DNS (Domain Name System) is an essential component of the internet, responsible for translating domain names into IP addresses to enable seamless communication between devices. However, its critical role also makes it a frequent target for malicious activity. Analyzing DNS logs can help detect security threats such as DNS tunneling — a covert method used to exfiltrate…
Author: Matt Adam
Avi with VCF Operations
Of all the VMware tools that I’ve used, and written blogs about, I’ve not done much with Aria yet. So for today’s blog, I’ll cover the Avi plugin inside of VCF Operations. VCF Operations has also been known as Aria Operations, and vRealize Operations. In the version I’m using below, it will show as VMware…
Upgrade the BIOS and Firmware on the SuperMicro Board
Ok. Before I start the blog post on how to upgrade the BIOS and firmware on your supermicro board, I have a small rant. It seems there is surprisingly little useful information out there, on how to upgrade the bios and firmware for the supermicro. There are definitely plenty of documents, and lengthy PDFs provided…
Avi in VCF – Deploy using the SDDC Manager
Avi can be deployed in the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), to handle the load balancing traffic in your VI Workload Domains. Avi is already part of the latest VCF 5.2 release, as a bundle. In this blog I’ll show the few steps that are required to spin up an Avi cluster in your VCF domain….
VCF in your Home Lab – Updated for VCF 5.2
VCF 5.2 was released for GA a few days ago. I wanted to make sure I provided an update post with some of the changes I’ve made for the lab, and the json manifest. Software Versions used in this demo Software Version VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 Physical vSphere Host 8.0 Update 3 Update to Blog…
Designer Liner – Home Shelf Liners
Yes this post is a little different than my normal tech postings. But one of my best friends is starting up a new business, and I wanted to help promote it. designer-liner.com They are a small family owned company located here in the Dallas TX area, specializing in custom liners for drawers and cabinets. If…
Install AWX on Ubuntu 24
AWX is an open-source alternative to Red Hat Tower (Ansible Automation Platform). I’ve used both pretty extensively in the past, and since AWX is essentially free, I’ll be covering that product in the next few blogs. AWX is very useful for automating application creation for load balancers. There are a few components that will be…
Avi – Using Ansible to deploy set of standard configuration
I’ve heard from many customers that they would like to deploy a set of standard configuration to all of their Avi controllers. A good example of this would be to deploy a particular health monitor to all of your data centers, and to make sure that health monitor’s configuration always stays the same across the…
Avi – Using Ansible to deploy an application
In this blog I’ll walk through what is required to deploy an application in Avi, using ansible. Ansible is pretty flexible, and a great tool to start automating your network stack. There are a number of ways to use ansible to create an application in Avi: Software Versions used in this demo Software Version Bootstrap…
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) in your Home Lab
Updated with VCF 5.2 here I have struggled to find an end to end comprehensive guide on deploying VCF for home lab use. Generally I prefer blogs for this sort of thing, because a blog will tell me exactly how to get the application up and running, but not necessarily explain all the bells and…