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Blog posts October 2024

Broadcom VMware PowerCLI based ESXi capacity planner html web portal

I had a requirement to provide a solution for monitoring ESXi servers' CPU, memory, and datastore usage to non-IT or developer users without giving them direct access to vCenter or ESXi servers. The solution needed to avoid using any additional applications or tools. Previously, I had set up a syste…

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PowerCLI List Add Delete Role Assignment account user on ESXi server with esxcli

I faced a scenario where I needed to automate the execution of a shell script on VMware (Broadcom) ESXi servers, version 7. The task involved renaming /etc/rc.local.d/local.sh to a .bak extension and restarting all services using /sbin/services.sh restart, which was necessary to resolve VM disconnec…

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Deploying Azure ARM templates using Terraform

This article demonstrates how to deploy an Azure ARM template using Terraform. I encountered several scenarios where resources deployed through Terraform, Bicep, or the REST API didn't function as expected. However, when I deployed the same resources using an ARM template, they worked flawlessly.

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Azure resource group deployments with ARM JSON templates in Subscription with PowerShell

In this article, this example shows how to deploy resource group in Azure subscription. While deploying resource group with PowerShell you need to use New-AzSubscriptionDeployment cmdlet. Below is the output after deploying Resource Group in the subscription.

.\091-Complete_ARM_Template> # Crea…

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Deploy CPU quota usage alerts for subscription using Terraform azapi provider

This is another way of deploying resources/services on Azure using azapi provider using HashiCorp Terraform.

AzAPI is a lightweight, flexible provider that leverages the Azure ARM REST APIs, empowering you to manage any Azure resource type with any desired API version. This enables access to the…

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Configure CPU quota usage alerts for subscription using Azure Bicep templates

This article is a continuation of my previous post, where I deployed CPU quota usage alerts for a subscription using Azure ARM templates. In this post, I'll demonstrate how to deploy Action Groups and Subscription Quota Alerts for CPU usage using Bicep.

Compared to ARM templates, I find Bicep to …

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Create CPU quota usage alerts for subscription using Azure ARM templates

This article is about Implementing of CPU Quota Usage Alert for Azure Subscription. As part of my recent assignment, I successfully created a CPU quota usage alert for an Azure subscription using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates. The deployment enables real-time monitoring of CPU quota usage, …

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