Author Archives: brian.wuchner

Domain Controllers and Micro-segmentation

Posted on April 24, 2022 by brian.wuchner

I was recently reminded of the importance of Active Directory Sites and Services as it relates to micro-segmentation. I was working on an engagement where an organization wanted to implement a zero-trust / micro-segmentation policy by default. As part of … Continue reading →

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Photon OS 4.0 Grow Filesystem using Logical Volume Management (LVM)

Posted on February 24, 2022 by brian.wuchner

I recently needed to grow the file system on a Linux VM. I remembered writing a post on this before, so I headed here: Unfortunately this previous post assumed a non-LVM disk setup. I needed to increase the size of … Continue reading →

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Horizon Virtual Desktop – Non Persistent Ubuntu 20.04

Posted on December 30, 2021 by brian.wuchner

I recently built a new Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 machine to be used as an instant clone golden image for a Horizon 7.13 environment. I kept some notes on the steps I followed on my desktop, but after seeing a funny … Continue reading →

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Getting Started with SaltStackConfig PowerShell Module

Posted on December 27, 2021 by brian.wuchner

In the previous post (here), we looked into Getting Started with SaltStack Config. We created and kicked off a few tasks from the web interface. Occasionally we’ll need to report on some data as well. The web interface offers the … Continue reading →

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Getting Started with SaltStack Config

Posted on December 22, 2021 by brian.wuchner

I’ve recently started looking at vRealize Automation SaltStack Config in a lab. In this post I’ll step through a rough outline of the lab environment / setup and cover a couple simple tasks that I was able to complete using … Continue reading →

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