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Nick Schmidt

I am a network engineer based out of Alaska, pursuing various methods of achieving SRE/NRE

Location Alaska Joined Joined on  Email address nick@engyak.co Personal website https://blog.engyak.co github website twitter website

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Solutions Architect, Cloud Platform Infrastructure

Manage Linux patching with Ansible and Netbox!
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Manage Linux patching with Ansible and Netbox!

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Abstracting DNS Record Management with Ansible and Jinja 2
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Abstracting DNS Record Management with Ansible and Jinja 2

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Build and Consume Alpine Linux vSphere Images
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Build and Consume Alpine Linux vSphere Images

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Apollo 13's "Failure is not an option", and how non-engineers misinterpret it
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Apollo 13's "Failure is not an option", and how non-engineers misinterpret it

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Internet Load Balancing with pfSense
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Internet Load Balancing with pfSense

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Handoff to Day-N Automation with vSphere Content Libraries and Netbox
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Handoff to Day-N Automation with vSphere Content Libraries and Netbox

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Circumventing Coder's block and starting a new project
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Circumventing Coder's block and starting a new project

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Why wait? Eventual Consistency and Reliability
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Why wait? Eventual Consistency and Reliability

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Python Virtual Environment Setup in Jenkins
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Python Virtual Environment Setup in Jenkins

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Mellanox `nmlx5_core` driver `4.23` issues on ESXi 8.0 Update 1
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Mellanox `nmlx5_core` driver `4.23` issues on ESXi 8.0 Update 1

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API Conversations and Why They're Important
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API Conversations and Why They're Important

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Escape Plato's Cave to build better IT infrastructure
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Escape Plato's Cave to build better IT infrastructure

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Automate Cisco IOS/IOS-XE documentation with Ansible (with examples)
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Automate Cisco IOS/IOS-XE documentation with Ansible (with examples)

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Document Networks as Code with D2!
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Document Networks as Code with D2!

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Document vSphere as Code with D2!
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Document vSphere as Code with D2!

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Diagram as Code with D2!
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Diagram as Code with D2!

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Enable ToFU (Trust on First Use) with OpenSSH
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Enable ToFU (Trust on First Use) with OpenSSH

#ansible #fosslinux #linux #programmability
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Deploy vSphere VMs with Ansible!
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Deploy vSphere VMs with Ansible!

#ansible #fosslinux #homelab #networkautomation
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Why Automate? VM Deployment with vSphere's REST API
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Why Automate? VM Deployment with vSphere's REST API

#continuousdelivery #fosslinux #homelab #jenkins
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What happens to packets with a VMware vSphere Distributed Switch?
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What happens to packets with a VMware vSphere Distributed Switch?

#datacenternetworking #homelab #routingswitchingstud #vmware
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Security patches are available for VMware vCenter 8.0 - Let's try the new vCenter Lifecycle Manager!
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Security patches are available for VMware vCenter 8.0 - Let's try the new vCenter Lifecycle Manager!

#homelab #informationsecurity #vmware #vsphere
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Why Automate? Programmability is about solving new problems without fear of failure.
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Why Automate? Programmability is about solving new problems without fear of failure.

#designpatterns #programmability
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Tweak Application behaviors with NSX ALB
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Tweak Application behaviors with NSX ALB

#avi #nsxalb #vmware
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Track Certificate Expiration with Jenkins and Python 3!
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Track Certificate Expiration with Jenkins and Python 3!

#continuousdelivery #designpatterns #fosslinux #jenkins
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Gathering and Using Data from Cisco NX-OS with Ansible Modules
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Gathering and Using Data from Cisco NX-OS with Ansible Modules

#ansible #cisconxos #continuousdelivery #datacenternetworking
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Using cloud-init with vSphere and openSUSE 15.4
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Using cloud-init with vSphere and openSUSE 15.4

#cloud #fosslinux #homelab #linux
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Identity theft has gotten out of hand. Here are basic ways to protect yourself.
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Identity theft has gotten out of hand. Here are basic ways to protect yourself.

#informationsecurity
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NSX Data Center 4.0.0.1 is now available!
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NSX Data Center 4.0.0.1 is now available!

#homelab #networkautomation #nsx #nsxt
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The Role of Trust and Failure in Information Security
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The Role of Trust and Failure in Information Security

#networksecurity
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Scale datacenters past the number of VLAN IDs with NSX-T Tier-0 and Q-in-X
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Scale datacenters past the number of VLAN IDs with NSX-T Tier-0 and Q-in-X

#datacenternetworking #designpatterns #layer2 #networkautomation
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Different Methods to carry 802.1q tags with VMware vDS and NSX-T
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Different Methods to carry 802.1q tags with VMware vDS and NSX-T

#datacenternetworking #designpatterns #homelab #networkautomation
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Network Experiments with VMware NSX-T and Cisco Modeling Labs
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Network Experiments with VMware NSX-T and Cisco Modeling Labs

#datacenternetworking #homelab #networkautomation #programmability
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Vendor interoperability with multiple STP instances
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Vendor interoperability with multiple STP instances

#datacenternetworking #designpatterns #homelab #layer2
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Cisco Modeling Labs
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Cisco Modeling Labs

#cisconxos #datacenternetworking #designpatterns #homelab
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Deploy Root Certificates to Debian-based Linux systems with Ansible
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Deploy Root Certificates to Debian-based Linux systems with Ansible

#ansible #fosslinux #linux
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Cloud-Scale Networking: NSX Datacenter Hierarchical Tier-0s, blending telecom with cloud
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Cloud-Scale Networking: NSX Datacenter Hierarchical Tier-0s, blending telecom with cloud

#bgp #datacenternetworking #designpatterns #ebgp
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VMware NSX-T and Ansible
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VMware NSX-T and Ansible

#ansible #bgp #networkautomation #nsxt
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Bogons, and how to leverage public IP feeds with NSX-T
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Bogons, and how to leverage public IP feeds with NSX-T

#bgp #datacenternetworking #designpatterns #networksecurity
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GitOps with NSX Advanced Load Balancer and Jenkins
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GitOps with NSX Advanced Load Balancer and Jenkins

#avi #designpatterns #gitops #jenkins
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Leverage Idempotent, Declarative Profiles with the NSX-ALB (Avi) REST API
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Leverage Idempotent, Declarative Profiles with the NSX-ALB (Avi) REST API

#avi #designpatterns #loadbalancing #networkautomation
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The winds of change in cloud operations, and why integrations like NSX Data Center 3.2 + Advanced Load Balancer are important
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The winds of change in cloud operations, and why integrations like NSX Data Center 3.2 + Advanced Load Balancer are important

#avi #datacenternetworking #loadbalancing #nsxt
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NSX-T 3.2 and NSX ALB (Avi) Deployment Error - "Controller is not reachable. {0}"
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NSX-T 3.2 and NSX ALB (Avi) Deployment Error - "Controller is not reachable. {0}"

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NSX-T 3.2 and NSX ALB (Avi) Deployment Error - "Controller is not reachable. {0}"
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NSX-T 3.2 and NSX ALB (Avi) Deployment Error - "Controller is not reachable. {0}"

#avi #loadbalancing #nsxalb #nsxt
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VyOS and other Linux builds unable to use `vmxnet3` or "VMware Paravirtual SCSI" adapter on vSphere
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VyOS and other Linux builds unable to use `vmxnet3` or "VMware Paravirtual SCSI" adapter on vSphere

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VyOS and other Linux builds unable to use `vmxnet3` or "VMware Paravirtual SCSI" adapter on vSphere
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VyOS and other Linux builds unable to use `vmxnet3` or "VMware Paravirtual SCSI" adapter on vSphere

#designpatterns #linux #nfv #vmware
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Why Automate? Reliability Approaches with the VMware NSX-T API
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Why Automate? Reliability Approaches with the VMware NSX-T API

#continuousdelivery #homelab #json #networkautomation
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Get rid of certificate errors with Avi (NSX-ALB) and Hashicorp Vault!
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Get rid of certificate errors with Avi (NSX-ALB) and Hashicorp Vault!

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Get an A on ssllabs.com with VMware Avi / NSX ALB (and keep it that way with SemVer!)
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Get an A on ssllabs.com with VMware Avi / NSX ALB (and keep it that way with SemVer!)

#avi #loadbalancing #nsxalb #tls
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Static IPv4/IPv6 Addresses - Debian 11
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Static IPv4/IPv6 Addresses - Debian 11

#linux
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VMware NSX ALB (Avi Networks) and NSX-T Integration, Installation
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VMware NSX ALB (Avi Networks) and NSX-T Integration, Installation

#avi #bgp #loadbalancing #nsxalb
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vCenter - File system `/storage/log` is low on storage space
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vCenter - File system `/storage/log` is low on storage space

#vmware
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VMworld 2021 is right around the corner! Here are my top 10 sessions!
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VMworld 2021 is right around the corner! Here are my top 10 sessions!

#avi #networkautomation #networksecurity #nsxt
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Managing DNS Servers with Ansible and Jenkins (Unbound, BIND)
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Managing DNS Servers with Ansible and Jenkins (Unbound, BIND)

#ansible #bind9 #continuousdelivery #designpatterns
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World WiFi Day 2021!
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World WiFi Day 2021!

#wifi
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XML, JSON, YAML - Python data structures and visualization for infrastructure engineers
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XML, JSON, YAML - Python data structures and visualization for infrastructure engineers

#ansible #designpatterns #json #networkautomation
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Troubleshooting with VMware NSX ALB/Avi Vantage
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Troubleshooting with VMware NSX ALB/Avi Vantage

#avi #loadbalancing #nsxalb #vmware
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VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer - Installation
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VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer - Installation

#avi #bgp #datacenternetworking #ipv6
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Leveraging Hyperglass and NSX-T!
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Leveraging Hyperglass and NSX-T!

#bgp #datacenternetworking #designpatterns #ebgp
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PSA: PAN-OS Drops BGP peers with an invalid NLRI / Always filter inbound prefixes from Avi Vantage
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PSA: PAN-OS Drops BGP peers with an invalid NLRI / Always filter inbound prefixes from Avi Vantage

#avi #bgp #datacenternetworking #nsxalb
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NSX-T Edge Transport Node Packet Captures
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NSX-T Edge Transport Node Packet Captures

#datacenternetworking #homelab #nsxt #vmware
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