Nginx on a VM vs VKS: A VCF Lab Comparison
After deploying a VKS cluster in my VCF lab, I wanted to compare the experience of running an application on a traditional […]
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Deploy a VKS Cluster in VCF 9.1.1 and Test It with Nginx
I created a VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) cluster manually in my VCF 9.1.1 home lab, then connected from Windows PowerShell and […]
A Customizable Photon OS OVA for vSphere: Network, SSH, and Firewall Settings
I built a Photon OS OVA that configures networking, root credentials, SSH access, NTP, and the guest firewall directly in the vCenter deployment wizard. Follow the complete deployment guide.
Building a Two-Node vSAN ESA Cluster with the ESA Witness Appliance
I wanted to build a two-node vSAN ESA cluster (Express Storage Architecture) in my homelab. This walkthrough covers the host networking, deployment […]
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1.1: Enabling vSAN ESA on a Workload Domain
After deploying my VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1.1 workload domain, the next step was to enable vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) on its […]