Convert Packer Variables JSON to HCL2 for automated vSphere templates
One of the tasks I have been working on lately is getting my Packer vSphere build templates converted over from JSON to the new preferred HCL2 language as of Packer…
Author: Brandon Lee
Brandon Lee is the Senior Writer, Engineer and owner at Virtualizationhowto.com, and a 7-time VMware vExpert, with over two decades of experience in Information Technology. Having worked for numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as in various industries, He has extensive experience in various IT segments and is a strong advocate for open source technologies. Brandon holds many industry certifications, loves the outdoors and spending time with family. Also, he goes through the effort of testing and troubleshooting issues, so you don't have to.
Twingate Download and configuration – Review of Zero trust VPN
I am constantly looking at connectivity to the home network, specifically for my home lab network as I do so much work, testing, PoCs, etc., there. With the time constraints…
Install Harvester in VMware ESXi
I have been playing around with Harvester by Rancher which is a pretty cool project that combines Kubernetes with Virtual Machines. For those that want to play around with Harvester…
5 Server Downtime Prevention Methods
As an IT or system administrator, is it one of the phrases we do not want to hear from customers or users – the server is down. Server downtime can…
Rancher Kubevirt with Harvester Virtual Machines with Kubernetes
Rancher Harvester is a product from Rancher that allows organizations to run an HCI solution in their infrastructure. Wait, isn’t Rancher about running Kubernetes? It is. However, using Rancher Harvester,…
Traefik Helm install and configuration
Traefik is a great ingress controller for Kubernetes clusters allowing you to have an L7 ingress routing engine to route ingress traffic to your Kubernetes-hosted services. In this tutorial, we…
Protect against Black Basta ESXi ransomware
We have all known that we need to employ good security tactics with our VMware vSphere ESXi servers and ensure we do our diligence to keep these secure. However, the…
Download Windows 11 Prebuilt Developer Appliance for VMware Hyper-V and VirtualBox
Do you need a quick and easy installation of Windows 11 that comes with developer tools already installed and features and applications ready to go out of the box, like…
Thin Client Update Management with ThinMan Gateway
Many organizations today have remote branch office locations or remote sites they administer and maintain remote end-user client infrastructure. However, providing centralized management and administration of these remote endpoints using…
Automate Follina Vulnerability Workaround with PowerShell
In case you haven’t been keeping up with the big security news released in the past few days, there is a new and very dangerous vulnerability, known as “Follina” and…