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How to Create and Populate a vSphere Content Library with PowerCLI

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

“Automate the boring stuff”- it’s the title of the most recommended Python book for new programmers, but it’s also how I feel about all things that I have to do more than a couple times. My general rule is if…

Harbor: How to Deploy a Private Container Registry

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

What a container registry does Even a single docker host machine has to get its images from somewhere. That somewhere is a container registry. A container registry is typically a public server that allows multiple people to share these images.…

How to use a Cloudflare API Token for LetsEncrypt Validation on Ubuntu 20.04

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Justin Paul | 1 Comment

How to use LetsEncrypt with CloudFlare API Tokens on Ubuntu 20.04

How to: Azure Custom DNS, Private Endpoints, and Zerto

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Disclaimer PRIVATE ENDPOINTS REQUIRE GPV2 STORAGE ACCOUNTS. ZERTO IS A HIGH IO REPLICATION ENGINE AND GPV2 STORAGE ACCOUNTS HAVE AN EXPONENTIALLY HIGHER IO COST. (GPV1 = $.0004 per 10,000 READ OR WRITE IO, GPV2 = $.004 per 10,000 READ IO…

The Ultimate Nerd Raspberry Pi Cluster case version 2.0!

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

How do you make the Ultimate Nerd Raspberry Pi cluster case better!?! I wrote this article sometime in late 2019 or early 2020… apparently I forgot to click publish. Woops! So basically this post is about how I made my…

What Happens When You Turn 240 Containers Against A SQL Server To Test VSS Stun Time

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

This is the story of how I created a load generator using containers to performance test MS SQL and the effects on VSS stun time. I’ve heard from customers more times than I can count that VSS is SUPER disruptive…

How to Build a JunkYard Kubernetes Cluster on the Cheap!

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

This post is about recycling old hardware that you might never consider using for a lab. It won’t be a super technical post, but since Kubernetes requirements are not the same as virtualization hosts you might be surprised at the…

How to Enable Zerto LTR with no hardware using HPE Cloud Volumes Backup

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Zerto Long Term Retention Zerto is known for its super low RPO and RTO objectives and its ability to “re-wind” your VM like a DVR would do to a movie. Those features require production class storage, and sometimes lots of…

How to Install VMware Drivers on a non-VMware Machine

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

This method of installing VMware Drivers is for those who don’t like the idea of cracking the VMware Tools installer and removing the parts that check for VMware based VMs. I guess you could say that this way is more…

Warning! Don’t try to learn Kubernetes

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Justin Paul | 3 Comments

Was that a click bait headline or what! LOL, seriously though, if you have been thinking about learning about containers DON’T start with Kubernetes! There is a lot of buzz around Kubernetes, containers, and Docker, and for good reason. However,…