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VMware ovftool installation was unsuccessful on Ubuntu 20.04 - A workaround

Robert Guske published on 2021-03-21 included in Tools

I couldn't install the VMware ovftool on my Ubuntu 20.04 LTS client and because of this, I'm going to explain how you can run it without having it installed.

VMware vctl KinD - Writing configuration failed

Robert Guske published on 2021-03-02 included in Platforms End User Computing

VMware Fusion can instantiate KinD clusters locally on your desktop (project Nautilus) but recently I discovered some restrictions which I'm explaining in this post.

Leveraging Fluent Bit on Tanzu Kubernetes Grid to send VEBA logs to vRealize Log Insight

Robert Guske published on 2021-01-13 included in Platforms Open-Source Tools

A guide how to leverage the open source project FluentBit to forward logs from a Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster to vRealize Log Insight.

vSphere with Tanzu - Troubleshooting HAProxy deployment

Robert Guske published on 2020-11-23 included in Platforms

What I've learned from troubleshooting a failed vSphere with Tanzu HAProxy deployment.

A practitioner's guide - Spin up a local VEBA environment with KinD and vCenter simulator

Robert Guske published on 2020-10-16 included in Platforms End User Computing Tools Open-Source

A practitioner's guide to spin up a local VMware Event Broker Appliance (VEBA) environment by using KinD and the vCenter simulator.

A closer look at VMware's Project Nautilus

Robert Guske published on 2020-09-20 included in End User Computing Platforms

How project Nautilus provides a single development platform on the desktop by enabling users to run OCI compliant Containers as well as Kubernetes besides Virtual Machines on the desktop.