Below is the list of posts that I’m thinking of writing about. Let me know if you have some ideas for topics to add to the list. Cloud Director tidbits Changing the sitename (Done) Appliance deployment using OVFtool (Done) Configure public SSL certificate Fixing the “Failed to Start. An error Read more…
Todays topic is VMware Cloud Director inter-tenant routing with a NSX-T backed provider VDCs (pVDC). The reason for writing this post is that some use-cases require routed connectivity between Org VDCs that may or may not be part of the same Org. Due to the multi-tenant nature of VCD, most Read more…
In the second part of the Cloud Director tidbits series, I dive into the deployment of the VCD appliance using OVFtool. In hindsight I should have used it much sooner, since deploying the VCD OVA using the vSphere Client wizard is quite a hassle. Part one: Changing the sitename It Read more…
After the release of VMware Cloud Director 10.1 (yes, you read it correctly, the lowercase “v” is gone now), it was time to re-installed my lab environment a. Because of the new name, the acronym is now slightly different (VCD instead of vCD). During the re-install and config process I Read more…
The second part of this topic in the “vCloud Director Identity and Access Management” series touches the “per Org VDC” permission feature. I decided to split the topic into a multi-part series due to the length of the original one. The first part can be found using the link below: Read more…
(Update 4-2-2020: Rights Bundles section added) (Update 29-3-2020: Org VDC section added) Recently I had a meeting with a customer to discuss the possibilities within vCloud Director (vCD) to implement a suitable Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution. IAM Solutions are imported to many customers that have teams with multiple Read more…