Earlier this week, I published an blog on how to replace the certificates on the DSM Provider VM/Appliance with an admin’s own custom certificates for secure communication to the appliance. In this post, I want to do something similar, but this time show how an admin can add a custom certificate to a DSM provisioned database. This means that customers will be able to add additional trust and security measures to the connections that clients are making to the databases. The process will be quite similar to that outlined in the previous post for the appliance. Once again, I will…
One of the key goals in Data Services Manager (DSM) 2.1 is to enhance security. To that end, we have made a number of improvements around certificate management. One improvement is to allow customers to replace the default certificate in the DSM Provider Appliance with their own custom certificate. There are numerous ways to create your own custom certificate. You could choose the very manual process of using the openssl command, or if you have access to a Kubernetes cluster, you could use a ClusterIssuer Certificate Management Service (cert-manager). If you have the vSphere IaaS Control Plane (formerly known as…
Hey all! Quick note to let you know that we are running another 1 hour Data Services Manager webinar. This one is part of the VCF webinar series and will take place on August 14th, 2024 at 11am PST. This is 7pm for those of us in Ireland and the UK, and 8pm for most of western Europe. This webinar will be technical and is focused at practitioners – essentially VI Admins and anyone responsible for managing data and data services on vSphere infrastructure. For those of you who are not aware, Data Services Manager is a way to deploy,…
The latest version of Data Services Manager (DSM) is now available. DSM version 2.1 delivers a new set of capabilities and functionality, including simplified deployment, MySQL Clustering, LDAP access to databases, Certificate Management, and log shipping enhancements. In this post, I will go through the deployment process of DSM version 2.1 as there are some significant differences when compared the 2.0.x user experience. Our aim is to make the whole process of deployment in 2.1 a lot easier. In future posts, I will look at the other enhancements in more detail, but for now I just want to focus on…
It gives me great pleasure to announce the availability of Data Services Manager version 2.1. The team have been working tirelessly on this release to deliver on new features and functionality. In this post, I will cover a number of the big ticket items found in this release. In later posts, I will delve into these features in more detail, so watch this space. Visit the DSM section of the Broadcom Support Portal to download the product. VMware Cloud Foundation customers are automatically entitled to DSM, and in this release we are making it even easier to stand up your…
Possibly the most eagerly anticipated feature associated with VCF Data Services Manager v2.0.2 is a new set of DSM capabilities for Aria Automation. A new Custom Resource allows DSM PostgreSQL and MySQL databases to be provisioned from Data Services Manager via Aria Automation. If your organisation already uses Aria Automation and you are looking for a DBaaS (Database as a Service) solution, then you should definitely take a closer look at this integration. Read more about the integration here.
Its been some time since I wrote an article on VMware Cloud Foundation. However, I recently caught up with my good pal Gary Blake who informed me about a significant new development in the VCF space. This is the release of a new fling called the VMware Cloud Foundation Configuration File Generator. This new fling will enable us to replace the Deployment Parameter Workbook with a containerized web application. This new application has the ability to validate all of the configuration inputs before generating the JSON file. This file is then used by the Cloud Builder appliance to bring up…