Note: These instructions are only intended for use in a lab environment for non-production use. Do not use the steps described here to further contribute to the number of insecure IoT devices populating our world. Assume everything described is an unsupported configuration. Finally, be mindful of the Windows 10 IoT prototyping restrictions as well as … Continue reading Fun in the lab with VMware and a Raspberry Pi
Category: homelab
DHCP Relay Options
In the process of setting up an automated deployment processes within my lab, I stumbled into the need to send DHCP requests to both my existing DHCP server as well as a Windows Deployment Services (WDS) server I was standing up. There are several widely discussed options for this: Place the DHCP client and both … Continue reading DHCP Relay Options
vSphere Upgrade, 6.0 to 6.7
As I’m generally working with things sitting on top of the hypervisor and/or inside of VMs, I hadn’t made upgrading vSphere itself a huge priority in my lab environment. With the release of vSphere 6.7 Update 1 I decided to spend some time getting both vCenter and ESXi on the latest version. My lab environment … Continue reading vSphere Upgrade, 6.0 to 6.7
Debian, Xfce themes, and GTK3
I recently found myself in need of wireshark while doing some experiments with a virtual machine . After starting and updating my existing Debian 9 VM with wireshark installed, I found I had a bit of a display issue. As you can see in the below screenshot, parts of wireshark's GTK interface were not rendering (in … Continue reading Debian, Xfce themes, and GTK3
PowerChute Network Shutdown Deployment – Attempt 1
When I first looked at automated vSphere shutdowns via UPS signaling for an APC UPS the path of least resistance seemed to be using one of the PowerChute applications on an instance of the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA). With deprecation warnings aplenty for the vMA, that wasn't a path I was interested in pursuing. However, more … Continue reading PowerChute Network Shutdown Deployment – Attempt 1
Automating Intel Network Adapter VLAN configuration
Introduction Within my homelab make use of a desktop workstation for a variety of roles, including hosting VMware Workstation for additional capacity. Making effective use of this, however, requires having multiple networks (VLANs) available to some combination of the host workstation and/or virtual machines running within VMware workstation. When I first approached this, I viewed my ideal setup … Continue reading Automating Intel Network Adapter VLAN configuration