2025 / Week 51

In an air-gapped or disconnected environment, license entitlement for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) involves a multi-step file exchange between the VCF Business Service Console (BSC) and your deplo…

A user friendly TUI for SQL databases. Written in python. Supports SQL server, Mysql, PostreSQL, SQLite, Turso and more. - Maxteabag/sqlit

I got hacked, my server started mining Monero this morning.

Master Japanese naturally while watching Netflix, YouTube, and Bilibili. AI-powered tool that turns your streaming time into effective language learning.

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How NSVisualEffectView renders blur effects under the hood, and building a custom material view from scratch using CABackdropLayer.

I recently ran into a claim: Docker Compose is outdated and K3s is the king for my 1Gb VPS. At the same time, docker-compose.py is effectively deprecated, with Compose now shipped as a built-in docker compose command. That alone is not a problem, but it raised a reasonable question: has the role of Docker Compose actually changed, or is this just noise from the Kubernetes church?

What Kabir Writes

VCF 9 adopts a streamlined, subscription-based licensing model that simplifies management and compliance: Single license file replaces multiple component-specific keys (vCenter, ESXi, NSX, etc.) Li…

In previous blog post here, VMware vCloud Foundation 9 – Licensing Part 1 We talked about registering VCF Operations on the Broadcom Portal and applying licenses to VCF Operations. Let’s conti…

Introduces the benefits of running VCF virtual networking vs. a traditional hardware-vendor based solution.

Brian Scott made an app that's safe, simple, and educational for kids to chat in, using Tailscale's tsnet and connectivity.

vSphere Zones in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 have been enhanced to offer greater flexibility in resource consumption and isolation for both vSphere Supervisor Control Plane VMs (Management), …

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In VCF Operations 9 we introduced a feature called Log Assist which allows you to upload Support Bundles to Broadcom Support from VCF Operations itself. Here's how it works.First, you must Register and License your VCF Operations instance, documentation on how to do that can be found here.Second, you must have a Unified Cloud Proxy deployed in your environment. I covered how to deploy these previously here. Be sure to confirm Log Assist is Activated on your Unified Cloud Proxy.Third, you must

Firstyear's blog

For resource constrained environments, deploying VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) can take longer, especially when deploying on top of a Nested ESXi configuration. However, the VCF Installer does prov…

The Challenge: When Granularity Is Your Only Option We were dealing with a legacy "beast" of a platform: a critical and systemic service running on traditional infrastructure, glued behind a single IP address. This IP hosted hundreds of distinct TCP ports, each representing different customers, prot

VMware Cloud Foundation 9 has brought the ⁠Virtual Private Cloud networking model⁠ front and center in the vSphere UI. Not only has it become extremely easy to provide a self-service solution for networking, but it also comes with a plethora of networking services and capabilities.