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January 19, 2026 | Homelab, Linux, VCF, VMware | No Comments
Greetings, so today we will be linking the VCF Installer with the Offline Depot Once you have deployed the VCF Installer and deployed and set up the Offline Depot, the next steps will be to setup the VCF Installer to download the binaries from the Offline Depot. This configuration assumes that you are operating an […]
Greetings, today we will be deploying the VCF Installer So to start, the VCF Installer OVA will need to be downloaded, this will require a Broadcom account and the appropriate license entitlement. Link to the download: https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/productfiles?displayGroup=VMware%20Cloud%20Foundation%209&release=9.0.1.0&os=&servicePk=534266&language=EN&groupId=534924&viewGroup=true At the time of this article being written, it would be this download OVA for 9.0.1.0.24962180 Deploy OVA […]
December 29, 2025 | Homelab, Linux, VCF, VMware | No Comments
Greetings, today we will be deploying an Photon Linux Offline Depot for VCF This was done using Aaron Rombaut’s and the Broadcom KB articles. https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-9-0-and-later/9-0/deployment/deploying-a-new-vmware-cloud-foundation-or-vmware-vsphere-foundation-private-cloud-/preparing-your-environment/downloading-binaries-to-the-vcf-installer-appliance/connect-to-an-offline-depot-to-download-binaries/set-up-an-offline-depot-web-server-for-vmware-cloud-foundation.html To start, you will need to download the Photon OS from the following link. I will be using the OVA with visual hardware v15 version. https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Downloading-Photon-OS I will be downloading […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]