Daily Check-In with Ned1313 Podcast

Daily Check-In with Ned1313

Ned Bellavance
A 10-minute, daily podcast from Ned1313 discussing technology, career advancement, and anything else relevant to the IT Professional in a brief, conversational style.
Vault Certification: Vault API
Time to tackle some basics with the Vault API using our good friend  curl. We are going to review how to authenticate, access a vault secret,  and navigate the API in general.    Objective 8: Be aware of the Vault API  8A: Authenticate to Vault via Curl  8B: Access Vault secrets via Curl    Certification Guide: https://leanpub.com/vault-certified/
Oct 3, 2020
12 min
Setting up my new Supermicro Server
I recently purchased some new Supermicro servers for my homelab. This  video will show how to install components into a Supermicro SYS-E200-8D  server, including RAM, SSD, and NVMe storage. And it will show how to  install the rail kit for this 1U mini-server.   Server on MITXPC: https://mitxpc.com/products/vm-epm-012i4l    - You can get 2% off your purchase with the code: VIRTUALLYGHETTO2OFF   32GB DIMMs: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DTJ8EU6 1 TB SSD: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077SF8KMG 500GB NVMe drive: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07M7Q21N7   Thanks to David Davis for the tip!
Oct 2, 2020
9 min
Project Monterey at VMworld 2020
VMware announced Project Monterey yesterday during the keynote at  VMworld 2020. Let's talk about what the project is, how different  networking vendors are involved, and how ARM factors into it.    Summary:  https://www.oaoa.com/news/business/vmware-unveils-project-monterey-re-imagining-hybrid-cloud-architecture-to-support-next-generation-applications/article_e0c651fb-5b2b-5d8e-b66f-085478d838ac.html Pensando PR: https://pensando.io/pensando-vmware-and-project-monterey/ Amazon Nitro: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/nitro/ Eric Wright's blog:  https://discoposse.com/2018/11/23/vsphere-arrives-on-arm-but-not-for-the-reason-most-admins-are-thinking/
Oct 1, 2020
9 min
Google Cloud with Terraform
I'm working on a project to use Terraform with Google Cloud. It's  complicated! Things I learned:  1. Google does not have a native MongoDB service 2. Everything lives in a project 3. APIs are NOT enabled by default   How to create a Terraform Service Account to create Google Cloud  projects:  https://cloud.google.com/community/tutorials/managing-gcp-projects-with-terraform   Terraform cert guide: https://leanpub.com/terraform-certified/   Vault cert guide: https://leanpub.com/vault-certified/   Terraform Tuesdays Github: https://github.com/ned1313/terraform-tuesdays
Sep 30, 2020
12 min
Best Career Advice Ever with Jeremy Morgan
Jeremy Morgan joins me today to share his three H's of career advancement: stay hungry, stay honest, and stay humble.
Sep 29, 2020
9 min
Vault Certification: Vault UI
We are going to cover how to use the Vault UI to do some common tasks.   Check out my new Vault Certification guide: https://leanpub.com/vault-certified
Sep 26, 2020
12 min
Planning My Home Lab
After doing a bunch of Raspberry Pi things, I've been consider what I  want to do with my home lab and what I want to get out of it. Here's  what I've come up with.   Let me know what you want to see in the home lab! I'm going to be  building, configuring, and all kinds of other 'ings.   Power to the Polls!: https://www.powerthepolls.org/   These are not referral links: - SuperMicro SYS-E200-8D server:  https://mitxpc.com/products/vm-epm-012i4l - Server Monkey for used servers: https://www.servermonkey.com/
Sep 25, 2020
10 min
Microsoft Ignite 2020 Highlights
The highlights for me are around Azure Arc, Azure Stack, and Azure  VMware Service. In this video I'll explore each on in turn and explain  why each one matters for Microsoft and the larger tech ecosystem.
Sep 24, 2020
11 min
Terraform Cloud: Using the CLI
You don't have to use a version control system to get in on Terraform  Cloud! In this video, I'll show you how to get start with Terraform  Cloud from the CLI.
Sep 23, 2020
13 min
Best Career Advice Ever with Keith Townsend
Keith Townsend joins me today to share what the best career advice he ever got was and how it changed his life. Keith's BCAE moments?   1. It takes 10 years to get 10 years of career experience 2. You don't like management 3. Remove every excuse others will use to stop you
Sep 22, 2020
12 min
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