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NSX-T Manager: Some Appliance Components Are Not Functioning Properly

Aug 4, 2022 · 5 min read · NSX-T ·

When browsing to the NSX-T Manager (3.1.3.x) interface, I see:

1Some appliance components are not functioning properly.
2Component health: MANAGER:UNKNOWN, SEARCH:UP, POLICY:UP, UI:UP, NODE_MGMT:UP.
3Error code: 101

vIDM API - Using Postman to Create a Network Range

Jun 27, 2022 · 2 min read · WorkspaceOne Access vIDM Postman API ·

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vIDM is part of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), and you may have multiple instances depending on the number of VCF deployments. In cases where the vIDM policy for network ranges is complex / limited, I found it efficient to use the vIDM API to push the same network ranges to all vIDM appliances. The official vIDM docs …

NSX Advanced Load Balancer - Syslog TLS

May 24, 2022 · 4 min read ·

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NSX Advanced load balancer is simple enough to configure with a remote syslog server entry, but it's a bit more complicated using syslog-tls (SSL).
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Avi Perf Server for Load Testing and Benchmarking

May 3, 2022 · 2 min read ·

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When deploying NSX Advanced Load Balancer, it's handy to have a pre-configured web server. In the download portal where you download NSX ALB, there's a perf-server.ova you can use.
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Let's Encrypt - DNS Validation for NSX Advanced Load Balancer

Feb 24, 2022 · 2 min read · Avi NSX ALB ·

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Let's Encrypt - DNS Validation for NSX Advanced Load Balancer

Replacing self-signed certificates on appliances is a lot easier these days. This is to remind myself how I did it for NSX Advanced Load Balancer using Let's Encrypt with DNS validation.
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NSX ALB Failed Serial Key Decryption Failed

Feb 22, 2022 · 2 min read ·

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NSX ALB Failed Serial Key Decryption Failed

Applying a license to VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi) version 21.1.3+ you may get an error:

failed Serial key decrytion failed. Failed to process serial key. SYSERR_LICENSE_DECRYPTION_FAILED Vmw error: NONE_FOUND

NSX Advanced Load Balancer with vIDM Integration - Part 2

Jan 25, 2022 · 3 min read ·

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In the previous post, I showed how to integrate vIDM & NSX ALB. However any user that was assigned to the vIDM SaaS catalog item had super user permissions. Lets be honest, that's just easier to work with right? But.. some orgs prefer more selective permissions.

Here I will show how to use vIDM and be able to …

NSX Advanced Load Balancer with vIDM Integration - Part 1

Jan 20, 2022 · 8 min read · Avi NSX ALB vIDM SAML ·

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Integrating vIDM with NSX ALB (formally known as Avi) is documented officially here: https://avinetworks.com/docs/21.1/configuring-saml-with-workspace-one-for-avi.

I was easily confused by it, due to some of the configuration being masked out. These are the same steps with my own notes & screenshots.

NSX-T 3.2 - Kubernetes Is Coming to Get Me

Dec 15, 2021 · 2 min read ·

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I’m sure we’ve all felt the wave that is Kubernetes over the past few years. I watched Getting started with Kubernetes from Nigel Poulton, which was enjoyable, but I still didn’t see the light, so to speak.

In 2019 when VMware first announced Tanzu, I knew it was going to be big, but I thought it would be another …

Twitter Bot - VMware Product Lifecycle Matrix

Aug 25, 2021 · 5 min read ·

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Twitter Bot - VMware Product Lifecycle Matrix

Last year I wanted to learn Python, and I didn't really know what serverless (ie: AWS Lambda) was, so I looked for a project where I could learn.

TL;DR Serverless is just somewhere to run your code from 🤣

Something that I find hard to keep track of, is when VMware products are coming up to their end of supports dates. …