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.
“Hackintosh is a computer that runs Apple’s Macintosh operating system macOS on computer hardware not authorized for the purpose by Apple.” Wiki All credits belong to the OpenCore official guide. I cannot complete without the super detailed guide. 🙂 Hardware is the first step for Hackintosh. You need compatible computer parts that macOS can support. … Read more
You may see vpxd.stats.maxQueryMetrics relevant error when retrieving performance data of ESXi hosts, virtual machines, or other entities on vCenter Server by PowerCLI. The full error message: This operation is restricted by the administrator – ‘vpxd.stats.maxQueryMetrics’. Contact your system administrator VMware published a KB about how to fix that. Please notice that the mentioned vCenter … Read more
My home lab virtual machines are connected on private network 192.168.1.x. All internet traffic goes to a gateway server and is forwarded over the internet network adapter. The gateway server is a DHCP server also to assign IP addresses to my lab devices. The benefit to use my own DHCP server is I can control … Read more
