Automation
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Deploy Windows Updates with PDQ Deploy
If you are like me, keeping your hosts updated can be one of the most cumbersome and tedious tasks that…
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Automate Windows Server 2019 Core Installation and Deployment
As detailed in the previous post yesterday, Windows Server 2019 Core edition is gaining momentum among customers as the go…
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Use Ansible AWX to Automate Linux Updates and Patches
Let’s face it, keeping your VMs and environments updated is a necessary evil that we all realize we need to…
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Automated Windows 10 Installation with AutoUnattend and Packer
Not too long ago, I covered in a post called Create Unattend Answer File for Windows Server 2019 Automated Packer…
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Use Ansible to Update OUI tables in Arpwatch
As most of you are aware, I have written a few posts about Arpwatch and the great value it provides…
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Getting Started with Packer and VMware vSphere
Automation is the key to success in today’s fast paced world of hybrid infrastructure. Gone are the days of spending…
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Sysprep and VMware Guest Customization with Terraform
Continuing into my own automation learning objectives this year, I am diving a bit deeper down the Terraform rabbit hole…
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Basic Terraform Installation and VMware vSphere Automation
One of the great tools in automation and DevOps today is Hashicorp’s Terraform. Terraform is a great way to provide…
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Manage and Configure Windows Servers with Ansible Tower
Ansible Tower provides a really nice GUI interface to managing an Ansible deployment. Additionally, it provides the ability to create…
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Configure Ansible Windows Server Kerberos authentication in Ubuntu
Managing Windows Servers with Ansible is a powerful way to perform configuration management and to remediate configuration skew in a…
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