Part 4 – VCF Automation – Ubuntu Template

Finally! Let's create a blueprint that we can then publish for consumption.Login to your Automation portal, Select Assembler and navigate to the Design tab. We're going to focus on Three things for now. Templates, Property Groups, and Project Secrets. Property Groups Propery groups are objects, that contain static variables that can be useful in Automation … Continue reading Part 4 – VCF Automation – Ubuntu Template →

Part 3 – VCF Automation – Housekeeping

Housekeeping So now let's start to configure some basic stuff that we'll use in the automation. Networking To both be able to create our Templates, and be able to provision VMs somewhere we are going to require networks. Out of the three pillars Compute, Storage, and Networking/Security, the Networking/Security part is always the hardest to … Continue reading Part 3 – VCF Automation – Housekeeping →

Can’t add Secondary Cells to vCloud Director cluster

I had an issue (self inflicted) where i needed to remove the two secondary Cells from vCloud Director deployment.After removing the two cells i'd broken, i proceeded to deploy two new secondary cells with the same version as my primary cell.I'm using signed certificates for all my 3 cells, and they're unique to each cell … Continue reading Can’t add Secondary Cells to vCloud Director cluster →

vCloud Director deployment doesn’t start :5480

After deploying the vCloud Director appliance, the next step is to browse to the https://cell-ip-address:5480 admin interface to perform initial setup, or supply the NFS share if it's a secondary node.In my case the :5480 port wasn't responding, but i saw the appliance failed to start NGINX.After sifting through the logs i found the error: … Continue reading vCloud Director deployment doesn’t start :5480 →

vCloud Director 10.5.0.0 with NSX-T LB Ciphers

NSX-T LB has been deprecated, but still exists in NSX-T 4.x. I find it convenient, and easy to manage, so i still use it in my vCloud Director deployment. When upgrading from 10.4.0.1 to 10.5.0.0 it was apparent that the SSL Ciphers that VCD now supports have changed, which denied anyone to login to the … Continue reading vCloud Director 10.5.0.0 with NSX-T LB Ciphers →

Tesla Model S Long Range 2023 honest review

ForewordsI've been wanting to purchase a Model S for a very long time, and when Tesla finally released the refresh in 2021 i took the plunge and ordered one. Tesla stated it would be a 6 month delivery time, but in the end i ended up waiting 26 months before the car being delivered. To … Continue reading Tesla Model S Long Range 2023 honest review →

vRealize Log Insight reset password / Unlock Admin account

Last week i got into a pickle where i couldn't login to vRealize Log Insight (vRLI). I got the rather generic "Incorrect Username/Password", and i was pretty sure i had remembered the password correctly. Turns out that vRLI's admin password is stored in the Cassandra database, and the error for "wrong password" and "Admin account … Continue reading vRealize Log Insight reset password / Unlock Admin account →

UniFi Accesspoint wont join controller.

I attempted to join my recently Factory Reset UniFi AC Pro Lite, but it got stuck in a forever loop of "adopting" and then "disconnecting". After like 30 minutes i started fiddling with settings and found that in the Unifi Controller UI, if you select Settings (bottom left) -> Controller, you can input the " … Continue reading UniFi Accesspoint wont join controller. →