How to Create ESXi Template in vSphere - using Packer
Building a nested-lab ESXi 7 template with the Packer vSphere plugin, using a shared HCL file structure and a scripted install.
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How to Create Windows Server 2022 Template in vSphere - using Packer
Automating a Windows Server 2022 template for vSphere with Packer, using an unattend file and PowerShell provisioning scripts.
How to Create Rocky Linux Template in vSphere - using Packer
Automating a Rocky Linux 9 template for vSphere with Packer and the vSphere plugin, driven by a kickstart file.
How to Create Images/Templates/VMs in vSphere - using Packer
A reference of the Linux, Windows, and ESXi builds covered in this Packer series, and the HCL file structure they share.
How to Setup OpenTofu
Installing OpenTofu from the GitHub release RPM and walking through the write, plan, and apply workflow.
How to Setup Packer
Installing Packer on Rocky Linux from the HashiCorp RPM repository, including the cracklib conflict that breaks the default package.
How to Install and Configure Ansible AWX on Rocky Linux 8
Deploying the AWX operator into a K3s cluster with Kustomize, then creating an AWX instance as a NodePort service.
How to Install and Configure K3S
Install and configure K3s, the lightweight CNCF-certified Kubernetes distribution, with its built-in local storage provider, Traefik ingress, and packaged …
How to Install and Configure Code-Server
Running VS Code in a browser, with a self-signed or ADCS wildcard certificate for HTTPS.