HashiCorp Vault Storage Backend Decision Tree
With over 15 supported storage backends it can be a bit of an arduous task to determine which storage backend
Read moreNetApp: Highly Performant Storage for Cloud Native Apps
NetApp was one of the “legacy” companies that presented a number of compelling solutions at Cloud Field Day #3. The
Read moreAWS Compliance as Code with Chef InSpec using AWS Lambda Part #2
In the first post (https://www.greenreedtech.com/aws-compliance-as-code-with-chef-inspec-using-aws-lambda/) we looked at getting Chef InSpec to run in an AWS Lambda function and in
Read moreVeritas: The Untold Story of A Cloud Company
Earlier this month I had the privilege of being a delegate for Cloud Field Day 3 (http://techfieldday.com/event/cfd3/) which is a
Read moreAWS Compliance as Code with Chef InSpec using AWS Lambda
InSpec 2.0 added builtin support for scanning public cloud resources in AWS and Azure (https://blog.chef.io/2018/02/20/announcing-inspec-2-0/). With the addition of these
Read moreVMware vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) Vault Integration
The goal of this post is to walk through configuring vRO to leverage HashiCorp Vault (https://www.vaultproject.io/) for reading secrets that
Read morePacker vSphere ISO Builder Release v1.6
There have been a lot of changes from v1.5 to v1.6 with the biggest one being support for provisioners as
Read moreVault Audit Logging
Vault (https://www.vaultproject.io/) is a secrets management tool created by HashiCorp that is extremely popular. Given the sensitive nature of the
Read moreGoogle Cloud Platform Compliance as Code with InSpec
Validating that resources are aligned with defined organizational standards is critical to operating environments at scale. In this post we’ll
Read moreTerraform AWS S3 State Management Least Privilege
A very popular Terraform state management configuration is to utilize AWS S3 for state management and AWS DynamoDB for state
Read morevSphere Immutable Infrastructure with Terraform
What is immutable infrastructure? Immutable infrastructure is the concept of utilizing an infrastructure component in an ephemeral manner. This means
Read moreBuilding vSphere Templates From Scratch Using Packer and the vSphere API
Packer (https://www.packer.io/) is amazing tool that enables templates and machine images to be created in an automated fashion with support
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