A documentation repository of loosely related topics
As I begin to wind down the VMware webinar series, I wanted to bring all the content I have been working on for this series into a single blog write-up. Enabling Self-Service VMs and Containers for Users This series began with the automation of virtual infrastructure components including Virtual Machines and Kubernetes clusters. This solution included vRealize […]
Humor me for a moment here… I have been reading a lot of books on k8s and I realized that you could probably categorize automation into three categories. Very similar to the Kubernetes object types used inside K8s clusters to support applications. We will forego the "Set" lingo and just use the main terms. Daemon […]
Deploy Tier0 Logical Router This is a continuation of the Part 1 and 2 found here.. This assumes you have completed configuring ESX Cluster for NSX as described in Part 1 of this series and deployed the Edge as described in Part 2 of this series. Deploy the Tier0 Router Here we are going to […]
Deploy Edge This is a continuation of the Part 1 found here. This assumes you have completed configuring ESX Cluster for NSX as described in Part 1 of this series. Create Edge Create the new Edge VM from the NSX manager Select the size required for your deployment. Provide Password and Enable SSH login for […]
Configure ESX hosts for NSX-T Install NSX Manager and Compute Manager etc… Add Segments for your required VLAN ports. Add two IP Pool ranges for TEP interfaces from separate subnets. You will need the following Segments for the existing vmkernel ports edge and router interfaces. ESXi Management VMotion TEP Interface Edge Edge Management (you could […]
3 Part Series I intended this to be a single article but it got very long. Goal: Have NSX-T configured on bare-metal ESXi hosts with a two physical ethernet port hardware limitation. These will need to be configured in a three host cluster configured for both transport and edge serving VLAN and Overlay NVDS. Environment: […]