Continue with my previous post of How to set up LDAP authentication in CentOS, I have made the Puppet be able to push it in my lab. Here is how it looks:The manifest file and files can be downloaded from here.class sys_ldap {package { 'openldap': ensure => installed, }package { 'openldap-clients': ensure => installed, require … Continue reading Puppet push LDAP authentiation
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vCO: Virtual Machine Inventory
I used to use PowerCLI to generate the VM inventory report, now I make it available in vCO as well. The scripts defined in the ‘VM Inventory’ script block. var vms = VcPlugin.getAllVirtualMachines();var Name, Status, Power, OS, IP, CpuCore, RAM, ToolVer, Des, Log, Log1;var Num = 0, NumOn = 0, NumOff = 0; content = … Continue reading vCO: Virtual Machine Inventory
vCO: Find VM name based on UUID
My colleague asked me can I find out the VM name based on its UUID. I helped him by running a PowerCLI command: Get-VM | Foreach ($_) {If ((Get-View $_.id).config.uuid -eq "422041b7-8ccd-xxxx-xxxx-2770502e404a") {Write-host $_.name}} I was thinking why not build up a vCO workflow so they can help themselves in the future in case they … Continue reading vCO: Find VM name based on UUID
vCO: List Virtual Machines with Snapshots
As a VMware administrator, making the VM snapshots under control is one of the critical tasks. I wrote up a ‘List all VM with snapshot’ workflow which generate a report showing the virtual machines that have snapshots. The key is in the scriptable task: vmWithSnapshots = new Array(); var vms = VcPlugin.getAllVirtualMachines(); var logtext; for(i … Continue reading vCO: List Virtual Machines with Snapshots
Puppet for Windows: Remote Execution
In this example, I am going to use Puppet to: - Create a Windows user and add it to the RDP group. - Add Web Server role. - Install McAfee VSE8.8. Before Following things need to done: 1) Install the Puppet agent in Windows, detailed instruction can be found here. 2) Create a batch script … Continue reading Puppet for Windows: Remote Execution
