Time to get into the internal guts of HashiCorp Vault by discussing its  architecture. This is going to be the first of several videos on the  objective. We're going to start with how data is encrypted in Vault, and  how the seal and shamir secret plays into that.   

HashiConf Digital - https://hashiconf.com/ 

Vault Cert Guide - https://leanpub.com/vault-certified/

I bought a Cisco 3560-X switch for my home lab. Here's how I set up my  networking, and also how I ran into a bit of an issue. Hint: home WiFi  routers are not very smart.   

Here's the router I bought: https://www.ui.com/edgemax/edgerouter-10x/

On October 6th, Pure Storage presented at Tech Field Day Extra for  VMworld. There were two big takeaways for me: FlashStack shows HCI isn't  all that and Port Worx was a really good idea.  

Tech Field Day presentation:  https://techfieldday.com/appearance/pure-storage-presents-at-tech-field-day-extra-at-vmworld-2020/  

Pure Cloud Block Storage post:  https://nedinthecloud.com/2019/05/17/going-cloud-native-with-pure-storage-purity/

Terraform 0.14 is in alpha, but I've been tracking some features, you  can see them here:  https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/tree/v0.14.0-alpha20200923   

There also some interesting stuff with Terraform for CDK and Kubernetes  Terraform for CDK - https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-cdk/   

Terraform for CRD let's you deploy a Terraform config using a Terraform  operator and custom resource definitions  Which one do you want to see? Let me know in the comments and I'll  create a demo for next week.

Time to tackle some basics with the Vault API using our good friend  curl. We are going to review how to authenticate, access a vault secret,  and navigate the API in general.   

Objective 8: Be aware of the Vault API

Certification Guide: https://leanpub.com/vault-certified/

I recently purchased some new Supermicro servers for my homelab. This  video will show how to install components into a Supermicro SYS-E200-8D  server, including RAM, SSD, and NVMe storage. And it will show how to  install the rail kit for this 1U mini-server.  

Server on MITXPC: https://mitxpc.com/products/vm-epm-012i4l  

32GB DIMMs: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DTJ8EU6

Thanks to David Davis for the tip!

VMware announced Project Monterey yesterday during the keynote at  VMworld 2020. Let's talk about what the project is, how different  networking vendors are involved, and how ARM factors into it.   

Summary:  https://www.oaoa.com/news/business/vmware-unveils-project-monterey-re-imagining-hybrid-cloud-architecture-to-support-next-generation-applications/article_e0c651fb-5b2b-5d8e-b66f-085478d838ac.html

I'm working on a project to use Terraform with Google Cloud. It's  complicated! Things I learned: 

1. Google does not have a native MongoDB service

How to create a Terraform Service Account to create Google Cloud  projects:  https://cloud.google.com/community/tutorials/managing-gcp-projects-with-terraform  

Terraform cert guide: https://leanpub.com/terraform-certified/  

Vault cert guide: https://leanpub.com/vault-certified/  

Terraform Tuesdays Github: https://github.com/ned1313/terraform-tuesdays

Jeremy Morgan joins me today to share his three H's of career advancement: stay hungry, stay honest, and stay humble.

We are going to cover how to use the Vault UI to do some common tasks.  

Check out my new Vault Certification guide: https://leanpub.com/vault-certified