Ludovic Rivallain 🇺🇦

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Cloud Solution Architect @microsoft / Azure VMware Solution (pro)

On my free time #vExpert & owner of https://vuptime.io blog.

Opinions are my own.

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Ludovic Rivallain 🇺🇦Aug 17, 2023
New blog post: "#VMware HCX: To the MON & Back"
Is MON a savage-garden-feature of HCX network extension ? Lets explore some capabilities and inspect network flows with different MON settings.
https://vupti.me/hcx-mon
VMware HCX: To the MON & Back

No, we are not switching to a music blog genre to discuss the "To the Moon & Back" song from Savage Garden (I am sorry if you were expecting that) …

Ludovic Rivallain 🇺🇦Mar 7, 2023

Third but not least post of the series about mocking-up #Azure #VMware Solution (AVS) in a Hub&Spoke network topology.

It is time to consider our new AVS transit vNet like a normal spoke of our setup and to check that all network flows can now be filtered with the hub based third party NVA.

https://vupti.me/avs-h&s-part3

Mock-up Azure VMware Solution in Hub-and-Spoke topology – Part 3

In the previous blog posts (part 1 and part 2), we covered the deployment of the basic components of an Hub and Spoke topology including an Azure VMware …

Ludovic Rivallain 🇺🇦Feb 22, 2023

Starting a new #blog posts series today with a step-by-step tutorial to mock-up #Azure #VMware Solution in an Azure Hub & Spoke network topology.

https://vupti.me/avs-h&s-part1

The goal of this "lab" is to discover the main concepts of Azure network and routing in the context of Azure VMware Solution and to provide a reusable set of automation to setup a lab environment.

Spoiler, in the first post, there is no AVS: only vNets, peerings, User Defined Routes and route propagation settings.

Mock-up Azure VMware Solution in Hub-and-Spoke topology – Part 1

If you are using Azure VMware Solution to run your VMware workloads on Azure, you might wonder how to connect it with other Azure resources in a secure and …

Ludovic Rivallain 🇺🇦Feb 17, 2023
Very privileged to be renewed as #VMware #vExpert for another year.
Already ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ : time flies so fast!
Congratulations to all new and renewed members of the expanding vExpert Community.
Time for the #vBeer 🍺 now !
Ludovic Rivallain 🇺🇦Feb 3, 2023
Valéry Rieß-Marchive Feb 3, 2023
In case you're not already aware of it, a massive #ransomware attack campaign seems going on right now, targetting vulnerable #VMware #ESXi systems.
Ludovic Rivallain 🇺🇦Feb 1, 2023

The #vSphere Automation SDK Protocol

Deep dive in the third alternative in the world of #VMware #vCenter #API technologies: after SOAP and #REST, discover the JSON-RPC inspired protocol:

https://blogs.vmware.com/code/2023/01/31/the-vsphere-automation-sdk-protocol/

Ludovic Rivallain 🇺🇦Jan 31, 2023

"A subnet in Azure is not a L2 broadcast domain, but just a logical group of NICs that share the same routing policy."

This post from erjosito helps a lot to understand the specifics of Azure Network versus a traditional, on-premises network:
https://blog.cloudtrooper.net/2023/01/21/azure-networking-is-not-like-your-on-onprem-network/

Azure Networking is not like your on-onprem network

Cloudtrooper
Ludovic Rivallain 🇺🇦Dec 16, 2022

🔑 #Azure #VMware Solution: Encrypt VMware #vSAN Key Encryption Keys (KEKs) with customer-managed keys (CMKs) managed by customer-owned Azure Key Vault.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-customer-managed-keys

Configure customer-managed key encryption at rest in Azure VMware Solution - Azure VMware Solution

Learn how to encrypt data in Azure VMware Solution with customer-managed keys using Azure Key Vault.

Ludovic Rivallain 🇺🇦Nov 30, 2022
Luke MurrayNov 30, 2022
[Share] Public preview: @[email protected] #Pipelines task to build and deploy to @[email protected]
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-pipelines-task-to-build-and-deploy-to-azure-container-apps/?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004796
Public preview: Azure Pipelines task to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

You can now use a new Azure Pipelines task to build and deploy container apps from Azure DevOps.

Ludovic Rivallain 🇺🇦Nov 18, 2022
Evan PhoenixNov 18, 2022

To all mastodon admins:

Hi! I’m Evan Phoenix, the primary author of puma, the ruby webserver that powers mastodon!

Please reply or DM me if you need tuning help! I’ve got no officiation with the mastodon, just want to see you succeed!

(Quick Tip: set WEB_CONCURRENCY to core count * 1.5 and then tune MAX_THREADS. High thread values will see diminishing returns!)