Recently, one of my customer asked if they can enable Access Log for the load balancer created in NSX-T for his Enterprise PKS clusters. By default we will not be able to edit or modify any settings on the LB/virtual server from the NSX-T GUI, if it's created by ncp. In this blog post, we... Continue Reading →
Updating the Harbor certificate in Enterprise PKS fails
In this blog post, I will discuss about an issue faced while updating the harbor custom certificate from Enterprise PKS Management Console(EPMC). Review this Pivotal document for details on how to update the custom certificate on harbor vm in Enterprise PKS. Symptoms: Error: "failed to apply Harbor config" This issue occurs if this is the... Continue Reading →
Integration: Harbor with External LDAP
In this blog, we will see how to integrate Harbor with external LDAP.Note: Authentication mode in harbor can only be updated during initial installation. To change this, you will have to re-install the harbor vm. Update Harbor Tile: Login to the operations manager and select the harbor tile Go to settings > Authentication and select... Continue Reading →
Rotating Operations Manager Root CA with Custom CA certificate
Recently a customer reported an issue with harbor UAA login after using custom certificates and we identified the root cause was the mismatch in the root ca of harbor and opsmanager. By default, the harbor vm root CA is same as the Opsman root CA. We suggested the customer to get the opsman root ca... Continue Reading →
How to upgrade Operations Manger 2.5.6 to 2.5.20
Earlier in a blog we discussed how to install operations manager 2.5.6. In this blog post, we will see step by step details of how to upgrade an operations manager to a later version. For this blog, I will upgrade opsman 2.5.6 to version 2.5.20. However, the steps will be the same for all the... Continue Reading →
How to install Operations Manager v.2.6
VMware Enterprise PKS 1.5 comes with Operations Manager (OpsMan) version 2.6.8 The deployment of the Operations manager 2.6.8 is different from its earlier versions. In this blog post, we will see how to install Operations Manager 2.6. In the older versions, we installed it using username and password. However, it is a little different from... Continue Reading →
Integration : VMware Enterprise PKS with vRealize Operations Manager
VMware vRealize Operations Manager delivers intelligent operations management with application-to-storage visibility across physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures. Using data collected from system resources, vRealize Operations Manager identifies issues in any monitored system component, often before the customer notices a problem. vRealize Operations Manager also frequently suggests corrective actions you can take to fix the problem... Continue Reading →
Integration : VMware Enterprise PKS with vRealize Log Insight
In this blog post, I will take you through how we can integrate VMware Enterprise PKS with vRealize log insight. Centralized logging is a main part of any Kubernetes deployment. Configuring and maintaining a real-time high-performance central repository for log collection can ease the day-to-day operations of any environment. vRealize Log Insight is a log... Continue Reading →
Network CIDR, Network IP Block and Reserved IP Blocks in Enterprise PKS
Before you install the VMware Enterprise PKS on vSphere with NSX-T, you should plan the CIDRs and IP blocks that you will be using in your deployment. It's always confusing when you have so many CIDR's and Blocks to be prepared before installing PKS. In this blog post, I will discuss about the Network CIDR's,... Continue Reading →
How to Change the Ops Manager Passphrase
Ops Manager comes with a security feature, when configuring it, you are required to set the "Decryption passphrase value". The passphrase is used as a key to encrypt and decrypt the installation information. Recently one of my customer asked how he can reset the OpsMan passphrase. In this blog post we will see how to... Continue Reading →
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