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I was trying to retrieve a report in a Bitbucket instance. The return from the API contains event dates. However, the value looks strange. It is something like 1680143775227. The format looks like Unix Epoch Timestamp. But it was converted to a far future time in any online converters. The .Net action [System.DateTime]::UnixEpoch.AddSeconds() threw an … Read more
The last time I wrote about Raspberry Pi was Connect to New Provisioned Raspberry Pi Less than $3, about six years ago. Time flies! Today, I will talk about a grounding issue.
I recently purchased a powerful motor driver board. It supports two DC motors with encoders and other features. During the initial testing, I experienced weird behavior. As a cloud engineer, I find it interesting to learn about the physical world.
Terraform Cloud has a rich API. However, the API documentation does not mention how to list all users. We can leverage the organization membership API and the PowerShell command Invoke-RestMethod to get a user list.
When you run Connect-NsxtServer in the PowerCLI, it may show “Unable to connect to the remote server“. Because the error message is a little bit confusing with other login issues. It’s not easy to troubleshoot. The actual reason is the NSX-T uses a self-signed certificate, and the PowerCLI cannot accept the certificate automatically. The fix … Read more
Create a new control file with the name .terraformrc or terraform.rc in your profile folder. Add the following lines: Create the folder .terraform.d/plugin-cache in your profile folder. The providers will be downloaded to the cache folder when you run terraform init. If you don’t want to create the control file in the profile folder. Alternative … Read more
Provisioning Windows machines with Terraform is easy. Configuring Windows machines with Ansible is also not complex. However, it’s a little bit challenging to combine them. The following steps are some ideas about handling a Windows machine from provisioning to post configuration without modifying the winrm configuration on the guest operating system.
I could not log in to any Microsoft account when using a VPN. The solution is to add the Your account to the loopback exemption. However, I’ll explain the reason in this post.
It’s been a while since my last post. I got an exciting issue a few days ago. I was trying to log in to a vCenter Server in Chrome. I can see the login screen and enter the credential. However, I was not able to get into the main page. vSphere Web Client was stuck … Read more
I introduced the hardware tips in the first article. However, some software is required to install macOS. I used OpenCore.
