Self Service Application Deployment with vCAC, vCO and Chef!

Updated 9/3/2015 – This is the old way using the Design Center. See here for the new way using vRO extension. https://www.vmtocloud.com/vravcac-chef-client-extension/ One of the things I love about vCAC is it’s ability to integrate with just about anything right Continue reading Self Service Application Deployment with vCAC, vCO and Chef!

How to SSH to Public DNS name of AWS instances in vCAC

This example is assuming that vCAC is configured to provision Linux instances to an Amazon availability zone with a VPC configured with public and private subnets and that the Security group is configured to allow SSH traffic. For information on Continue reading How to SSH to Public DNS name of AWS instances in vCAC

Microsoft/Oracle Reality Check

As you most likely have heard, Microsoft and Oracle have reached an agreement to support Oracle technology running on Hyper-V and Azure. See the announcements from both companies websites and read more here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2013/Jun13/06-24WSNewsPR.aspx https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud/entry/oracle_and_microsoft_join_forces To summarize, Oracle has certified Continue reading Microsoft/Oracle Reality Check