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Justin Raley
  • Start Here
  • About
  • HomeLab
  • Nested
  • VMware Cloud Foundation
  • VCF Operations
  • Photon OS
  • VMware vSphere Foundation
  • VyOS
  • VCF JSON Builder
  • ESXi Kickstart Builder

VMware Cloud Foundation

October 19, 2026October 19, 2026HomeLab, VMware Cloud Foundation

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 […]

October 13, 2026October 13, 2026VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware vSphere Foundation

VMware Introduces HyperArmor: Proactive Protection for the ESX Hypervisor

VMware HyperArmor adds proactive ESX security with host-level virtual patching, behavioral guardrails, and SSH MFA. Here’s how it works and what administrators should evaluate.

October 12, 2026October 12, 2026HomeLab, VMware Cloud Foundation

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 […]

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026HomeLab, VMware Cloud Foundation

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 […]

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026HomeLab, VMware Cloud Foundation

VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1.1: Enabling Memory Tiering in My Homelab

VMWARE CLOUD FOUNDATION / MEMORY TIERING WALKTHROUGH VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1.1: Enabling Memory Tiering in My Homelab A complete workload-domain walkthrough: create […]

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About Me

Justin Raley

Justin is a Senior Technical Adoption Manager in the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) division at VMware by Broadcom. He uses his homelab to explore VMware Cloud Foundation, networking, coding, and private clouds. Drawing on this experience, his primary focus is helping customers design, build, and operate their VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) private clouds.

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