After setting up my new lab gear, I discovered that my wireless router wasn't able to handle VLANs and NAT-P for the lab networks. Total bummer! That meant it was time to upgrade to a new router and get my layer 3 on. I ended up going with the Edge 10X router from Ubiquiti and it does not disappoint. Let's take a look at my updated network and the config on the Edge 10x router.

EdgeRouter 10X: https://store.ui.com/collections/routing-switching/products/edgerouter-10x

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Intel has fallen on hard times. Their stock price is down, they can't seem to get chips out on time, and AMD is eating their lunch. What caused this precipitous fall? What is driving the market right now? And what can Intel do to get back on top? That's the topic for today's video.

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Website: https://nedinthecloud.com

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GitHub: https://github.com/ned1313

Terraform keeps it's view of the world in a state data, but what if you need to make changes to your configuration without impacting the real-world resources? Enter the mighty 'terraform state mv' command enabling you to do wonderous things like:

Shout out to VamsiB for suggesting this as a topic!

You can find my Pluralsight courses here: https://app.pluralsight.com/profile/author/edward-bellavance

And you can always find the example files here: https://github.com/ned1313/terraform-tuesdays

And, and you can find my Terraform certification guide here: https://leanpub.com/terraform-certified/

This is the 150th video I've done for The Daily Check-In and I thought  it was time to do a little introspection. Not that I'm trying to pat  myself on the back for getting to 150 videos, it just seemed like an  auspicious moment to consider the future of the channel and podcast.  Which appeals most to you?   

1. Increase quality and effort with a Patreon

Check out the Day Two Cloud podcast: https://daytwocloud.io

One of the many ways to run HashiCorp Vault is within containers. Typically you would do this with Kubernetes or ECS, but what if you were looking for a way to run Vault with a public endpoint for the lowest cost possible? Why not use containers on demand? Specifically, using Azure Container Instances.

Today's check-in includes a lightning talk I did during HashiConf Digital 2020 outlining exactly how you could go about run Vault on ACI, using Azure Key Vault for auto-unseal and Azure Files for state storage. You can find the deployment files on my GitHub: https://github.com/ned1313/Vault-on-ACI

You can also check out the Day Two Cloud episode where I talk about the talk and much more from HashiConf here: https://packetpushers.net/podcast/day-two-cloud-073-ansiblefest-hashiconf-2020-announcements-analysis-awesomeness/

It wouldn't matter much that you can run ESXi on a Raspberry Pi if you couldn't also fire up some virtual machines on it as well. Let's take a look at firing up Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ARM edition on a virtual machine. Then we'll see if we can VMotion that VM from one RPi to another without shared storage. Finally, we'll check out deploying from a template, just like you would on regular ESXi. It's wicked awesome!

Ubuntu ARM download: https://ubuntu.com/download/server/arm

VMware Tools for Ubuntu on ARM: https://www.virten.net/2020/10/vmware-tools-for-ubuntu-20-04-lts-arm64-on-esxi-arm/

Samsung 128GB thumb drive on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D7PDLXC

What is my prediction for 2021? I think we will see the continued rise and expansion of disaggregated computing driven largely by Edge and alternative cloud providers. In this video, I'll get into why I think that and what other factors support that change.

Boundary is a new product from HashiCorp and in this video, we'll take a  look at how you can deploy Boundary on Microsoft Azure with a reference  architecture.   In the next video, we will deploy the Boundary architecture in Azure  using Terraform. And then we will add hosts and grant access to those  hosts also using Terraform. Should be fun!  

 Terraform Tuesday GitHub Repo: https://github.com/ned1313/terraform-tuesdays

Bobby Allen got on the cloud computing train back in 2012 and hasn't stopped moving! He's got some great advice for you about how to move your career forward, get great advice, and take proper care of yourself to avoid burnout.

You can find him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ballen_clt

His big three pieces of advice:

Change

Relationships

Rest

Angela Andrews is a Solutions Architect at Red Hat, a recovering  sysadmin, and organizer of #PythonForAll. In this episode she shares  some of the best advice she ever received, and they are  super-pragmatic!    

 - Learn how to do everything on the command line  

You can find her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScooterPhoenix    

You can find Michelle Laverick on Twitter too:  https://twitter.com/m_laverick