Month: March 2020

VMware Template Management using Hashicorp Packer

VMware Templates: they make life amazing, don’t they? Initial creation of a template isn’t too hard, but there are downsides. In this article, I will talk about the downsides of traditional enterprise template management, how Packer can help, and give examples (and code!) for creating Windows and Linux templates in VMware vCenter using Packer.

Deploy VCSA via PowerShell

Deploy VCSA via PowerShell

I’ve been spending a lot of time lately thinking about how organizations can provide services can operationalize the principles behind Infrastructure as Code in a way that’s accessible. In my experience, if a tool isn’t easy to use, it won’t be used. This is one of the biggest barriers to organizations (and companies that provide services, like mine) benefiting from IaC. It’s my intention that this script will achieve a high level of usability and will also generate and consume reusable code for future use.

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