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Python: list clusters, hosts and VMs

July 13, 2019

Just following on from my previous article (HERE) on using Python Pyvmomi SDK wrapper for the vSphere Web Services API this time I show you how to iterate through the Web Services API tree. In numerous posts and

Python and VMware SDK

May 30, 2019

So I’m making a big push to learn Python. In IT don’t think you can survive without it. For those who don’t know me, I’ve never been a professional programmer. I learned enough C#.net 13 years ago to be dangerous.

How to containerise a retro game with Docker!

June 16, 2018

I’m a Retro computing fan and I thought for shiz and giggles I’d explore putting a retro game in a container. The first step was to find a Retro game that had been ported to a web app of some

Installing Docker CE on Centos 7

June 6, 2018

A nice little post detailing how to install Docker CE on a Centos 7 machine.

Step 1) In a terminal windows type the following command: sudo yum install -y yum-utils device-mapper-persistent-data lvm2

Step 2) You need

Open is the way!

May 30, 2018

I decided to open-source the code of my previous projects and tools I built. Since I’m using GitHub more and more to help me with current projects I felt it unfair that I kept all my code to myself without

Morpheus Data Quick install Guide!

June 28, 2017

This week I had the pleasure of taking a deeper look at Morpheus Data’s Cloud Management and PaaS solution. I deployed it in my home lab and it went as smooth as a babies bottom. Very quick install and very

Morpheus Data – First Sponsor

February 10, 2017

Very proud to announce my first sponsor of my new blog blog.cloudnativeplanet.com Morpheus Data. I was very lucky to see a demo of Morpheus Data and was wowed by how feature rich the solution is. The person running the

Getting started with the Cloud Foundry API

October 25, 2016

So this week I started tinkering with the cloud foundry API. In all honesty I did have to get a little help from one of our developers because I was doing something wrong. Forgetting that in my lab I don’t

Pivotal Cloud Foundry Quick Install Guide (Home Lab Edition)

October 9, 2016

So after many attempts at getting Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) install in my vSphere home lab I finally mastered it. There are a few tweaks not mentioned on any educational material or docs that you learn through trial and error.

Docker listening on a tcp port

July 5, 2016

In Docker to allow Docker clients to access the Docker server (daemon) over the network you have to switch the Docker daemon from using a local socket to a tcp port.

First make sure docker is stopped:

$service