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Create Certificate Template for VMware Services

November 28, 2025 | ADCS, Certificate Services, Certificate Template, Homelab, Microsoft, VCF, VMware | No Comments

Greetings, this time we are going to be creating a Certificate Template for VMware services. This is based on the following article: Creating a Microsoft Certificate Authority Template for SSL certificate creation in vSphere Open Certificate Authority Select Certificate Authority Expand Root-CA01, then right-click Certificate Templates and select Manage Right-click Web Server and select Duplicate […]

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Setting Up IIS SSL Certificate for CA Server for Homelab (CertSrv) (Part 2 of Setting up CA Server)

November 27, 2025 | ADCS, Certificate Services, Homelab, Microsoft | No Comments

Now that we have IIS installed on our CA Server, it’s time to setup a certificate for HTTPS connections Login, click the Start Menu and type certlm.msc. You can also right-click start and select Run to do the same. Expand Personal and then click on Certificates. Notice there is only the Root-CA’s Cert here, we […]

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Misc Troubleshooting for VCF Deployment

November 11, 2025 | Microsoft, VCF, VMware | No Comments

So this will evolve over time as I add more to it and organize it Brownfield Import of multiple vCenters\Clusters To do a brownfield import of an existing set of vCenters. The vCenters need to be colocated with the hosts it manages. So having 2 vCenters with both in one cluster will work for the […]

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HomeLab Equipment

November 9, 2025 | Homelab, VCF, VMware | No Comments

Overview Greetings, I was recently asked about what equipment is in my lab and its capabilities. In talking with Aaron about it, he was willing to host this on his website (thanks!), so here is a breakdown of the equipment in my newly acquired lab and its intended uses. Overall, this environment will be used […]

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By Scott Bell