Recreating VCF Managed vSAN Disk Groups
July 4, 2021 Recreating VCF Managed vSAN Disk Groups Misconfigured Tags This post discusses incorrectly tagged disks for all-flash vSAN, on hosts that are part of a VCF domain. When…
How To Upload an Image File In Laravel
Suggested read: Laravel With Git Deployment The Right WayThis will ensure that the image field is required, the file is a valid image, and the file size is no larger than…
VRA7.x Blueprint Cross-Environment Sharing: vRealize Cloud Client CLI Comes Into Rescue
What is vRealize Cloud Client? vRealize CloudClient is a command-line utility that provides verb-based access with a unified interface across vRealize Automation APIs. Browse the catalog and submit a request…
Step-by-Step: Workload Migration to NSX-v Domain Preserving IP address Schema
With the IT transformation towards software defined data center (SDDC), and the wide adoption of software defined networking (SDN), most of current vSphere customers are considered as potential NSX ones,…
The 7 Best Node.js Hosting Platforms for 2024 (Free + Paid)
Unlike managed solutions that hide the filesystem from you, RunCloud provides direct access to your files, making it easier to debug issues, implement custom solutions, or perform granular backups. This…
Step-by-Step: VMware vRealize Automation 7.x to 7.5 Upgrade
Upgrading vRA solution has been always tricky as it is version dependent. Although the process is somehow similar, it may include less or more steps if you have a minimal…
VMware vRealize Automation 7.x: Dynamically Get Reservation Policies Drop Down Menu by User Context
The more VMware PSO engagements I work with, the more interesting use cases and requirements I gather from our customers which drive me to write and share for the sake…
How to Install & Set Up Ghost (NGINX and OpenLiteSpeed)
After installing Ghost-CLI, you can run the following command to start the Ghost CMS installation:context / { type proxy handler <my-ghost> addDefaultCharset off } For “Web Application Stack”, we recommend…
NSX for vSphere: Add Floating Static Routes to NSX Edge via REST API
Recently I have been engaged in a NSX-v PSO engagement where we need to make sure all the best practices are applied to the environment. Trust me, with every engagement,…
Step-by-Step: Remove a Node Permanently from a vSAN Cluster
Recently I decided to decommission a node from my vSAN-based home lab cluster hosted on the cloud to decrease the cost of my powered on servers. I want to share…
Step-by-Step: Deploy VMware NSX-T 2.4.1 Manager
I have been designing and deploying NSX-v solutions as part of my PSO role for the past 3 years. Aside with that, I decided to start my journey towards NSX-T…
The 8 Best Cloudflare CDN Alternatives in 2024
Developers and technically inclined users who value customization, performance optimization, and developer-friendly tools may prefer Fastly or KeyCDN as Cloudflare alternatives. These providers offer more granular control, advanced features, and…
NSX-T 2.4.1: Configure Licensing & Register Compute Managers
In my previous post, I shared a step-by-step procedure to deploy NSX-T 2.4.1 manager. In this post, I am gonna move one step ahead and configure NSX-T licensing and register…
NSX-T 2.4.1: Configure NSX-T Manager Cluster
NSX-T 2.4.x manager is an appliance with 3 built-in roles: policy manager, manager, and controller. The management plane contains the policy and the manager roles. The central control plane includes…
Best Windows Monitoring: Netdata 2.0 Native Windows Agent
We take a look at the new native Windows monitoring found in Netdata. It is one of the easiest solutions you can choose to start monitoring your environment quickly, now…
Deploy NSX-T Edge Clusters using SDDC Manager API
September 21, 2021 Deploy NSX-T Edge Clusters using SDDC Manager API A quicker way to deploy multiple clusters What? Utilize SDDC Manager’s API to deploy NSX-T Edge Clusters I decided…
NSX-v 6.4.x: Configure NSX Manager with more than Two DNS Servers
I was preparing for a NSX-v engagement recently where the customer was so curious about the redundancy of all integrated components with the NSX environment. They insisted to add all…
NSX-T: Filter Route Re-Destribution of Transit Subnets to Upstream Router
One of the customer requirements I have been asked to do a couple of days ago is to filter the transit subnets from being re-distributed from the NSX-T domain to…