Tag: vmware cloud foundation
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Using Kasm as a browser-based access layer in front of a VCF lab turned out to be a useful pattern. With Keycloak providing authentication for both Kasm and VCF SSO, the lab gets a cleaner access flow without exposing every VCF administrative interface directly to my workstation.
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Terraform can describe parts of a VCF Automation 9.1 All Apps landing zone, but not the full model end to end. In this post I walk through the first layers of the landing zone foundation, including organization creation, identity provider configuration, quota, networking, content library and namespace consumption, while also calling out where the current…
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I wanted to test organization-level OIDC authentication in VCF Automation 9.1 using Keycloak from my Provider Box setup. It worked in the end, but a few small details around group claims and claims mapping were easy to miss.
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Self-service without guardrails is just delegated infrastructure access with a nicer interface. In this post I look at guardrails in the VCF Automation 9.1 All Apps model, and how organizations, quotas, namespaces, networking, policies, and extensibility work together to make private cloud consumption safer and more repeatable.
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In my previous article, I reflected on what I would design differently if I were building an NSX platform today. That piece focused on architectural choices — fewer abstractions, clearer boundaries, stronger defaults. But design decisions are only part of the story. What ultimately matters is who carries responsibility for how the platform behaves over…
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