If one uses more than one AWS account it’s absolutely necessary to configure profiles for AWS CLI. The configuration is made of two files: .aws/credentials and .aws/config. The former contains access keys to AWS accounts – you should never add the file to the version control, the latter contains additional configuration and can be versioned. Separate credentials […]
“Immutable infrastructure: automate VM template creation using Packer and Ansible” – an invitation to my speech
I’d like to invite you to my first speech on AWS User Group in Kraków. The group has reborn after a long period of being inactive and I’m happy I can be a part of it. During my speech I’ll tell you about “immutable infrastructure” approach, why it is worth to create virtual machine templates, […]
Export WiFi passwords in Windows
Recently I’ve changed my old laptop (Toshiba Z30) to Surface Pro LTE. I needed to migrate the data to the new laptop including the WiFi list with passwords. Of course one can click through the WiFi control panel and write down all the passwords, but I don’t recommend that as there’s an easier way to accomplish […]
Nancy and StructureMap
Nancy provides her own IoC container – TinyIoC, but sometimes you need to use something more powerfull – like e.g. StuctureMap. Integration of Nancy and SturctureMap is quite easy (as everything in Nancy :). We start with NuGet package installation:
Creating single node VSAN cluster
If you want to play with VMware VSAN and you don’t have three hosts (VSAN requirement) to play on or your lab doesn’t have enough resources to run nested infrastructure of three ESXi hosts you’ve got one more solution – run “cluster” of one ESXi host and force VSAN provisioning. In this post I will […]
Simulate SSD disk in VMware Workstation and vSphere
For some scenarios you may want to run in your lab – like testing VSAN or deployment of Nutanix – there is a requirement to have SSD disk attached to virtual machine. In nested lab scenarios this kind of disk can be easily simulated.
ESXi Embedded Host Client
Yesterday on Flings, VMware released new version of ESXi Embedded Host Client – a VIB that adds web interface to manage single ESXi host. It allows to do most of basic operations and configuration tasks related to virtual machines, datastores, networking and also enables easy monitoring of ESXi host without any external tools.
Łukasz Tomaszkiewicz
Łukasz Tomaszkiewicz is a highly skilled and passionate cloud expert who loves to automate repeatable things and secure them.
His broad experience in the areas of software development, database design, containerization and cloud infrastructure management gives him a holistic view of a modern technology stack.
In his spare time he enjoys photography, blogging and speaking on local IT-related communities.
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