Category: Configuration Management

Configuring vRealize Orchestrator and WinRM Host for Kerberos Authentication

March 22, 2015

In order to leverage the vRealize Orchestrator PowerShell plug-in to enable interaction between the vRealize Orchestrator appliance and Windows Powershell there is a requirement to add a PowerShell Host to your vRealize Orchestrator configuration, this will only for workflows to interact with Windows Powershell and optionally PowerCLI and the vCenter Server system.     The … More Configuring vRealize Orchestrator and WinRM Host for Kerberos Authentication

Installing Chef Standalone Server

March 21, 2015

The following example will focus on standalone installation of Chef Server. Firstly, we will need to download the Chef Server package from http://downloads.chef.io/chef-server/ to which I will be installing the package on an Ubuntu Linux 14.04 operating system. Once the package is downloaded I uploaded the package to the standalone server and installed the package from the … More Installing Chef Standalone Server