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Author Archives: brian.wuchner
Homelab Power Outage & Recovery – Lessons Learned
My homelab has a small UPS to help carry through short power ‘blips’ that occur from time to time — it is not sized for prolonged outages. As such, I don’t have any automation to detect/respond to these on battery … Continue reading
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Keep it secure: Automate vCenter Server SSL Certificate replacement
Validity periods for SSL certificates keep shrinking, requiring more frequent certificate replacements. Something that once only needed done every 3 or so years is now required every year. With these increased demands it is common to want to automate this … Continue reading
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Keep it secure: Automate Skyline Collector admin password changes
Too frequently I login to my Skyline Collector and am immediately required to change the password. Follow along with me as I explain how I figured out how to use automation to reduce the frustration of this process. The Skyline … Continue reading
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Getting started with Steampipe.io to query VMware vSphere
I was recently listening to an episode of the Unexplored Territory podcast (episode #023 – Introducing Oracle Cloud VMware Solution with Richard Garsthagen). At the end of each episode, the hosts ask the guest about a technology that should be … Continue reading
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Helpful Docker Container Images for a Homelab
In a previous post, I described setting up a docker host for some containers that I need to run in a lab. This post will focus on a couple of those containers and how I use them. One service that … Continue reading
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