for all the applications and appliances within its scope,...
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Configuring iDRAC using RedFish API via Ansible.
Ansible Hardware IDRAC

Configuring iDRAC using RedFish API via Ansible.

Having a large number of iDRAC out of band (OOB) interfaces to configure on Dell hardware can seem like a...
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VMware VCF on Dell VxRail 4.2 to 4.3 – Tips & Tricks
VCF

VMware VCF on Dell VxRail 4.2 to 4.3 – Tips & Tricks

VMware VCF 4.3 is GA and not a moment too soon! The release of 4.3 brings the vRealize product set...
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Using the vRA Plugin for vRO – Enabling Actions in custom forms which call the vRA API
Javascript vRealize Automation vRealize Orchestrator

Using the vRA Plugin for vRO – Enabling Actions in custom forms which call the vRA API

I haven't done a blog for a while due to an overload of work, but I'm getting back on the...
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SDDC Manager – ‘SSO Ring Topology’ Error when rebuilding additional VCF 4.x Workload Domains
PSC / SSO VCF

SDDC Manager – ‘SSO Ring Topology’ Error when rebuilding additional VCF 4.x Workload Domains

I've recently been working on a large VCF rollout with Dell which comprised of a management cluster and multiple workload...
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vRA 8.3 – Saltstack Config – Getting started. Part 1
DevOps Salt vRealize Automation

vRA 8.3 – Saltstack Config – Getting started. Part 1

Like many others, Ansible is my tool of choice for configuring endpoints once the VM is provisioned. With the introduction...
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Using vRA 8.2 Terraform cloud templates to deploy AWS resources
AWS DevOps Terraform vRealize Automation

Using vRA 8.2 Terraform cloud templates to deploy AWS resources

VMware have jumped on the Terraform bandwagon and it is now fully integrated into vRA 8.2 onwards. In this blog...
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vRA Cloud ABX – Manage Action Secrets
ABX Python vRealize Automation

vRA Cloud ABX – Manage Action Secrets

Not a moment too soon into 2021 and vRA Cloud has been updated with some essential functionality, the ability to...
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Manual Sync of VMware Identity Manager (vIDM) via API
Identity Manager Python vRealize Automation

Manual Sync of VMware Identity Manager (vIDM) via API

VMware's Identity Manager. 🙁 A product which causes me more hassle than it's worth (in my opinion!). I get why...
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Managing AWS S3 objects via Python & boto3
AWS DevOps Python S3

Managing AWS S3 objects via Python & boto3

I recently had a task which required updating a large number of JSON manifest files housed within S3 folders, so...
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vRA 8.x Orchestrator validation in custom forms
DevOps Javascript vRealize Automation vRealize Orchestrator

vRA 8.x Orchestrator validation in custom forms

When configuring vRA service broker custom forms, it is often useful to validate user values prior to the data being...
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Creating Hashicorp Vault Records with Ansible
Ansible DevOps Hashicorp Vault

Creating Hashicorp Vault Records with Ansible

Hasicorp Vault is a more and more popular choice for securing credentials / keys / certificates. The API is clear...
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Using ldap3 python module to manage Active Directory
Active Directory DevOps Python

Using ldap3 python module to manage Active Directory

I have found myself in situations where I have needed to manage Active Directory objects programatically, but have not been...
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Obtaining a VMware Cloud Services API token via vRO & ABX
ABX VMware VMware Cloud Services vRealize Automation vRealize Orchestrator

Obtaining a VMware Cloud Services API token via vRO & ABX

If you are working with VMware cloud services such as VMware on AWS (VMC) or vRA Cloud, you will likely...
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Using vRA ABX actions to execute and monitor Jenkins jobs
ABX vRealize Automation

Using vRA ABX actions to execute and monitor Jenkins jobs

I hit the requirement recently to execute a Jenkins job as part of a VM build within vRA. I wanted...
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