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Cloud Practice Architect for #VMware PSO in EMEA. #vExpert 2020 (10⭐️). #VMware CTO Ambassador. Part-time blogger.

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Creating unique passwords in Vault for new vRA workloads

Creating unique passwords in Vault for new vRA workloads

Michael Poore / September 24, 2020

Generate and secure unique complex passwords in HashiCorp Vault for new workloads provisioned by VMware vRealize Automation

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Tags: vRAVMwareHashiCorpVaultvROvSphere
Reflecting on 5 years at VMware

Reflecting on 5 years at VMware

Michael Poore / September 08, 2020

Five years ago this month I joined VMware. With this milestone reached I wanted to share some brief thoughts about my experiences to date and the future.

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Tags: GeneralVMwarevExpert
Integrating VMware Code Stream and Packer

Integrating VMware Code Stream and Packer

Michael Poore / August 11, 2020

Not content to build vSphere templates periodically, this introduction shows how VMware Code Stream and Packer can be combined to trigger builds from Git updates.

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Tags: vExpertVMwareHashiCorpPackerHomeLabvRAvSphereCodeStream
Custom Naming in vRealize Automation 8.x (Pt. 2)

Custom Naming in vRealize Automation 8.x (Pt. 2)

Michael Poore / May 28, 2020

Having created a mechanism to generate unique hostnames previously, this article follows on with how to integrate the functionality with vRA 8.x.

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Tags: vRAvROVMwarevExpert
Custom Naming in vRealize Automation 8.x (Pt. 1)

Custom Naming in vRealize Automation 8.x (Pt. 1)

Michael Poore / May 26, 2020

vRA 8.x offers several built-in mechanisms for naming workloads. This article covers them briefly and starts the process to go fully custom.

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Tags: vRAvROvExpertVMware
Creating vSphere VM templates with Packer (part 7) - Further plans

Creating vSphere VM templates with Packer (part 7) - Further plans

Michael Poore / May 14, 2020

The final (short) post in this series. Now that vSphere templates can be built repeatably, it's time to think about the next steps to take things further.

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Tags: PackerHashiCorpvSphereHomeLabvExpert
Creating vSphere VM templates with Packer (part 6) - CentOS

Creating vSphere VM templates with Packer (part 6) - CentOS

Michael Poore / May 12, 2020

Having created a Windows template, in Part 6 of this series it's now time to make one for Linux using my go-to distro, CentOS 8.

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Tags: PackerHashiCorpvSphereCentOSHomeLabvExpert
Creating vSphere VM templates with Packer (part 5) - Windows templates

Creating vSphere VM templates with Packer (part 5) - Windows templates

Michael Poore / May 07, 2020

Armed with some vSphere variables, it's now time to create a Windows template. In post 5 of this series that process is described.

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Tags: PackerHashiCorpvSphereWindowsHomeLabvExpert
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This is a blog about cloud automation, orchestration and virtualisation in general. It's written by Michael Poore, a VMware architect based in the UK.

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