Tech Consultant based in Sheffield, UK
Over the past few weeks during lockdown, I’ve decided to update some of my skills in relation to various cloud platforms. Having installed, configured and supported various private cloud platforms for enterprises over the years, one area I haven’t spent too much time in is that of Azure and AWS. So come May, I sat down with an ex-colleague and we decided to go through…
Having everything now in place, it’s time to get the various software and configs installed and get things up and running. As all my virtual machines are based on VMware, I’ll start with the ESXi hosts, followed by the centralised storage later on. Please note these are high level details on what I have done to stand up my environment, after the fact. I have…
One of the most essential tools I’m a big believer in is that of the command line. I remember when starting out in the industry, all fresh-faced and that, I used to love a good gui which flowed well. But with the emergence of DevOps, automation and all things fashionable in the IT world, avoiding the command line is something you cannot do. So to…
In this quite unprecedented time, whereby a global pandemic has essentially shut down all the major economies of the world, there have been great temptations to sit back and let the things we have no control over direct our attention to streaming and gaming to fill our focus (amongst spending some very high quality time with our family of course). But if you’re anything like…
