Category: Automation

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Episode Followup – Diving deep on CI/CD – Why you should START with it by Johannes Koch (@Lockhead)

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Having talked to a lot of builders (Community Builders, AWS engineers, …) world wide there is a pattern of new projects being started without proper CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment) in mind which later results in decreased developer productivity. Starting with the value flow of developer experience and DevSecOps best practices we are going
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Episode Followup – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Terraform (But Were Afraid To Ask) by Ned Bellavance

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Ned Bellavance (@Ned1313) sits down with us for an discussion about Terraform, the latest from Hashiconf, tips and tricks for using Terraform for automating your infrastructure, and more. Ned is a Hashicorp Ambassador, a Microsoft MVP, and a Pluralsight author. He currently hosts and cohosts podasts such as Day Two Cloud, Buffer Overflow, and The
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Episode Followup – Automating the lifecycle of Infrastructure as Code from Deploy to Destroy! with Tim Davis

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Tim Davis (@vtimd) presents “Automating the lifecycle of Infrastructure as Code from Deploy to Destroy!” In this presentation, Tim Davis walks us through the process of defining what are stable vs dynamic cloud infrastructures and why you want to use the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) lifecycle. He then does a live demo of the Env0
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Episode Followup – Unlocking the Potential of Events for SDDC Automation presented by Michael Gasch (@ebano1), William Lam (@lamw) and PK (@pkblah)

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Michael, William and PK join us to discuss how VEBA enables event based automation for vSphere. Every VI Admin knows that little toolbar in vCenter Server showing the Tasks and Events happening in their environment. This is commonly used to track progress of an operation and can also be used for auditing purposes. However, did
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Azure ARM & Terraform Automation with Nick Colyer @vNickC and Cooper Lutz @lutz_cooper

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Nick Colyer and Cooper Lutz continue the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals series with Azure Automation with ARM and Terraform. Find Nick on twitter at https://www.twitter.com/vNickC Find Cooper on twitter at https://www.twitter.com/lutz_cooper Cooper blogs at https://cooperscloud.tech/ https://skylinesacademy.com Skyline Academy has a great offer for vBrownbag Viewers. Purchase an Azure 70-533 Certification course for 50% retail price. Enter
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VMware 6.7 APIs and Automation with Kyle Ruddy (@kmruddy)

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Kyle Ruddy (@kmruddy) joins us to discuss and demo what’s new with the vSphere 6.7 APIs. The best way to reach Kyle for question is twitter DM https://www.twitter.com/kmruddy Have a feature request? Post it to https://powercli.ideas.aha.io/ and they will look into it! *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

VMware Infrastructure as Code with Brett Johnson (@brettjohnson008)

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Brett Johnson introduces the concept of infrastructure as code, CD/CD pipeline, and Git best practices. Git Resources: Commitmas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlY_hqvCmqY&list=PL2rC-8e38bUXloBOYChAl0EcbbuVjbE3t Git Documentation: https://git-scm.com/doc

VMware and Terraform Infrastructure as Code with Grant Orchard (@grantorchard)

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https://youtu.be/ag36WCKrq5g Grant Orchard demonstrates using Terraform to deploy VMware VMs as code. He starts simple then introduces variables and shows how to deploy a complete application stack leveraging Terraform modules. Check out Grant’s blog series at https://grantorchard.com/infrastructure-as-code-vsphere-admin-part1/ Follow Grant on twitter at https://www.twitter.com/GrantOrchard 3:00 – Brief introduction to Terraform 16:00 – Dependency Resolution/graphviz 19:00 –
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VMware APIs as a Service using OpenFaaS and VIO Kubernetes w Cody De Arkland (@codydearkland)

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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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vSphere 6.5 RESTful APIs with Kyle Ruddy (@kmruddy)

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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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Using RESTful APIs w Peter Milanese @pmilano1

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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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Introduction to RESTful APIs with Chris Wahl (@chriswahl)

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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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API Series Coming Soon – Dear Infrastructure People, Time To Learn Some Coding Practices!

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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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#vBrownBag Follow-Up VMware NSX PowerShell Modules with Kyle Ruddy (@kmruddy)

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Kyle Ruddy shows you how you can manage VMware NSX through PowerShell/PowerCLI by reviewing his own modules written to take advantage of the NSX API. You can find the modules on GitHub. VMware NSX PowerShell Module Video You can follow Kyle on Twitter @kmruddy and his blog thatcouldbeaproblem.com. Originally published by ProfessionalVMware.com where you can
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#vBrownBag Follow-Up Optimizing PowerShell & PowerCLI Scripts with Conrad Ramos (@vnoob)

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Conrad Ramos (@vNoob) talks about how you can opimize your PowerShell and PowerCLI scripts. Optimizing PowerShell & PowerCLI Scripts Recording You can follow Conrad on Twitter @vNoob and his blog www.vnoob.com Originally published by ProfessionalVMware.com where you can check out all our past recordings and upcoming schedule.

#vBrownBag Follow-Up vRealize Automation 7 Converged Blueprint Designer with Jad El-Zein (@virtualjad)

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VMware’s Jad El-Zein stops by to discuss and demo the new vRealize Automation 7 converged blueprint designer for IaaS and XaaS. vRA7 Converged Blueprint Video You can follow Jad on Twitter @virtualjad Originally published at https://vbrownbag.comm – Sign up for the live #vBrownBag broadcast at https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags where you can also get updates.

#vBrownBag Follow-Up VMware VCP6-CMA Objective 1 with Frank Buechsel (@fbuechsel)

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On the 3rd of November 2015 , the EMEA #vBrownbag started the VCP6-CMA track with Objective 1 – Install, Configure and Upgrade vRealize Suite Components presented by Frank Buechsel.You can find Frank on Twitter on @fbuechsel and his blog at http://fbuechsel.eu/ The recording of the session is below: Originally published at https://vbrownbag.comm – Sign up
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Impostor Syndrome – A Tech Trivia Game Show

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We had a few openings for VMworld Europe Tech Talks this year, so I had a couple of drinks and got to thinking. I’ve been playing around with the idea of doing a tech trivia podcast for a while now, but I kept making excuses of why I wouldn’t be good enough to get it
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2015-agosto-13 ProfessionalVMware #vBrownBag LATAM @FCinalliP VCP6-DCV 2V0-621 Objetivo 8

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The following content is in Spanish, the language in which the webinar is presented. El pasado 13 de agosto @FCinalliP presentó el tema “VCP6-DCV 2V0-621 Objetivo 8” con demo de host profiles y autodeploy