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20/07/2020

vSphere 7 with Kubernetes – Getting Started Guide

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vSphere 7 with Kubernetes – Getting Started Guide

VMware released the new version of vSphere with functionality to build and manage Kubernetes clusters. This series details how to…

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25/05/2020

Azure – Setup Azure Blueprints

By Steve inAzure Security, Blueprint, Cloud & Datacenter Management, Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Enterprise Security, Enterprise Security, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Security & Compliance Tag ARM, Azure, Blueprint, Example, How to, Policy, Publish, RBAC, Resource Groups, Roles

Challenge: Separate subscriptions for multiple disciplines under the same Azure Active Directory Tenancy.

Required : Each subscription to have the same role assignments

Solution : Azure Blueprints to define a repeatable set of Azure resources

How ?

Azure Blueprints provides

Role & Policy Assignments
ARM templates
And Resource Groups

Reference guides

Tutorial: Create an environment from a blueprint sample
Quick start: Define and assign a blueprint in the portal
PowerShell – Create Blueprint
ARM – Create Blueprint

Getting Started Azure Blueprints (PREVIEW)

Creating Blueprint Guide – Focused on Roles

Create a blue print, if your new, start with a sample predefined Blueprint.

For this example I have selected Resource Groups with RBAC (Role-based Access Control)

Create blueprint> Enter Name, Description and Definition Location

Next : Artifacts

Click Save Draft

How to Publish Blueprint

Click Blueprints > Blueprint Definitions > Select the version to publish

Click Publish blueprint.

Enter version and change notes > Click Publish

24/05/2020

Azure – Install and Configure Antimalware On A Virtual Machine

By Steve inAzure Security, Cloud & Datacenter Management, Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Enterprise Security, Enterprise Security, Externsions, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure Tag Anitmalware, Azure Security, Configure, Deploy, Error, Extensions, Failed, How to, Install Agents, Microsoft

A Virtual machine must be running.

If a virtual machine is stopped your deployment will fail

Note a Charge

Steps to Install Extension for Microsoft Antimalware

Select Virtual Machine > Extensions > New Resource > Microsoft Antimalware > Install Extension

Set date and Scan time is set in minutes from midnight 60 = 1am, 120 = 2am etc

Deployment in progress

Installed and Configuration completed

24/04/2020

Office 365 – Configure Users To Reset Non-Administrators Passwords

By Steve inActive Directory, Business Applications, Cloud & Datacenter Management, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Office 365, Office Apps & Services Tag Active Directory, Assign, Azure, How to, Office365, Password, Reset, Roles

The support desk will require the function to reset users passwords in your environment. Their is a pre-configured role already available in Office 365. Follow these basic steps to assign the “Password Administrator” role to a user.

Open Azure Active Directory Admin Center > Select “Users”> Select a user> Click “Assigned Roles”>”Add Assignment” and Select “Password Administrator” role.

06/04/2020

How to install Next Generation ESXi 7.0 version !!

By Steve inESXi, VMware Tag 7.0, ESXi, How to, Install, VMware

How to install Next Generation ESXi 7.0 version.

How to install Next Generation ESXi 7.0 version !!

All the VMware professionals are exciting for the new generation of vSphere 7 announcement and General Availability starting from April 02. There are lots of great enhancement done on this vSphere 7 version especially the inbuilt Kubernetes availability and support functionality. This post …Read More

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21/10/2016

Learn NSX – VMware NSX for vSphere

By Steve inESXi, ESXi 6.7, Learn NSX, NSX, VMware Tag Backups, Bridge, Edge, Firewall, How to, How To Guides, Load Balancing, NSX, NSX Controller, NSX Manager, Router, Switch, Training, VMware, VMware NSX for vSphere, vSphere

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Learn NSX – VMware NSX for vSphere

These are notes made during my study of VMware NSX for vSphere. Apologises if any of the detail is incorrect. Hopefully posts under “Learn NSX” help others to start learning about VMware NSX for vSphere.

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21/10/2016

Learn NSX Day 16 : Useful Commands & Errors

NSX Manager ( Open console of NSX Manager – try basic commands)

List

sho? (displays commands starting with “sho”)

Privileged mode

Privileged Mode

Ping

Show Clock

Time

Show file system

show filesystem

Type : quit (to exit)

NSX Controller CLI Commands:

Identify which port the switch manager is using
Show controller-cluster connections

Identify control cluster majority leader
show control-cluster status

Very useful blog on trouble shooting NSX http://www.yet.org/2014/09/nsxv-troubleshooting/

Errors

Error Message : Invalid_ID_Information

Reason : PreShared Key doesn’t match

Topics :
Learn NSX – Home
Learn NSX Day 1 : NSX Requirements
Learn NSX Day 2 : NSX Deployment Best Practice
Learn NSX Day 3 : NSX Manager and NSX Controller
Learn NSX Day 4 : NSX Roles
Learn NSX Day 5 : NSX HA, Edge, REST API
Learn NSX Day 6 : NSX and Logical Switches
Learn NSX Day 7 : Deploying ESXi
Learn NSX Day 8 : vDS (vSphere Distributed Switch)
Learn NSX Day 9 : Load Balancing Feature
Learn NSX Day 10 : Layer 2 Bridging
Learn NSX Day 11 : NSX EDGE
Learn NSX Day 12 : Spoof Guard
Learn NSX Day 13 : Distributed Router and Distributed Logical FirewallLearn NSX Day 14 : Monitoring
Learn NSX Day 15 : NSX Backups
Learn NSX Day 16 : Useful Commands & Errors

These are notes made during my study of VMware NSX for vSphere. Apologies if any of the detail is incorrect. Hopefully posts under “Learn NSX” help others to start learning about VMware NSX for vSphere.

21/10/2016

Learn NSX Day 15 : NSX Backups

Backup NSX Two options available

Via NSX Manager
backups
Via NSX API

Details required for backups

Filename prefix
Transfer protocol

backup-details

21/10/2016

Learn NSX Day 14 : Monitoring

Activity Monitor

activity-monitor

To monitor add VMs in to a activity monitoring security group (service composer)

Enable data collection
Then you can validate security policies are applied

Monitor Traffic

vDS allows port mirroring to be configured
Remote mirroring is an option to configure. (duplicate traffic to another port)

Flow Monitoring

flow-monitor

Includes the ability to detect rouge services

21/10/2016

Learn NSX Day 13 : Distributed Router and Distributed Logical Firewall

vDS (Distributed Switch)
An interface on a distributed switch can connect to the rest of the network

distributed-switch

Advanced Settings

distributed-switch-settings

To implement:

Enable OSPF
OSPF
Config uplink
Add subnet to new interface
Assign VLAN number to distributed port group for VLAN IF

Limits

There can be up to x1000 logical interfaces to one distributed router

Distributed Logical Firewall
Diagram to try and display my understanding of how the firewall rules apply based on security groups

Rules only apply to the ESXi hosts which have the source or destination VM traffic

These are notes made during my study of VMware NSX for vSphere. Apologies if any of the detail is incorrect. Hopefully posts under “Learn NSX” help others to start learning about VMware NSX for vSphere.

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