Far Edge PoC – minimal
In my first post, I installed the ESXi Arm Edition on a Raspberry Pi. This one is dedicated to a conceptual prototype enabling an end […]
ESXi Arm Edition on Raspberry Pi
Finally, the ESXi on ARM image has been released! I was begging Andrei Warkentin for it when I was preparing for VMworld 2019, because I […]
Secure Logstash Configuration with Hashicorp Vault on K8s
This post is a follow-up on the topic of Hashicorp Vault on K8s expanding it on inline templates and handling of binary file content. Please […]
Secure Prometheus Configuration with Hashicorp Vault on K8s
This post documents a very interesting option to keep passwords out of the prometheus configuration files following the official documentation. I copied the prometheus definition […]
Extending vRealize Automation Permission Model
Problem statement vRealize Automation already has quite a flexible permission model: source: vmware.com This model is an ideal fit for a company in which an […]
VM placement strategies
Powerful and cloud agnostic VM placement policies are an important topic of high relevance for us. Together with VMware, we commonly address this topic as part of […]
How we enjoy our own champagne with CAVA@Swisscom
What is CAVA End of last year we started a close collaboration with VMware to productize their project “CAVA”. Bryan Halter delivered a blueprint together […]
Deploy vRealize Automation Software Components on Azure and AWS
Setup Azure and vRA Azure Endpoint I followed the lead of these two comprehensive blogs vRA7.2 DIG – Microsoft Azure Integration, Jad El-Zein vRealize Automation […]
A Wish List for Configuration Management with the vRealize Suite
We have started the second product increment (PI = 10 weeks) in our Cloud Platform project and are consolidating our experiences with a list of […]
Identity & Access Management with VMware’s vRealize Automation and Forgerock’s OpenAM
In this blog post I’ll start with the big picture for the IAM target architecture in Swisscom, how we want to apply it to our Enterprise Cloud 2.0 with vRA, setting up the scene for our proof of concept with OpenAM as Identity Broker, detailed set up instructions and the list of planned activities and open points towards our suppliers.