I had a project where I wanted to deliver few Microsoft Windows images to the customer. After several meeting they wanted this templates to sysprep 'ed.
What is Sysprep?
Sysprep is a tool/utility provided by Microsoft (System Preparation) that makes a Windows client or Windows Server prepa…
There is a best security practice to implement authorized SSL Certificates on VMware infrastructure. Here I am installing certificates on the vSphere vCenter server. By default VMCA (VMware Certificate Authority) signed certificate is installed on the vCenter server. Which you can see under vSphere …
In this article I will add the Trusted Root certificate in vCenter Certificate store. Basically this will help to use your Certificate Authority root chain certificate (CA server) or third party certificates in your VMware vSphere infrastructure, If you are intending to use a trusted root certificat…
While doing project on Terraform with VMware vSphere: Terraform module clone VMware vSphere Linux and Windows virtual machine, I was receiving below error while deployment. VM was getting deployed but VM customization was running into error and failing.
│ Error:
│ Virtual machine customiza…
After writing initial Terraform code to clone VMware Virtual Machine template Using terraform to clone a virtual machine on VMware vSphere infrastructure, There was a requirement to clone Linux and Windows Virtual Machines using the single TF file and it must create multiple VMs from map hash table …
After cloning VMWare Virtual Machine using Terraform code, I waited for a long time but terraform apply command was not getting completed and was in the creation state of indefinitely. The VM was cloned on the vCenter server and it was powered on. But when I checked on the VM VMware web remote conso…
This is a example script to clone and deploy multiple Linux vCenter Virtual Machines on VMware vSphere vCenter server infrastructure using hashicorp terraform scripts. In my VMware infrastructure I already have configured virtual datacenter, cluster, network and datastore. There is Linux VM template…
In earlier article I configured Setup and deploy Ingress controller for Kubernetes on Bare Metal servers. To get the web url working in the browser I had used local hosts file to add DNS host entries under directory /etc, but everytime I try the dns url in the browser it was taking me to the fir…
After deploying new VMware vSphere 8.0 products, I was seeing MANAGE YOUR LICENSES (There are expired or expiring licenses in your inventory) warning on the vCenter vSphere Client ui portal top bar. This article focuses on assigning licenses to vCenter server or ESXi host.
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After install, setup and configuration of Kubernetes Cluster in my bare metal servers, I wanted to do the POC (proof of concept) of Ingress resource for one of the production environment.
Kubernetes Ingress is an API entity that lets entry to your Kubernetes services from outside network. It p…
vCenter Server is the unified management service for VMware, and is used to handle virtual machines, multiple ESXi hosts, and all dependent elements from a single centralized location. As a base I have already deployed my ESXi server in the lab with VMware ESXi 8.0 step by step Installation guide w…
In the earlier part of I wrote an article about VMware ESXi 8.0 step by step Installation guide with Screenshots. In this article I will configure the networking for ESXi server and assign IP address, DNS and other configuration.
After first part ESXi server is rebooted, I am on the DCUI screen,…
While installing ESXi operating system on the server, I was receiving below warnings errors regarding CPU hardware Virtualization.
Check out: VMware ESXi 8.0 step by step Installation guide with Screenshots
Error(s)/Warning(s) Found During System Scan
The system encountered the followi…
As VMware recently released and made available ESXi 8.0 publicly available, I thought get the hands dirty and install it in my Home Lab. I don't have licenses for ESXi 8.0, but it can be tested in Evaluation mode for 60 day trial. Which is enough to check new features of ESXi 8.0 server. I have down…
While configuring Kubernetes cluster using kubeadm tool and joining Worker nodes into the cluster I receiving below error.
Another error: Kubernetes kubeadm join couldn't validate the identity of the API server connection refused
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While configuring new worker node in Kubernetes cluster using kubeadm tool I was receiving below error. Basically I was trying to join worker node in the Kubernetes cluster control-plane using kubeadm join command, but it was failing because of multiple reasons.
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In this third part of configuration of Kubernetes cluster I have completed earlier part of a blog Install and configure Kubernetes cluster master nodes using kubeadm - Part 2. I have three Ubuntu server nodes installed in my lab for Worker nodes to add in Kubernetes cluster using kubeadm tool. Be…
After preparing NGINX load balancer for Kubernetes API Server in Configure Nginx Load Balancer for the Kubernetes API Server - Part 1. It is time to use this LB in Kubernetes cluster. I will setup 3 master nodes in control-plane. Before deploying master nodes using kubeadm, I am preparing servers …
Although I have written two articles for installation and configuration Kubernetes cluster, it was built with very basic configuration and tried to keep it simple. Here in this article I am configuring full fledged Kubernetes cluster requiring intermediate skills on linux.
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This is second part of the earlier written article Create a Azure Virtual Network with Subnet using PowerShell. Here in this blog I will create subnet in already created Azure vNET (Virtual Network). I have defined Azure vNET and subnets in Powershell variables. I am creating a Azure vNET without a…
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