People who know me, well maybe even those that don’t know I don’t like to travel. It’s all the things really – packing, getting to the airport, check-in, security. After 15 years in IT, spending most of my time accounting for what could go wrong, it has bled into everyday life. Until I have something
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Merry Commitmas everyone! It is that time of year again to brush up on your git skills and sign up for some great prizes thanks to our awesome end of year giveaway sponsors! Please take a minute to connect with them on Twitter and check out what they have to offer. None of this is
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A vBrownBag “speed-round” where we saw how much Kubernetes, OpenFaas, and vSphere API’s we could cram into! VMware APIs as a Service using OpenFaaS and VIO Kubernetes Video We take an empty vSphere Integrated OpenStack Kubernetes cluster, and deploy OpenFaaS on it. In it’s normal state, it deploys to single node, behind a port. Traditional
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Kyle Ruddy reviews the RESTful APIs available with vSphere 6.5 *About vBrownBag* SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/vBBYoutube Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/vBrownBag Facebook: https://facebook.com/vBrownBag iTunes: http://bit.ly/vbrownbagitunes Google+: google.com/+vBrownBag https://vBrownBag.com is a community of people who believe in helping other people. Specifically we work in IT infrastructure and we help other people in the IT industry to better their carreers by
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Rubrik’s Peter Milanese discusses: – Authentication – Calling a ReSTful API – Writing Code Using RESTful APIs Video *About vBrownBag* SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/vBBYoutube Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/vBrownBag Facebook: https://facebook.com/vBrownBag iTunes: http://bit.ly/vbrownbagitunes Google+: google.com/+vBrownBag https://vBrownBag.com is a community of people who believe in helping other people. Specifically we work in IT infrastructure and we help other people in
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Cody De Arkland talks about building integration for VMware with Amazon Echo using VMware’s APIs. Using Python, Flask, NodeJS, Echo Skills, and Visual Studio Code. Using Amazon Echo and VMware Video *About vBrownBag* SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/vBBYoutube Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/vBrownBag Facebook: https://facebook.com/vBrownBag iTunes: http://bit.ly/vbrownbagitunes Google+: google.com/+vBrownBag https://vBrownBag.com is a community of people who believe in helping other
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Chris Wahl from Rubrik kicks off the API Zero to Hero series with an introduction to RESTful APIs. Introduction to RESTful APIs Video Show Notes: – Imperative vs Declarative (2:20) – Avoid building by hand (4:25) – Learning a RESTful API is really easy (7:10) – What is REST (7:55) – Why learn RESTful APIs?
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Kendrick Colmen discusses how the changing application landscape impacts containers, and persistent storage. Containers and Persistence Video Show Notes: – Applications are changing (6:50) – Dev/Test/App life cycle (8:50) – Enter containers (9:25) – Why you should care (12:00) – Demo (17:50) – Demo recap – what just happened? (23:50) – Containers vs VMs –
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Kenny Garreau discusses Docker Swarm to provide clustering, HA, and scheduling services. Docker Swarm Video *About vBrownBag* SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/vBBYoutube Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/vBrownBag Facebook: https://facebook.com/vBrownBag iTunes: http://bit.ly/vbrownbagitunes Google+: google.com/+vBrownBag https://vBrownBag.com is a community of people who believe in helping other people. Specifically we work in IT infrastructure and we help other people in the IT industry
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In this Docker 101 episode, Kenny Garreau provides you with the basics on Docker and containers. Docker for Virtualization Admins Video *About vBrownBag* SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/vBBYoutube Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/vBrownBag Facebook: https://facebook.com/vBrownBag iTunes: http://bit.ly/vbrownbagitunes Google+: google.com/+vBrownBag https://vBrownBag.com is a community of people who believe in helping other people. Specifically we work in IT infrastructure and we help
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Interviewing for a job is tough. It’s the equivalent of deciding if you want to get married during the first date. In this episode, Rebecca Fitzhugh (mock) interviews Thom Greene to help you understand interviewing strategies. Mock Interview Video *About vBrownBag* https://vBrownBag.com is a community of people who believe in helping other people. Specifically we
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Cody De Arkland is back with a vengeance to wrap up the unintended VIC trilogy. As you can/have seen in part two many of the demos did not go as intended (not the worst thing to happen from a learning perspective by the way). In this episode, Cody “fixed the glitch” with the demos –
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Cody De Arkland shows you how to install and configure VMware Integrated Containers (VIC). VMware Integrated Containers Installation and Configuration Video Show Notes: – Installing and consuming VMware Integrated Containers (VIC) (1:25) – Container ecosystem at VMware (3:10) – Demo (4:15) *About vBrownBag* https://vBrownBag.com is a community of people who believe in helping other people.
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The CTO Advisor, Keith Townsend (@CTOAdvisor on Twitter) joins the vBrownBag to discuss serverless infrastructure. Serverless Infrastructure Video Show Notes: – Intro (3:35) – But wait, there are servers! (4:20) – Developer needs (5:05) – Decision points (19:30) – Event driven computing (21:40) – Code overview (29:25) – Available solutions (40:20) – Hybrid Concerns (46:15)
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Jase McCarty dives into the nerd nobs of vSAN 6.6 in this deep dive episode. VMware vSAN 6.6 Video *About vBrownBag* https://vBrownBag.com is a community of people who believe in helping other people. Specifically we work in IT infrastructure and we help other people in the IT industry to better their carreers by educating. Most
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**Updated 6/20/17** Awesome news! Lior Kamrat and Byron Shcaller will be presenting on Terraform APIs on 11/15!! Hey vBrownBag Readers, I wanted to let you know about a series we are kicking off on September 6th after VMworld 2017 – think of it as a Zero to API Hero sort of thing – okay, maybe
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Tim Davis wraps up the mini NSX ninja series discussing Edge Gateways (ESG) and Distributed Firewall (DFW). VMware NSX Edge Gateway & Distributed Firewall Video Show Notes *About vBrownBag* – Edge Integrated Network Services (3:00) – Edge network palcement – (4:50) – Edge Summary (6:00) – Edge vs Distributed Firewall (10:30) – Edge Sizing (11:30)
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Tim Davis talks VMware NSX switching and routing in this #vBrownBag episode. VMware NSX Switching and Routing Video Show Notes: – VXLAN logical switching with NSX (1:45) – VXLAN protocol overview (6:40) – VDS and VXLAN (11:10) – Traffic flow on VXLAN backed VDCS (14:00) – VLXAN for NSX system architecture (22:30) – Cluster
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Tim Davis from VMware kicks off the mini-NSX ninja series with a focus on the components used by NSX to enable virtual networking. NSX Component Overview Video Show notes: – Network virtualization (2:35) – Without network virtualization (3:27) – Data center virtualization (4:10) – Operational model of a VM (4:49) – Demo – NSX and
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Sean O’Dell provides a vRealize Network Insight deep dive and 40 minutes of demo/hands on examples! vRealize Network Insight Deep Dive Video Show Notes: – Achitecture and components (6:22) – Deployment / scale out (9:55) – Use cases (16:20) – Demo (19:30 – 60:00) *About vBrownBag* https://vBrownBag.com is a community of people who believe in
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