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  • FIPS 140-2 on VMware Cloud Builder

    FIPS 140-2 on VMware Cloud Builder

    Overview I went to deploy a VMware Cloud Builder appliance the other day with FIPS enabled and it turned out to be frustrating. Turns out, how the appliance is deployed matters. This post would not be possible without an extremely diligent, intelligent, and hard working colleague of mine, Vinny Santa Maria. The how in this…


  • VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) – Deleting Tasks

    Overview Every once in awhile, things don’t work so well. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) suffers this as well and then you are left with a mess of failed tasks, sometimes, in the tens, but can be in the hundreds, or even thousands! This is the workflow I follow when I need to mass remove tasks….


  • VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 – Configuring SFTP Server

    Introduction I have a fresh installation of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.2 installed and want to configure the SFTP server. This server is used for SDDC Manager and NSX Manager. Luckily, in this version, SDDC Manager should be able to communicate with modern SFTP servers using ECDSA SSH public key encryption. I have a post…