Field notes by Rutger Blom
Cloud infrastructure.
Built. Tested. Explained.
Practical notes on private cloud, networking, Kubernetes, and automation. From architectural decisions to the details that only show up in the lab.
When AI Agents Design and Build Infrastructure
Two agent roles. One VCF lab. A practical test of what happens when architecture and implementation meet real infrastructure constraints.
Follow your curiosity.
Explore by topic
A few good starting points.
Selected reading
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Think beyond deployment
Owning the Platform on VCF 9
The responsibilities and decisions that come with owning a private cloud platform.
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Build a repeatable foundation
Building the Foundation for a VCF Automation All Apps Landing Zone with Terraform
A hands-on starting point for a VCF Automation landing zone with Terraform.
03
Follow the network
Testing the VCF 9.1 Distributed Connection Model with BGP EVPN and VXLAN
Explore the distributed connection model through a focused lab experiment.
Fresh from the lab.
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Integrating TKG Service Clusters with NSX Security
Read article ↗: Integrating TKG Service Clusters with NSX SecurityOrganizations aiming to leverage NSX for securing their TKG Service Clusters (Kubernetes clusters) can now achieve this with relative ease. In this guide, I’ll walk you…
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SDDC.Lab v6 Released
Read article ↗: SDDC.Lab v6 ReleasedSlow and steady. That’s how I would describe the pace and progress around making SDDC.Lab version 6 the new default and recommended version of the project.…
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Quick Tip: NSX Advanced Load Balancer for vSphere Tanzu with NSX Networking
Read article ↗: Quick Tip: NSX Advanced Load Balancer for vSphere Tanzu with NSX NetworkingAs of NSX version 4.1.1, NSX Advanced Load Balancer version 22.1.4, and vSphere with Tanzu version 8.0 Update 2 we have the option to leverage the…
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NSX 4.1.2 – GRE Tunnels
Read article ↗: NSX 4.1.2 – GRE TunnelsNSX 4.1.2 introduces support for Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunnels for Tier-0 gateways and Tier-0 VRF gateways offering another standards-based option for “plumbing” network paths that…
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NSX 4.1.2 – IDS/IPS Packet Capture
Read article ↗: NSX 4.1.2 – IDS/IPS Packet CaptureA nice new feature that shipped with NSX 4.1.2 is the ability to download packet capture files (PCAPs) containing packets that were detected or prevented by…
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Configuring DPU-Based Acceleration for NSX
Read article ↗: Configuring DPU-Based Acceleration for NSXOffloading the NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW) to a Data Processing Unit (DPU) is an exciting new feature which is GA as of NSX version 4.1. Other…