Terraform for vCloud director
In this blog I will share with you a great tool I found that looks really interesting for automating daily tasks: Terraform for vCloud director. In addition to the automation tools I mentioned in a previous blog post this tool offers even more possibilities in terms...
Setup a NFS share for vCloud Director with Windows Server 2019
At a certain point during the deployment of vCloud Director you have to submit a "NFS mount for transfer file location" as shown below. In this article I will explain what it's for and demonstrate how you can configure a NFS share on Windows Server 2019 suitable for...
The basics of vcd-cli
In this blog I will intruduce you into the basics of vcd-cli and multitude of possibilities this tool offers. vcd-cli is a command line interface for vCloud director and is being maintained by VMware. I feel that vcd-cli is a powerful tool that can make your daily...
Deploy a vApp using PowerCLI
In this blog I will show you how to deploy a vApp using PowerCLI.One of the cool things about vCloud is that you can create vApp templates.An example of a template could be a set of servers that is always needed when deploying a new environment. For instance a file...
vCloud PowerCLI/PowerShell basics
In this blog I will introduce you to some of the basic functionality of using PowerCLI with vCloud. Installing PowerCLI The most recent version of VMware PowerCLI is available in the PowerShell Gallery so you can install the PowerCLI with one command: Install-Module...
Update vCloud Director to 9.7.0.3
In this article I will describe a procedure how you can update vCloud Director to 9.7.0.3. The update process takes around 10 to 15 minutes in total, based on my three vCD cell setup. The release notes for 9.7.0.3 can be found here. These are the specifics of my...
vCloud Director 9.7 – Issue with adding a new role
Introduction This article will help you solve an issue with vCloud Director 9.7 where it's not possible to add a new role to the Role Based Access Control section of a tenant. This morning I wanted to add a new role to my tenant in vCloud Director. Normally the steps...
Horizon DaaS – Blast protocol with the browser
Hi, When I was testing a customer portal I noticed that in chrome and development edge my desktops where not working any more. I was pretty sure that it worked the last time because we always (;-)) test these things. After doing lots of tests.... Because we are...
vCloud automation tools
In this blog I will take you on a small tour around some of the vCloud automation tools out there. Possibly these tools and or languages are already in use in your organization, making the adaptation of these tools rather easy. One of the biggest challenges I faced...
vCloud Director 9.7 – Troubleshooting SMTP server settings
In this blog I will explain how you can troubleshoot vCloud Director 9.7 SMTP settings when you receive a Fail - Error while configuring the SMTP server. Before we start, I would like to explain the different log files vCloud Director uses: All the logs for a cell can...
Install public SSL certificates on vCloud Director 9.7
In this article I will explain how to install public SSL certificates on vCloud Director 9.7 appliances. VMware points to this article to create and import a Signed SSL Certificate to the vCloud Director environment. The difference here is that most of us already own...
DaaS UAG changes not working after some time
Hi, For DaaS you can deploy a UAG (Unified Access Gateway) if you need one. Once you do, you need to run the command "sudo /usr/local/desktone/scripts/apsetup.sh" from the tenant appliance. Basically your UAG is now configured and ready for use. But after some it...
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