How can I upload folders/directories to GitHub/GitLab repository? GitHub is a web-based version control platform to manage the codes. Git platform simplifies the process to collaborate with multiple people on projects. This article will walk you through the multiple methods of uploading the directories on existing git repositories. Upload Methods: Web-GUI Desktop GitHub Client Git […]
Ansible – How to Prepare template using Variables ? Jinja2
Ansible is very flexible configuration management tool and offers wide range of options to perform certain tasks. I am very often use Jinja2 template option to complete the following tasks. Create configuration files using extra variables Create email templates based on playbook results. Prepare Terraform TF files. Template Config files: 1. Let’s create a new […]
Automation – Add DNS A Record using Ansible Playbook
DNS resource records added automatically when windows instances is registered on domain. For Linux instances, you have to add the records manually on DNS server. Let’s explorer that how to create A records in DNS using Ansible Playbook. This playbook can be integrated as part of server provisioning workflow to speed up the build process. […]
Azure – How to Convert disk from premium to standard SSD – Vice-versa
Azure offers four disk types of managed disks and we can choose any type based on the business needs. Azure provides an option to switch between the three GA disk types premium SSD, standard SSD, and standard HDD based on your performance needs. But Azure doesn’t provide an option to convert from or to an […]
Microsoft Azure – How to Access Windows Servers Console ?
How to access Windows servers console on Azure Cloud ? We had challenge to get the instance’s console on Azure in the past. Now, Azure offers text-based console for windows server instances using COM1 serial port. This article will walk you through how to access windows instance’s console on Microsoft Azure. Prerequisites: Windows Server 2012/2016 […]
Microsoft Azure – Install and Configure Azure CLI on Redhat/CentOS
Microsoft Azure is one of the leading cloud service providers in the market. Azure is an industry leader in IaaS and PaaS service cloud. Azure CLI is a command-line interface for managing most of the Azure resources. The Azure portal itself provides an option to automate many things within Azure. The ARM template is one […]
Global Business Intelligence Market to be Worth $147.19 Billion in 2025
A recent report from insight generator Market Watch predicts that the global business intelligence market will enjoy a compounded annual growth rate of 26.98% in the next six years and will be valued at $147.19 billion by 2025. More and more organizations are turning to data-driven decision making to address the challenges of complex business decisions. […]
Virtualization & Hypervisor – Basic Interview Questions
Virtualization helps to decouple the Operating systems and applications from the hardware layer. Virtualization is the process of creating a virtual or software-based representation like a virtual server, application, network, storage resources. Hypervisor is one of the most popular virtualizations technology for servers and operating systems. This enables the IT organization to run more than […]
RVTools 3.11.9 – Simple VMware vSphere Reporting Tool
RVTools is one of the promising reporting tools for VMware vSphere since 2008. It’s a windows based tool which requires .NET 4.6.1 framework to pull the virtual environments information using VI SDK. It supports all the version of the vSphere environment. It can directly connect with vCenter or ESXi (If standalone) to get all the […]
VMware vSphere – How to identify Distributed Switch ID / Portgroupkey ?
VMware vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) provides a centralized interface to manage the virtual machine’s network for the entire datacenter. Unlike vSphere Standard Switch (VSS), Distributed Switch (VDS) shows the network as an aggregated resource. In VMware vSphere 6.7, VMware vCenter Server instance can support up to 128 VDS and each VDS can manage up to […]