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March 2, 2026 | Homelab, vCenter 8, VMware, vSphere 8 | No Comments
Greetings! Today we will be deploying vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 8. This is the first of two articles covering VCSA installation: The UI Installer Method (This Article): Using the standard executable launcher from the ISO. The OVA Method: For environments where security policies prevent running external executables. Phase 1: Mounting the Installation Media To begin, […]
Greetings, today we will be configuring an ESXi 8 host after we installed it. Configuring host from the DCUI This will be done as a nested hypervisor instance but the steps are identical. This will be your starting screen, as you can see, there is no IP or name. Hit F2 to Customize the system […]
Greetings, today we will be installing ESXi 8 to a virtual machine. The steps are the same for the actual installation to hardware. So I have made a Virtual Machine with 8 vCPU’s, 48GB RAM, and a 40GB Hard Drive I have also attached the ESXi 8.03 ISO to the VM for this install. There […]
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 | 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 […]
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 […]