Virtual Private Networking (VPC) has been around since VCF 5.2.1. The latest 9.0 release brings additional features such as transit gateways, consumption via vSphere, VCF automation integration, Tanzu supervisor support, VPC ready workload domains and DHCP enhancements. For the setup…
If you’ve been following along, this is the fourth part in the “Perfect PKI” series. In this article we will be exploring how we replace an existing PKI hierarchy with a fresh one. Usually, this is done when the old…
If you’ve been following along, this is the third part in the “Perfect PKI” series. In this article we will be exploring how we upgrade the Windows operating system which Certificate Services runs on, without doing a complete rebuild. We…
In this article, we will be exploring deploying Red Hat OpenShift container platform on VMware Cloud Foundation 9. Introduction I have been running various Red Hat OpenShift environments on Bare Metal Cisco UCS B200 for a while now. You can…
In the next part of the series, I’m exploring Red Hat OpenShift as an alternative to VMware. OpenShift is a very capable “cloud-like” platform which is focused on delivering Microservices and Virtual Machines in a single converged platform. You can…
Here is a topic which comes up time and time again with my clients. It’s usually phrased as “How can I safely renew the root certificates?” – Hopefully, this question isn’t coming with only a few weeks before the current…
Ok, so nothing is perfect, right? I tend to think one of the best qualities in human beings is to appreciate imperfection. For technology, we need standards and so-called “best practices” so that things are coherent and function well with…
In the next part of the series I explore KVM alternatives Proxmox and HPe VME. Both are realistic alternatives, and have their own strengths and weaknesses, I show demos of how these products compare. Areas covered are:
This article will guide you through how to build a VMware Cloud Foundation solution in a single super tiny system. Intro and thanks Although I currently work as the lead for a consulting practice in Alcester, I am, in the…
In the next part of the series I’m exploring Hyper-V as an alternative to VMware. Hyper-V has a bit of a dodgy reputation in the industry, I explain why I think this is, and put forward reasons as to why…
