In a previous post (here), I covered how to setup a MongoDB replica set to be monitored by Aria Operations in a vSphere based lab. This article will cover the installation & configuration of the Aria Operations Management Pack for MongoDB. The article will be divided into three sections: Installing…
I was recently looking at the Aria Operations Management Pack for MongoDB (https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Aria-Operations-for-Integrations/9.0/Management-Pack-for-MongoDB/GUID-73744E17-88DD-49A1-8B86-5BD896C874D8.html) and wanted to kick the tires in my vSphere-based lab. To be able to test this management pack, I wanted to deploy a three node MongoDB replica set. To begin, I found a solid starting point, the…
I’ve heard from several people who have highly recommended Packer (https://packer.io) to create standardized images, and with the recent release of Ubuntu 24.04 I decided now would be a good time to build a new template to try it out. This template will be used for most Linux VMs deployed…
I recently upgraded a nested lab from VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.1.0 to 5.1.1. A few lessons were learned along the way, and I’m going to document those below. Step 0 – Validate the environment My VCF lab had been powered down for a couple of months and during that…
I recently made a post about building a new TinyCore 15 virtual machine for testing. As with past VM builds of this distribution, I used the x86 CorePlus ISO image. I had someone ask me why I didn’t use the x86 Pure 64 version instead. I didn’t have a good…