Author: Eknath

TKG 1.4 on Azure – Part 1: Prepare the resources

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I am very thrilled to login to Azure portal to deploy TKG, I previously worked on Azure extensively for more than 2 years when I was working in Horizon cloud on Azure and really loved the way how microsoft constantly keeps updating its functionality. This post explains how to prepare

Tanzu Application Service – Part 6 : Install TAS

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To install TAS using ops manager, you first need to upload the software bundle to ops manager VM. ssh to jumpbox that is created earlier - ref to post : Execute the command pivnet products in jumpbox to verify the access, otherwise login to pivnet cli as mentioned in post Download TAS Just like

Tanzu Application Service – Part 5 : Install Bosh director

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In my earlier post, we have seen the process to deploy resources like terraform, ops manager, DNS binding etc.. After login to ops manager (https://pcf.<env name>.<domain name>), BOSH director is displayed as tile in dashboard with orange colour which indicates pending further configuration. click on the tile "Bosh Director for GCP" Google

Tanzu Application Service – Part 4 : DNS binding in GCP

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In continuation to previous post : Navigate to GCP console > Network Services > Cloud DNS, terraform automatically creates a zone by default with DNS name as <<envname>>.<<domainname>> (in my case it is captainv-pilot.captainvirtualization.in.) For this demo, I am using my existing domain name - captainvirtualization.in, which I purchased from go

Tanzu Application Service – Part 1: Create Jumpbox in GCP

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In this post, I will take you through the steps to deploy a jumpbox in gcp which is used for all admin related tasks. You can do this from your local machine, but it is good practice to do everything from a jumpbox, where you can avoid downloading and uploading

Kubernetes – practise exercise – 1

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After completing CKA and CKAD certifications, I thought of writing few posts with exercises that can be used by anyone preparing for K8s certifications. I will try my best to cover from basics to complicated ones with both imperative and declarative way wherever possible. This is not same as actual

SSH to NSX Components

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NSX components can be accessed via NSX managers as shown below: Connect to NSX Manager engineering mode:  Login to NSX Manager as Admin user  ssh admin@<NSX Manager IP> After successfully authenticated Switch to enable mode with the command “en” and enter the “enable” password Type the command for accessing the engineering mode:  

Horizon cloud on Azure – Floating desktop assignment

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Before jumping into steps, let me take sometime to explain about Floating desktops - floating assignment are quite opposite to dedicated assignment where  user receives different desktops with a different machine name with each login. With floating desktop assignments, you can create desktops that shifts of users can use and

Horizon cloud on Azure – Roles and permissions

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Admin Console's role-based access control is to determine which administrative privileges are granted to an Active Directory user accounts. When logging in to the Admin portal, the second login screen uses the Active Directory account credentials, Roles and permission feature as shown below, provides predefined roles that you can assign

Horizon cloud on Azure – delete only UAG’s

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Admin portal in Horizon cloud on Azure provides you an option to delete only UAG's, this is very straight forward with few clicks: Logon to the Horizon Cloud here using the ‘My VMware’ account credentials and navigate to capacity section under settings. Click on pod name to open the details page Summary >

Horizon cloud on Azure – Add my vmware accounts

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Are you having access to Horizon cloud on Azure admin portal and wanted to give access to few more admins, this is very simple .. Logon to the Horizon Cloud here using the ‘My VMware’ account credentials and navigate to Settings > General settings Click on pencil icon to manage user accounts and for