The decision has been made! After receiving the vExpert award there is no other way but to build a home lab to test all the goodies in VMware offer and make great blog posts about them. In this section of my blog, you will take a journey with me on how my home lab becomes reality.
- Building the server
- Building the lab – concept
- Installing ESXi server on local PC
- Customizing ESXi server, adding vMotion and Storage
- Deploying and setting up a DNS Server with PhotonOS
- DNS over HTTPS in Unbound – Extra step for a home lab
- Deploying Windows Domain Controller and DNS
- Installing vCenter Server, adding hosts, using vMotion with local storage
- Let’s join our vCenter Server to the domain
- Let’s add vROps to our environment