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Last week we released version 3 of the SDDC.Lab project. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the project, it’s a set of Ansible scripts (Playbooks) that perform automated deployments of nested VMware SDDCs. An hour after you issue the deploy command, a fully-fledged vSphere-NSX-T environment is at your disposal. Pretty cool. The diagram…
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Automate Ubuntu Server 20.04 Installation with Ansible
ansible, autoinstall, automated, code, deploy, focal fossa, iac, linux, script, sddc, server, ubuntu 20.04, vm, vmware, vsphereAnd now something completely different. Recently, while working on a project, I had to come up with a way to automate Ubuntu Server 20.04 VM installations on vSphere. Utilizing Ubuntu’s new autoinstall method together with some Ansible code I managed to get something up and running. Decent enough to share it with you. Overview The…
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It’s finally here. NSX-T 3.0 adds support for Active Directory identity sources to be used with NSX-T role-based access control. This will make life a little easier for many customers. Previously, a separate VMware Identity Manager (vIDM) virtual appliance was required to be able to map Active Directory users and groups to NSX-T roles. Now…
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With 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 published a great two part series on how to deploy a nested lab using vRealize Automation. My Dutch buddy at VMware Iwan Hoogendoorn is doing something very exciting with…