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Integrating Apache CloudStack 4.19 into your VMware vSphere 8 environment

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

Install Apache CloudStack Management Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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

Expand the drive of a newly provisioned Red Hat Linux server on VMware vSphere 8

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

Provision a Red Hat Linux Server on VMware vSphere 8 using a Template

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

Connect your Power IBM i instance to your VPC resources

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

Check Password Rules on IBM i server

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

Create a new user account on an IBM i server

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

Provision a Linux server on the IBM Cloud in less than 10 minutes

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

Setting up remote RDP connection to an IBM Cloud Windows instance

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

Provision a Windows Server on IBM Cloud in less than 10 minutes

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Provision IBM i on IBM Cloud in less than 30 minutes

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

Red Hat

Building a RHEL 9 VM template in vSphere 8 using Packer

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

Using HashiCorp Packer to automate VM builds in VMware

As part of my role in software implementation, I occasionally need to build groups of virtual servers to test different software installation scenarios. I have had to build my own VMware home lab since most of the customers I deal with run VMware vSphere. One of the best github repository

Podman

Setting up the Caddy reverse proxy server in podman

This article is also part of my podman series. Writing about setting up a Ghost blog does not seem complete without setting up a reverse proxy server. To complete my use case, I decided to use the Caddy reverse proxy. You can find out more about Caddy on their website.

Plausible

Setting up Plausible Analytics using podman

This is a continuation of my previous blog on using Ghost blog and podman. As part of my use case, I wanted to be able to track readership of my articles to make sure they continue to be relevant and useful. I chose Plausible Analytics to keep things simple. One

Ghost blog

Setting up multiple Ghost blogs on 1 server using podman pods

As part of my job, I have had to build up my knowledge of kubernetes. I also wanted to find a way of documenting and sharing what I learn. I also want to know how much server resources I will end up using in case I decide to run the