My notes and ramblings, normally about automation.
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Terraform - Foundational Policies Library and GKEThe usage of Kubernetes continues to grow for most organizations. HashiCorp Terraform is used to simplify the Kubernetes deployment and management process by defining the necessary components as code. This can also be taken a step further by configuring guardrails, which help to protect infrastructure changes that may go against the business’ policies or don’t follow regulatory policies.May 7, 2020
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Terraform - GitHub Actions IntegrationRecently, there was a great new resource added to the GitHub Marketplace which allows us to easily integrate the HashiCorp Terraform CLI into the CI/CD process that’s been made available with GitHub Actions.May 6, 2020
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vBrownBag - Python for PowerShellersThe good folks at vBrownbag always have some really good series. The current series is around using Python and applying its usage to DevOps concepts and principles. I was asked to present one of the sessions and decided to cover a few tips and tricks for folks with an existing knowledge of PowerShell and how they can translate directly to Python usage.Aug 8, 2019
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PSConfEU - vSphere Security Compliance in a DevOps WorldPSConfEU is Europe’s largest PowerShell conference and this year I had the distinct pleasure of not only attending, but also presenting! It is 4 days of non-stop PowerShell knowledge bombs in just about every area you can think of and I had a blast!Jul 15, 2019
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PSConfEU - Manage vSphere with PowerCLI DSC Resources, Finally!PSConfEU is Europe’s largest PowerShell conference and this year I had the distinct pleasure of not only attending, but also presenting! It is 4 days of non-stop PowerShell knowledge bombs in just about every area you can think of and I had a blast!Jul 14, 2019
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PowerCLI - Accurately Sorting VMTool VersionsKeeping a VM’s VMware Tools up-to-date is an important role to anyone whom administers a VMware environment. VMware Tools provide the latest and greatest drivers and provides easy access in order to interact with the underlying guest OS, like performing power options gracefully.Jun 12, 2019
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PowerCLI - Disk Space Utilization - .NET ObjectReferencing documentation is one of those things that seems overwhelming at first, but ends up becoming fundamental. I’m working on a series of posts where I take specific tasks and show how to refer to the documentation to accomplish the task.Feb 24, 2019
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PowerCLI - Disk Space Utilization - vSphere ObjectReferencing documentation is one of those things that seems overwhelming at first, but ends up becoming fundamental. I’m working on a series of posts where I take specific tasks and show how to refer to the documentation to accomplish the task.Feb 24, 2019
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PowerCLI - Documentation OverviewDocumentation is an important part of the automation and development process. When I first started using PowerCLI, I found the docs to be overwhelming and confusing. As my PowerCLI knowledge grew, I started to use them more and more.Feb 24, 2019
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PowerCLI - Datastore Cluster MigrationsI found something interesting the other day, from someone that mentioned it to me, you can’t move a datastore cluster between folders in the UI! No worries, PowerCLI to the rescue!Feb 14, 2019
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