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Create Certificate Template for VMware Certificate Authority

December 13, 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 Certificate Authority (VMCA). This would allow you to use VMCA to issue certificates for your VMware environment. This is based on the following article: Creating a Microsoft Certificate Authority Template for SSL certificate creation in vSphere Open Certificate Authority Select Certificate […]

By Scott Bell

Update ESXi 7 using CLI

December 1, 2025 | ESXi, ESXi 7, ESXi 7 CLI Update, Homelab, VMware | No Comments

Greetings, today we will be updating ESXi 7 to a newer version of 7 using command line and no vCenter. In this case 7.0.3d to 7.0.3w. Note: All VMs running on the host should be powered off, or vmotioned to another host if there is a vCenter available. To start we will need to have […]

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Building an VCF Offline Depot in Windows using IIS

December 1, 2025 | Homelab, Microsoft, VCF, VMware | No Comments

Greetings, today we are going to be setting up an Offline Depot using Windows and IIS. This is going to assume you have already deployed an Windows Server. You will want an additional drive added with 1TB of space for current and future downloads. You will need: 1TB added drive. If your limited on space, […]

By Scott Bell

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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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 […]

By Scott Bell

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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