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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Nested vSphere 7 And NSX-T 3.0 Deployed With Ansible
Read article ↗: Nested vSphere 7 And NSX-T 3.0 Deployed With AnsibleWith VMware releasing new major versions of vSphere and NSX-T last week, it’s high season for nested lab deployments. My Norwegian Proact colleague Rudi Martinsen just…
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NSX-T 3.0 Meets vSphere 7 – VDS 7.0
Read article ↗: NSX-T 3.0 Meets vSphere 7 – VDS 7.0With the release of vSphere 7 comes the vSphere Distributed Switch 7.0. This latest version comes with support for NSX-T Distributed Port Groups. Now, for the…
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NSX-T Multisite – Disaster Recovery Part 2
Read article ↗: NSX-T Multisite – Disaster Recovery Part 2Welcome back! Today we continue our NSX-T Multisite adventure. Let’s begin with a short recap of what we did in part 1. We started off in…
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NSX-T Multisite – Disaster Recovery Part 1
Read article ↗: NSX-T Multisite – Disaster Recovery Part 1When it comes to creating a design for NSX-T Multisite, use case and geography are two key factors. Two common use cases for organizations to start…
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NSX-T Guest Introspection With Trend Micro Deep Security
Read article ↗: NSX-T Guest Introspection With Trend Micro Deep SecurityIntegrating third party security services with NSX has always been a popular feature of the platform. While NSX comes with its own set of robust security…
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NSX-T LB Server Pool Member Status
Read article ↗: NSX-T LB Server Pool Member StatusRecently somebody asked me if it was possible to see the current status for individual NSX-T load balancer server pool members. This information is indeed available…