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In this post I will walk you through installing a Kubernetes or (K8S) cluster on your laptop. We will then configure it to run a micoservice shopping cart website. I am running on a MAC but this should be similar for a Windows based deployment too. Note: If you are Continue reading My first Kubernetes Cluster
Have you ever looked ate your electric bill and noticed it has a nice monthly readout of usage? Wouldn’t it be great to get that same data in Aria Operations and even be able to set alerts on it? Well now you can. In this guide I will show you Continue reading Monitor VMC on AWS Network Egress with Aria Operations
Ok, before everyone pings me, I know it is now called VMware Aria Operations but the name change is so new that I know most people will still refer to it as vRops. Heck, I still call it Alive. Skittles view anyone? Anywho….are you looking for a way to monitor Continue reading How to Monitor Bandwidth to and from VMC on AWS with vRops
You may have noticed VMware recently added a Tab “Open NSX Manager” for your SDDC. On initial SDDC deployment this is only accessible over the internet but is secured behind your VMware Cloud Portal login credentials. Once you connect your VPN or Direct connect you are presented with an internal Continue reading Securing NSX Manager in VMware Cloud on AWS
In this guide I will walk you through configuring the vSphere Jenkins Plugin to deploy VM’s to VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC. This way you can run your CI/CD Pipelines in the cloud and on-prem.
So you setup your cloud proxy for Cloud Assembly and it has been working for weeks and suddenly it stopped working and you check the cloud account and it is constantly spinning in data collection. Eventually it pops up with the following error: Failed to submit task for execution. Make Continue reading Cloud Proxy gotcha with VMware Cloud on AWS Endpoint
Before you begin, just a disclaimer that at the time of writing this post this is not actually supported by VMware. With that said proceed at your own risk. In this post I will show you how to create a private non-routed network in VMC on AWS. Why would you Continue reading How to create private networks in VMware Cloud on AWS
In a previous post I showed you how to create Windows and NFS shares on VMware Cloud on AWS that land on Amazon S3 storage. What about if you wanted to use your local vSAN storage to present these services to your VM’s. In this guide I will show you Continue reading How to serve NFS, iSCSI and Windows File shares on VMware Cloud on AWS
That’s right, once again VMworld is back in San Francisco and there is so much to announce this year. While it is going to be nice to be in SF there is a lot more to get excited about. As an employee I can’t register for sessions so that you Continue reading My top 10 VMworld SF 2019 Session picks
So you just deployed HCX for VMware Cloud on AWS and now you are at the point where you logged into your local vCenter and opened the plugin but you are getting an error stating “Your session is no longer valid, you need to login again to view and manage Continue reading HCX vCenter Plugin Gotcha