I'm a huge fan of VMware Photon OS as a lightweight Linux distribution for running up quick demo and development environments as well as container hosts. In particular I like the small size and multiple distribution options (including VMware OVA, AWS AMI, Azure VHD and Google GCE formats as well as installation ISO and …

Something I was not aware of until recently was that vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) has it’s own Command Line Interface (CLI) environment. This can be an invaluable tool when developing new vRO workflows and actions as it allows you to easily test expressions and code snippets in your environment. Once developed these …