After some trial and error, I managed to get Apache CloudStack 4.19 running with my VMware vSphere 8 environment. The main lessons I learned installing Apache CloudStack in my vSphere VMware home lab are, 1. Build the Apache CloudStack Management Server on the same VM Network as the vCenter
This is part of a series of posts that will cover building and using Apache CloudStack. Part of my day to day task is building combinations of servers and applications to prepare for customer installs and make myself familiar with these applications. I have been quite happy running VMware vSphere
This is a continuation of a blog about provisioning a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server on a VMware vSphere 8 environment. The RHEL virtual machine will be used as the Apache CloudStack management server. This blog post can also be used as a reference for expanding a boot drive of
I originally wrote a procedure to create templates in VMware vSphere using Hashicorp Packer. I then got side tracked and started building on IBM Cloud for other projects. I have decided to now look at building Apache CloudStack in my home lab to help me learn more Ansible automation with
This is a continuation of a post about my Commvault setup on trying to backup an IBM i server running on IBM Cloud. These post lists out the steps needed to provide network connectivity between IBM Cloud VPC compute instances and the Power virtual instances. Please make sure you have
This post is for additional information on changing the IBMi server password rules system values. While building the Commvault and IBM i test environment, I had to create a separate user id to use as an IBM i Commvault service account. The account was used for ssh and ftp access
This post is part of a series of steps I had to perform to build a Commvault and IBM i test backup environment. During my build, I realised the QSECOFR account has been locked down. This is a common operating system security hardening practice on most platforms which has been
This is part of a series of posts where I document my server builds on the IBM Cloud environment. I am building these resources for a Commvault and IBMi backup project for a client. This is more to help me prepare and check my knowledge with the different technology components
I originally created a post on creating a Windows Server 2019 instance. You can read it from this link, https://connectedtech.com.au/provision-a-windows-server-on-the-ibm-cloud-in-less-than-10-minutes/ This is also part of a series of posts to help with someone looking at IBM Cloud as their air-gap or clean room staging environment. I
Learn how to provision a Windows Server on the IBM Cloud
I needed to learn the basics of the IBM i operating system for my next Commvault customer project. I already had some long term experience using the IBM Power platform administering AIX operating systems. I am sure this IBM i cloud build will help someone who is looking at building
This post is a sub topic based on my previous post on using the Packer Examples for vSphere GitHub repository. https://connectedtech.com.au/ghost/#/editor/post/66c301dfee5f4400014117fc As part of my interest in optimising and automating the way I build virtual machines for my project use cases, I am