Search Results for: infrastructure as code
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home lab
Run Your Home Lab with Infrastructure as Code Like a Boss
There has never been a better time to get into coding things, especially infrastructure as code. There are so many powerful AI tools available now so the barrier to entry for writing code has never been lower. I have always…
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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
Ansible Semaphore UI: My New Go-To Infrastructure Automation Tool
A couple of years ago now, I wrote about Ansible Semaphore which brings an awesome UI to Ansible and it is a MUCH simpler tool to get up and running and use than something like Ansible AWX. However, since I…
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Cloud
Cloud Infrastructure Management for Beginners
There have been a lot of changes over the past several years in how organizations are rolling out their infrastructure. They have shifted a lot of infrastructure to cloud computing environments. Managing these environments is a key part of the…
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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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Containers
Run Docker Containers from Visual Studio Code
Containers are becoming more relevant to what everyone is doing these days in the enterprise. Businesses are developing microservice architectures for housing business-critical applications. As IT admins, virtualization admins, and IT Ops, we must be familiar with how to interact…
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vSphere 6.7
New VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 2 Client Developer Center API Explorer and Code Capture
In today’s fast-paced environments, automation is king of the hill. In fact in most operations environments in many businesses, it is simply not possible to do things the way they used to be done. Many if not most of today’s…
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VMware
The Great VMware Exodus, Real Migration Stories and Alternatives for 2025
We have seen/are seeing a seismic shift in the virtualization space after Broadcom completed the $61 billion acquisition of VMware in November 2023. What has followed has been a complete transformation in terms of price and licensing that has left…
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Computers
DevOps Roadmap 2025: A Hands-On Path to Mastery from Home Lab to Automation
If you’re like me, you’ve probably noticed that the world of DevOps is more accessible than ever. This is especially true if you’re willing to roll up your sleeves and build things in your own home lab. I personally think…
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DevOps
10 Ways to Transition from IT admin to DevOps Engineer
In what I would call the second half of my professional career I have been making the transition from a traditional server administrator, virtualization engineer, IT specialist to a DevOps engineer and cloud architect. This is a transition that I…
