Robert Jensen
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Automation

28 posts about Automation, newest first.

  1. Application Deployment With Salt and Vra Application Deployment With Salt and Vra Here is a short post, around my first integration between SaltStack and vRealize Automation. Expect this to be updated, as I get more experience in SaltStack. Note VMware …
  2. Docker for Almost Everything Docker for Almost Everything I’m no expert in containers, but I do talk to a lot of admins in my job, that has not taken the time, to look at containers yet, and therefore haven’t found, if they can …
  3. Automating Folding@Home With VMware Code Stream Automating Folding@Home With VMware Code Stream I am always looking for new ways to do demo’s, and to showcase the solutions the company I work for have. One usecase, that I really wanted to show, was infrastructure as …
  4. Jenkins and CodeStream CSRF fix Jenkins and CodeStream CSRF fix For some time, I have had the problem with Jenkins, that when I ran my Code Stream pipeline, it gave me the following error To fix it, I have been running the code below, …
  5. Demo Enviroment on demand Demo Enviroment on demand A couple of years ago Jad El-Zein (@virtualjad) created a demo, where he ordered a VM (I think it was) using Siri on his iPhone, with vRealize Automation (VRA). As a side …
  6. How to show the value of Automation How to show the value of Automation Being able to show the value, of automation is essential, to be able to keep getting support, for the time you spend on it. One of my coworkers (Tore Brynaa) , gave me …
  7. Remote development from anywhere Remote development from anywhere VScode is that type of software, that I hated in the beginning, and now love (for the most part). I have never been any good at coding, scripting etc. but the more my …
  8. Duplicate ipadress on Packer Ubuntu VM's Duplicate ipadress on Packer Ubuntu VM's After reading a blog post, from Cody’s blog thehumblelab.com, about how to create automated vSphere templates, using Packer. I have been using it, for most of my vSphere …
  9. Filter Extensibility subscriptions in CAS Filter Extensibility subscriptions in CAS For the last couple of days, I have been playing quite a lot with Cloud Automation Services. That means deploying a lot of VM’s, just to destroy them again. Some time …
  10. Cloud Agnostic Blueprints in VMware CAS Cloud Agnostic Blueprints in VMware CAS VMware Cloud Automation Services went GA 2 days ago, on the 15/1/2019. There is already a ton of blogs, describing the solution. I thought that I would give my view on …