Home Assistant: Getting to grips with the basics
If you’ve read the previous blogs, you’ll already know why to go Smart Home, what options there are out there
Home Automation
automation
Enterprise Automation, How-To
Managing Windows with SaltStack Config – Part 2: Roles & Config
In the previous blog we got started with managing Windows using SaltStack Config, getting familiar with winrepo and installing software
Enterprise Automation, How-To
Managing Windows with SaltStack Config – Part 1: Winrepo
In the last series with SaltStack Config, we focused more on building out a nginx configuration with beacons and reactors,
Enterprise Automation, How-To
Getting Started with SaltStack Config – Part 4: Beacons & Reactors
The final blog in this 4 part series is all about creating an automatic self-healing infrastructure, preventing accidental and malicious
Enterprise Automation, How-To
Getting Started with SaltStack Config – Part 1: Getting Familiar
Roughly 12 months ago VMware completed the purchase of Salt, a configuration management platform, based on open source tech. Since
How-To
Using Workspace One Sensors with Freestyle Orchestrator
This is a very short post, just showing anyone who is vaguely interested on how to use Workspace One sensors
How-To
Getting Started with Ansible with VMC on AWS
A few months back, I had some fun playing round with Terraform with VMC on AWS. It’s fair to say,
Thoughts
2020 – The year of IaC?
As we enter November, the penultimate month in a rather turbulent year, my thoughts normally wander on to what the
Enterprise Automation
VMware Cloud on AWS: Windows provisioning using Terraform
I’ve been fortunate to work closely with VMware and in particular, the UK-based VMware Cloud on AWS team, over the