Technology blog and professional portfolio of Martez Reed — automation, DevOps, infrastructure, and cloud.https://greenreedtech.comhttps://greenreedtech.com/the-need-for-workload-identity-in-the-private-cloudhttps://greenreedtech.com/the-need-for-workload-identity-in-the-private-cloudThe Need for Workload Identity in the Private CloudThu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/integrating-jenkins-with-gitnesshttps://greenreedtech.com/integrating-jenkins-with-gitnessThis blog post walks through integrating the Gitness source control system with the Jenkins CI serverTue, 23 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/getting-started-with-gitnesshttps://greenreedtech.com/getting-started-with-gitnessThu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/looking-back-at-ai-field-day-4https://greenreedtech.com/looking-back-at-ai-field-day-4Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/getting-started-with-argo-workflowshttps://greenreedtech.com/getting-started-with-argo-workflowsgetting started with argo workflows for automationa and orchestrationSun, 11 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/vmware-nsxhttps://greenreedtech.com/vmware-nsxA recap of the VMware Tech Field Day Extra presentation during VMware Explore 2023Wed, 06 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/detecting-hashicorp-vault-policy-changeshttps://greenreedtech.com/detecting-hashicorp-vault-policy-changesWed, 13 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/hashicorp-terraform-checksum-verificationhttps://greenreedtech.com/hashicorp-terraform-checksum-verificationHow do we verify that the Terraform binary we download is the same as the one HashiCorp produced?Tue, 17 May 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/hashicorp-terraform-code-signinghttps://greenreedtech.com/hashicorp-terraform-code-signingSigning software has become critically important given the recent supply chain attacks. How do we verify that the software we're downloadingMon, 16 May 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/deploying-hashicorp-nomad-clusters-on-vsphere-in-two-minuteshttps://greenreedtech.com/deploying-hashicorp-nomad-clusters-on-vsphere-in-two-minutesWed, 27 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/building-a-lightweight-container-host-for-vmware-vspherehttps://greenreedtech.com/building-a-lightweight-container-host-for-vmware-vsphereLinuxKit enables the ability to build modular lightweight container hosts for VMware vSphereFri, 22 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/enabling-cloud-identity-for-vsphere-virtual-machineshttps://greenreedtech.com/enabling-cloud-identity-for-vsphere-virtual-machinesEnableThu, 21 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/vmware-vsphere-stateless-container-hostshttps://greenreedtech.com/vmware-vsphere-stateless-container-hostsSun, 17 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/hashicorp-vault-unique-approle-identity-logginghttps://greenreedtech.com/hashicorp-vault-unique-approle-identity-loggingHashiCorp Vault supports several authentication methods for human and non-human access. Several of the non-human authentication methods areWed, 01 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/vmware-vsphere-vm-ipxe-boot-without-dhcphttps://greenreedtech.com/vmware-vsphere-vm-ipxe-boot-without-dhcpFri, 27 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/hashicorp-vault-vsphere-authentication-with-vmware-event-broker-appliance-vebahttps://greenreedtech.com/hashicorp-vault-vsphere-authentication-with-vmware-event-broker-appliance-vebaTue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/creating-a-vmware-event-broker-appliance-veba-golang-functionhttps://greenreedtech.com/creating-a-vmware-event-broker-appliance-veba-golang-functionThe [VMware Event Broker Appliance (VEBA)](https://vmweventbroker.io/) fling is a really interesting project that enables administrators to Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/moving-to-morpheus-datahttps://greenreedtech.com/moving-to-morpheus-dataMon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/deployment-pipeline-chaos-engineering-with-stackstorm-and-chaostoolkithttps://greenreedtech.com/deployment-pipeline-chaos-engineering-with-stackstorm-and-chaostoolkitWed, 24 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/identifying-active-hashicorp-vault-root-tokenshttps://greenreedtech.com/identifying-active-hashicorp-vault-root-tokensRevoking the root token on a production HashiCorp Vault deployment is one of the recommended best practices for securing an instance of HashMon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/detecting-hashicorp-vault-root-token-generationhttps://greenreedtech.com/detecting-hashicorp-vault-root-token-generationWed, 20 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/detecting-hashicorp-vault-root-loginhttps://greenreedtech.com/detecting-hashicorp-vault-root-loginSun, 09 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/puppet-bolt-vault-inventory-pluginhttps://greenreedtech.com/puppet-bolt-vault-inventory-pluginTue, 26 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/the-next-chapter-at-puppethttps://greenreedtech.com/the-next-chapter-at-puppetI'm now in my second week at Puppet which is best known for its configuration management software that shares the same name as the company.Wed, 26 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/hashicorp-vault-policy-metricshttps://greenreedtech.com/hashicorp-vault-policy-metricsI gave a talk for HashiCorp's HashiDays event earlier this year that centered around operational intelligence for HashiCorp Vault. The focusTue, 04 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/vault-hardening-compliance-using-chef-inspechttps://greenreedtech.com/vault-hardening-compliance-using-chef-inspecTue, 07 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/netapp-highly-performant-storage-for-cloud-native-appshttps://greenreedtech.com/netapp-highly-performant-storage-for-cloud-native-appsTue, 01 May 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/veritas-the-untold-story-of-a-cloud-companyhttps://greenreedtech.com/veritas-the-untold-story-of-a-cloud-companyEarlier this month I had the privilege of being a delegate for Cloud Field Day 3 ([http://techfieldday.com/event/cfd3/](http://techfieldday.Wed, 18 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/vault-audit-logginghttps://greenreedtech.com/vault-audit-loggingThu, 01 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/terraform-aws-s3-state-management-least-privilegehttps://greenreedtech.com/terraform-aws-s3-state-management-least-privilegeA very popular Terraform state management configuration is to utilize AWS S3 for state management and AWS DynamoDB for state locking. The prMon, 30 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/vsphere-immutable-infrastructure-with-terraformhttps://greenreedtech.com/vsphere-immutable-infrastructure-with-terraformFri, 13 Oct 2017 10:56:47 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/vrealize-orchestrator-vro-and-postgresql-database-sslhttps://greenreedtech.com/vrealize-orchestrator-vro-and-postgresql-database-sslFri, 30 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/vrealize-orchestrator-vro-cluster-with-a-postgresql-databasehttps://greenreedtech.com/vrealize-orchestrator-vro-cluster-with-a-postgresql-databaseIn this post we're going to build out a two node vRealize Orchestrator cluster with a PostgreSQL database. VMware is deprecating support forMon, 26 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/vra-7-2-dynamic-property-list-from-rest-apihttps://greenreedtech.com/vra-7-2-dynamic-property-list-from-rest-apiIn this post we're going to walk through how to dynamically populate a vRA request field using values retrieved from a REST API using vRO.Fri, 26 May 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/vrealize-automation-7-2-hardening-compliance-with-vro-and-splunkhttps://greenreedtech.com/vrealize-automation-7-2-hardening-compliance-with-vro-and-splunkMon, 01 May 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/vro-building-a-dynamic-drop-down-for-vsphere-tagshttps://greenreedtech.com/vro-building-a-dynamic-drop-down-for-vsphere-tagsFri, 07 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/vra7-chatops-with-stackstormhttps://greenreedtech.com/vra7-chatops-with-stackstormFri, 17 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/puppet-policy-based-autosigning-with-vra7https://greenreedtech.com/puppet-policy-based-autosigning-with-vra7A critical aspect of any Puppet deployment is determining how we want to allow nodes to get their certificate signed by the Puppet master. BThu, 09 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/vsphere-alarms-with-slack-and-stackstormhttps://greenreedtech.com/vsphere-alarms-with-slack-and-stackstormFri, 03 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/jenkins-certified-engineer-foldershttps://greenreedtech.com/jenkins-certified-engineer-foldersThu, 14 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/useful-docker-commandshttps://greenreedtech.com/useful-docker-commandsDocker ([https://www.docker.com/](https://www.docker.com/)) is arguably the most popular container platform and this post covers a number ofSun, 12 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/jenkins-certified-engineer-fingerprintshttps://greenreedtech.com/jenkins-certified-engineer-fingerprintsTue, 15 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/jenkins-job-builderhttps://greenreedtech.com/jenkins-job-builderJenkins Job Builder introductionWed, 13 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://greenreedtech.com/jenkins-active-directoryhttps://greenreedtech.com/jenkins-active-directoryFri, 20 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT