Bootstrapping
Our goal is to automate as much as we can. That being said, once hardware were racked and stacked, we still have boostrap the environment before we can automate it. It’s unfortunate that no everything can be automated.
Typically we’ll need the following:
Firewalls
- Install Firewall Operating System
- Create Networks
- Default
- Management
- Configure DHCP, DNS
Networking
- Install UniFi Cloud Key
- Install UniFi Switches
- Adopt Switches
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
- Install Operating System
- Configure Networking (Management)
PowerEdge Servers
- Patch iDRAC
VMware vSphere on PowerEdge Servers
- Install VMware vSphere
- License VMware vSphere
- Enable SSH
MacMini
- Install MacOS