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A Quest from System Administration to Developer: A Prelude

Summary In this series I will be diving into my journey of moving from a more Systems Administration focused career into a Developer focused career as a DevOps engineer. We will cover many topics including learning Python basics, React basics, API development, Automation, GitLab pipelines, GitHub Actions, Cloud Deployments, Serverless, deploying to OpenShift, and many more that we will discover…

Easily Set Up a Private GitLab Server on GCP!

Summary – Private GitLab Server Set Up.

In this article, we will walk through setting up and configuring a private GitLab Server, free-version, for on-premise or cloud code repositories. For this deployment, We will use an updated Ubuntu 20.04 LTS image and deploy it on GCP.

In a follow-up post we will cover how to create your own Ansible role for automating the deployment to another…

Getting Started with PowerCLI

Have you found yourself repeating the same tasks over and over again in vCenter? Or have you ran into deployment inconsistencies in your virtual instances? With the cross- pollination of Windows and Linux/MacOS, now is the time to explore the benefits of using Powershell. In this article I will outline how to setup Powershell, the PowerCLI Module from VMware and some…

Install Windows Server 2019 Active Directory. Quick step-by-step guide to standing up the domain after OS installation.

Summary – Install Windows Active Directory

In the last lab article, we went through building the domain for your lab environment using IDM/IPA on a CentOS 7 box. In this article we will install Windows Server 2019 Active Directory. This article is aimed to be a down and dirty setup of AD, if you want to dig into some of Microsoft’s guides check them out here.

Installing the Role

The…

Configure Dell iDRAC with FreeIPA or RedHat IDM LDAP authentication. Then Automate with Powershell!!

Summary

One of the more frustrating things about working primarily in a Linux shop, is the lack of clear documentation or support for it from various vendors. One of the more recent things that needed accomplished was a way to authenticate our multiple Dell chassis and blade servers’ iDRAC to our Red Hat Identity Management servers’ LDAP. After looking around the web, I landed on a site that…

My most used VMs in my Lab right now. Nothing fancy, but they accomplish the majority of anything I am looking to do.

Wondering what you should start with in you home lab? In this short article, I highlight the 5 best VMs that you should have in your home lab. These 5 VMs are the foundation to anything I may be working on. If you don’t have these operating systems or just starting out, consider throwing these into the mix to get you started.

Windows Server 2016/2019

The latest versions of Windows…