vRealize Automation and the REST API

In the course of a customer project, I was able to gain experience in the migration from vRealize Automation 7 (vRA7) to vRealize Automation 8 (vRA8), now renamed VMware Aria Automation. Part of the migration involved transferring Blueprints from vRA7 to Cloud Templates in vRA8. Since this is a...

My teaching assignment at the university

In the winter semester 2022/23, I took over the lectureship for the subject Virtualization and Container Technology at the Ansbach University of Applied Sciences. Thus, I was no longer the student, but stood in front as a lecturer and taught. Many thanks to Prof. Dr. Jens Söldner for the...

Embedding several authentication schemes in the new Spring Security Config (Spring Boot 2.7+)

A Spring Security configuration class defines the configuration for restricting access to a spring web service only to authenticated and authorized users.In Spring Boot 2.6 and earlier versions this was done via extending the WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter class and overriding abstract methods like protected void configure(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) {…} public void configure(WebSecurity...

A small insight in some VMware solutions

VMware is a leading provider of virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that are designed to help businesses of all sizes improve the efficiency and flexibility of their IT systems. The company offers a wide range of solutions that can be used to virtualize servers, desktops, and applications, as well...

How VMware revolutionized the IT world

VMware is a company that has revolutionized the IT world in a number of ways. The company’s virtualization technology has enabled businesses to reduce their IT costs, increase the efficiency of their operations, and improve the flexibility of their systems. One of the biggest ways that VMware has revolutionized...

DataCore Inside Conference 2023

Recently, I had the opportunity to attend an information conference hosted by DataCore, a leading provider of software-defined storage solutions. The event took place from 24. to 25. January 2023, was held at Kongresshalle am Zoo in Leipzig, Germany and attracted a diverse group of IT professionals, including system...