In this blog post, I have collected together a number of tips, tricks and snippets I’ve learned along the away whilst learning Kubernetes. – Configure tab completion – Selecting all namespaces in commands – Restarting nodes – Setting default storage class – Resource usage – Delete pods that are stuck terminating – Using the watch … Continue reading Kubernetes command line: tips and tricks
Recently I’ve been using the fantastic resources to start learning Kubernetes (it’s the next big thing don’t you know). The course I’ve been following; Kubernetes Essentials by Will Boyd When running the command below, I lost connectivity to my master, which means I missed the print out of my join command to run on my … Continue reading Kubernetes basics – kubeadm token create –print-join-command
vSphere Orphaned First Class Disk (FCD) Cleanup Script Orphaned First Class Disks (FCDs) in VMware vSphere environments are a surprisingly common and frustrating issue. These are virtual disks that exist on datastores but are no longer associated with any virtual machine or Kubernetes persistent volume (via CNS). They typically occur due to: Unexpected VM deletions … Continue reading Safely Clean Up Orphaned First Class Disks (FCDs) in VMware vSphere with PowerCLI
As a vSphere administrator, you’ve built your career on understanding infrastructure at a granular level, datastores, DRS clusters, vSwitches, and HA configurations. You’re used to managing VMs at scale. Now, you’re hearing about KubeVirt, and while it promises Kubernetes-native VM orchestration, it comes with a caveat: Kubernetes fluency is required. This post is designed to … Continue reading Learn KubeVirt: Deep Dive for VMware vSphere Admins
The Issue Someone has deleted the Cloud-Provider-vSphere project in the gcr.io registry for container images. The default pull policy for the vSphere CSI when using VMware’s manifests is set to always, meaning that if you reboot your cluster, it will not come back online. This is what my cluster looked like when I booted it … Continue reading vSphere CSI Driver Images unable from gcr.io – quick fix