Tag: cloud
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Automating an AD/DC/DNS server in a VCF Pod
Objective: Creating a complete nested pod from scratch containing ad/dc/dns, tftp, ntp and a complete VCF installation. Script functionality The script automates the initial configuration of a Windows server that will function as an Active Directory domain controller and DNS server. It performs the following configuration steps: Edit the configuration section to fit your needs.…
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Deploying applications in VKS
Deploy a simple two-tier application In the last post we prepared VKS, and we are now ready to try some more useful applications. Lets start with a two-tier application with a web frontend and a db. First i check if i have a suitable namespace to deploy to.I dont`t, so i create a new one…
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VKS mgmt vm on Photon 5.0
In a previous post i configured a supervisor cluster with VPC, and now i am ready to configure the rest and have a mgmt vm i can use with all the right tools. I chose VMware Photon 5.0 that you can find on: https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Downloading-Photon-OS It`s an ova, so easy to add to your cluster, and…
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Asymmetric routing after enabling VPC
Ok, the VPC and Supervisor was up and running, but when trying to reach the supervisor API server, it was highly unpredictable. Trying to reach the portal i reached it 6 out of 10 times. Something was wrong and i needed a stable portal to be able to setup the endpoint with VCF-CLI. After troubleshooting…
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Supervisor cluster with VPC on VCF 9.0
After installing VCF 9.0 it was time to setup the Supervisor cluster. This would give me VKS, vSphere Kubernets Service, what we earlier called Tanzu. To do this i had some pre-requisites and some options. What network to use, meaning VPC, NSX or VDS. By choosing this i soon found out that i had to…
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Holodeck & VCF9 part 2
After trying a deploy like described in the previous post this was my config: I found out that a full deploy takes up too much resources on my physical host, because the automation vm consumes 1 nested host alone with 24 cores. That is twice the amount of cores compared to the other 3 hosts,…
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Holodeck & VCF9
Finally there are some news about the transition from the core.vmware.com pages ,and Holodeck info is now here: https://vmware.github.io/Holodeck/ Here you can find info about configuring either VCF5.2 or VCF9. The components and prereq has changed a bit, and now you have a new Holorouter with a lot more functionality. The Holodeck guide describes this…
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Aria easy installer in HoloDeck
When deploying a VCF installation with VLC Holodeck you need to deploy the Aria software, that means Aria Lifecycle manager, Aria Identity manager and Aria Automation. We have a few others as well, but will be covered in another post. Just one tip: Check if your console-vm that you run the installer from can reach…
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Supervisor cluster vs TKG cluster or both?
We talk about Tanzu, but what are the differences between a supervisor cluster and a TKG cluster? In VMware’s Kubernetes ecosystem, a Supervisor Cluster and a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) Cluster serve different but complementary roles. Here’s an overview of each and the key differences between them: VMware Supervisor Cluster Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) Cluster…
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Deploying Tanzu Kubernetes Grid with YAML
In another post about automation, i tested the creation of Cloud Templates in Aria Automation using ChatGPT. This can also be done for the kubernetes yaml files. This YAML file describes a TKG workload cluster configuration, using Cluster API (CAPI). Explanation: This YAML configuration creates a Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster named “example-cluster” with one control plane…
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