Author: Patrik Kernstock

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QuickTip: Utilize TPS (Transparent Page Sharing) on ESXi to noticeable save memory

What is it? TPS (Transparent Page Sharing) is a proprietary functionality in VMware ESX(i) which essentially does deduplication of memory pages used for virtual machines. To put it in other words: Identical memory content across multiple machines only consume memory one time....

SSL/TLS Certificates List in Controller 5

Automate certificate renewal via Let’s Encrypt on Avi/NSX ALB

This time I want to introduce the ability to request the famous Let’s Encrypt certificates on your NSX Advanced Load Balancer (also known as Avi Vantage) using comprehensive on-board functionality it offers. I was improving, adding new features and testing the script...

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QuickTip: Manually trigger certificate renewal on Avi Controller/NSX ALB

Avi Controller (or NSX Advanced Load Balancer, as known now) is able to automatically run scripts to renew your certificates your Virtual Services use – this is done by such called Certificate Management and ControlScript. The certificate renewal is, by default, triggered...

Harbor UI Admin 0

Get admin password of the Embedded Harbor Registry on the Supervisor Cluster

After enabling Workload Management in vCenter as part of vSphere with Tanzu, you can easily enable the Embedded Harbor Registry on the Supervisor Cluster. Bear in mind that this however requires NSX-T in your environment, as the Harbor pods are running directly...

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QuickTip: Tanzu TKC/Guest Cluster: Error “Permission denied” when creating file with securityContext

This time, I’m not getting into much detail about specific details around this topic. Consider this as a quick write-up/FYI. If you’ve ever encountered this issue or worked with securityContext‘s in Kubernetes, you might know what I’m talking about. Disclaimer: Before proceeding,...

ADFS Logon 5

ADFS 2019: Allow logon with sAMAccountName

Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) allows plenty of customizations when it comes to the website theme. One specific customization allows the logon using just the sAMAccountName (e.g. awesome-admin) instead of the UPN (User Principal Name) (e.g. awesome-admin@example.com), by modifying the behavior via...