The OPNsense built-in Dynamic DNS UI fails silently with IPv6 prefix delegation over PPPoE — it looks for a host address on an interface that doesn’t have one. This post shows how to read the delegated prefix from the FreeBSD routing table, update multiple dynv6 hostnames with proper change detection, and wire everything into the OPNsense cron UI via configd.
Yahya Zahedi documents a problem anyone running a VCF homelabwith slow internet will recognize immediately: downloadinghundreds of gigabytes when your connection simply can’t keep up. His solution — a portable offline depot running in Docker on aMac — is well-documented and honest about the ARM/x86 challenge.The two-container setup (one for downloading, one for serving)is clean … Read more
Running your own Git instance means your infrastructure configs stay on hardware you control. Here’s how I set up Forgejo on Proxmox with Caddy, CrowdSec, monitoring, and automated updates — including the parts that didn’t work as documented.
Until recently, energy was treated as a steady operating cost. AI changes that equation. This is where virtualization re-enters the conversation, not as a new idea, but as a necessary one. Virtualization lets you allocate exactly what resources an AI service requires and nothing more, maximizing site power and server utilization. Chris Wolf breaks down … Read more
VCF 9 Identity Broker: Resetting vmware-system-user at the OS and in Fleet Management – #vExpert Tommy Grot, Virtual Bytes VCF 9 Identity Broker: Resetting… VCF 9 Identity Broker: Resetting vmware-system-user at the OS and in Fleet Management | Step 1 — Reset the Password: Do this per node. Don’t try to parallelize; bring each node … Read more
This conversation is happening with or without you. AI is already influencing portfolio discussions across the enterprise. The SPM Virtual Summit presented by ValueOps® by Broadcom and Google Cloud takes place this week on April 29 at 11:00 AM ET. You will hear from: 🎤Dr. Ali Arsanjani, Director, Applied AI Engineering and Head of GenAI … Read more
When I decided to start writing again, I could have taken the easy route — a managed WordPress host, a Cloudflare account, done in an afternoon. Instead I spent a few weeks building something I actually understand from top to bottom. This post documents what I built, the decisions behind it, and what I learned … Read more
Lessons from the Field: Recovering from Orphaned Avi Controllers in VCF-9 | #vExpert Manish Jha Lessons from the Field: Recovering from… In a VCF environment, lifecycle operations are expected to be performed through SDDC Manager/VCF Operations. However, in real-world scenarios, operational mistakes occur—especially when components are modified directly in vCenter Server rather than through the … Read more
Observability on VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service Observability on VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service Cloud-native applications bring flexibility, scale, and faster delivery, but they also introduce new operational complexity. In Kubernetes environments, workloads are ephemeral, services are distributed, and telemetry is generated at high volume across multiple layers of the stack. Our new […] Broadcom Social Media … Read more
Bridging the (.Local) Gap: A Split-Domain Design for VMware Cloud Foundation Deployment Bridging the (.Local) Gap: A Split-Domain… In the ever-evolving landscape of private cloud, technical debt often hides in the most fundamental places, like your DNS naming convention. For many years, .local was the go-to Top-Level Domain (TLD) for internal Active Directory environments. However, … Read more